I have been working on a new tool for creating cross-platform alert dialogs,
including appropriate icons, user-definable buttons, and Sheets in Mac OS X;
it is called UserMsg.
To the best of my knowledge, it is bug-free, ready for prime time, includes
just about every feature one would need (and maybe even some one doesn't
need), is compatible with every version of the Mac OS that is supported by
REALbasic, as well as with Windows. I have made liberal use of #conditional
compiler code.
The catch is that for Carbon builds it *requires* RB 4.5 because it uses the
new 'sheet window' type and the ShowModalWithin method. (It requires at
least RB 4 in any case because it also uses g.stringheight which was new in
RB 4.0.) (I also assume that the vast majority, if not all, people on this
list are using 4.5 or you wouldn't be here.)
Because of that v4.5 requirement I obviously can't release it until RB 4.5
is released. In the meantime, if you are willing to give UserMsg a whirl,
please email me off-list and I'll send it along to you. Feedback is
optional, but would be highly appreciated.
Thanx,
George
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George Clark - gaclark at sprynet dot com
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