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From: dyer@motcid.UUCP (Bill Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Dynamic Dialogs in Actor
Keywords: Actor Dialogs Buttons
Message-ID: <6236@graphite32.UUCP>
Date: 22 Apr 91 17:35:43 GMT
References: <6203@graphite32.UUCP> <1991Apr17.050112.28564@isc.rit.edu>
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In article <1991Apr17.050112.28564@isc.rit.edu> cms2839@isc.rit.edu (a.stranger) writes:
>In article <6203@graphite32.UUCP> dyer@motcid.UUCP (Bill Dyer) writes:
>>I am creating dynamic diaologs in Actor.  The dialogs have several 
>>buttons.  How can I create the dialog so that when I press return
>>(after entering text for instance) a default button selection will be 
>>used.  For instance, if I have an "OK" button and a "Cancel" button
>>I would like "return" to be the equivalent of pressing the OK button
>>with the mouse.  I don't want to have to hit Alt-o or reach for
>>my mouse to finish up the dialog.
>
>				from page 490 of the Actor manual :
>Dialog1 := new(DialogDesign);
>/* other buttons , test , size settings and controls */
>addItem(Dialog1, newDefButton(DlgItem, "OK", IDOK, 50@50, 32@16, 0));
>

That's fine and dandy, I RTFM (from cover to cover) and I know how to create
the buttons.  My question is how do I make the "OK" button the 
default when return is entered.  If I press the tab key enough
times to get through the input, the "OK" button will be highlighted.
However, I want the dialog box to pop up with the "OK" button already
highlighted so I can enter my data and then simply press return.
If I have the following code: 

Dialog1 := new(DialogDesign);
addItem(Dialog1, newDefButton(DlgItem, "OK", IDOK, 50@50, 32@16, 0));
addItem(Dialog1, newDefButton(DlgItem, "Cancel", IDOK, 50@70, 32@16, 0));

If I simply press return when the dialog pops up, I want IDOK to be 
returned, it however does not seem to work this way by default (as
several other people have told me).

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