Predefined Alerts

To notify the user of an error condition, provide a warning, or ask for confirmation, a script can use one of the several predefined alerts. With one function call the script can easily present a modal alert dialog box which requires the user’s attention before he or she can continue. For example:

AlrtDialog('You must select an object first.');

Another predefined alert will display a string which is typically a question, and provide “Yes” and “No” buttons:

response := YNDialog('Do you wish to continue?')

There are several functions that allow the user to enter values. For example, the function StrDialog allows the user to enter a string and the function PtDialog allows the user to enter a point value. See the VectorScript Function Reference for a complete list of these predefined alert functions.

More complex dialog boxes can have the appearance of an alert with the Standard Icon control. (See Standard Icon).