RadioButton Control

 

One of a group of circular buttons, only one of which can be "pressed" (filled in) at any given time. You can have more than one group of RADIOBUTTONS in a dialog box, but each group must use a different Variable. When the Dialog function exits, the value of the Variable will be equal to the "Value" assigned to the RADIOBUTTON which is pressed. Therefore, you should assign a unique "Value" to each RADIOBUTTON in a group.

Normally, when a dialog box opens, the default RADIOBUTTON in each group (i.e., the one which is pressed) is the first RADIOBUTTON, "called" in each group. You can change this by assigning a default "Value" to the variable before calling the Dialog function.

Return Value:

The RADIOBUTTON control will return the value you supply as the Value attribute in the controls definition.

Control Definition:

 

<dlg-variable>nn =`x, y, width, height, type, control-name, variable, text, value, tab-order, style, font, textcolor, backgroundcolor`

 

For Example:

MyDialog003=`005,005,044,DEFAULT,RADIOBUTTON,"RadioButton_1",rbVariable,"Radio 1",1,30,DEFAULT,DEFAULT,DEFAULT,DEFAULT`

 

Attribute

Value

Meaning

dlg-variable

MyDialog

The name of the dialog box.

nn 

003

The ordinal position of the control in the dialog box (starting with 1).

x

005

The horizontal coordinate of the upper left corner of the control in Dialog Units.

y

005

The vertical coordinate of the upper left corner of the control in Dialog Units.

width

044

The width of the control in Dialog Units

height

DEFAULT

The height of the control in Dialog Units.[This should be DEFAULT for this control]

type 

RADIOBUTTON

The type of control.

control-name

"RadioButton_1"

The name used to identify the control in a user defined callback procedure. The name cannot be more than 30 characters in length and MUST be unique. ( This attribute can only be used with 6.2 or later dialog formats. )

variable

rbVariable1

The name of the variable affected by the control. You can have more than one group of RADIOBUTTONS in a dialog box, but each group must use a different Variable. When the Dialog function exits, the value of the Variable will be equal to the "Value" assigned to the RADIOBUTTON which is pressed. Therefore, you should assign a unique "Value" to each RADIOBUTTON in a group.

text

"Radio 1"

The description which will be displayed with the control. [Use an empty string ("") if the control should appear blank.]  

value

1

The value returned by the control. Note: should be within the range of 0 - 127.

tab-order

30

Allows you to specify a control's tab order independently of a control's position or name in the dialog template. Tab-order controls the order in which controls are accessed when the keyboard is used to navigate the dialog. It also influences which control is on top when controls have overlapping positions in the dialog. It can be any positive integer, but each control should have a unique number.

When you navigate through a dialog using the tab key, lower number controls will be given the keyboard focus before higher controls. Likewise, low-numbered overlapping controls will appear on top of higher numbered controls. If you specify the DEFAULT keyword for this attribute or if you give two controls the same tab order, a tab order will be arbitrarily assigned to the control.

Note: The dialog function, under certain circumstances, may change the tab order you specify. The GROUPBOX controls tab order may be adjusted so that it is smaller than any of the controls it contains. In addition, the tab order of the controls inside the GROUPBOX may be adjusted so that they are consecutive.

style 

DEFAULT

Allows you to control the initial appearance and behavior of your control. Numbers represent each style and they can be combined, using the bit-wise OR (|) operator, to set multiple styles. The following table lists the style numbers, their meanings, and the controls that they have an effect on.

Style

Meaning

@csInvisible (1)

Control is invisible

@csDisabled (2)

Control has disabled appearance and does not accept any user input, it would otherwise accept input.

Note: Specifying 0 for this attribute is equivalent to using the DEFAULT keyword and means that the control will exhibit default behavior.

font 

DEFAULT

The font used to display a control's text. The font description should be delimited by double quote (") marks unless the attribute is set to DEFAULT. If this attribute is set to DEFAULT, the font specified as the value of the main dialog font will be used. If the main dialog font is set to DEFAULT, the system font is used. You do not need to provide any value for this attribute unless you are also specifying text or background color. For details see the Dialog Fonts topic. WARNING: If a font is selected that doesn't exist on the user's system, a substitution will be made. We recommend using commonly available fonts.

textcolor 

DEFAULT

The color of text associated with a control. Color is specified by three vertical bar (|) delimited numbers ranging from 0 to 255 or a single hexadecimal number preceded by the letter 'h'. The numbers represent one of the RGB colors: red, green or blue, in that order. The complete color specification must be surrounded by double quotes (") unless the DEFAULT key word is used. If this attribute is set to DEFAULT, the color listed in the main dialog's textcolor will be used. If a color is not specified for the dialog, the system text color will be used.

backgroundcolor 

DEFAULT

Used to change the color displayed behind a controls text. Color is specified by three vertical bar (|) delimited numbers ranging from 0 to 255 or a single hexadecimal number preceded by the letter 'h'. The numbers represent one of the RGB colors (red, green or blue, in that order). The complete color specification must be surrounded by double quotes (") unless the DEFAULT keyword is used. If no color is specified or the DEFAULT keyword is used the system background color will be used.

 

 
Event Options

Use the DialogProcOptions function to control when your User-Defined-Callback procedure is called by its associated dialog. You can also use it to control your dialog's behavior, while your procedure is executing. You usually establish callback events during the first call to the procedure i.e., event 0, but this can be done during any call.

Event-Option-Code Values

Meaning

@deRbPush (3)

RADIOBUTTON Selected: User has selected a RADIOBUTTON.

 

 

 

 

Dialog Callback Procedure Function Options

DialogControlGet function returns text and state information associated with a control.

Request

Meaning

@dcDot (2)

1 button is dotted, 0 button is not dotted

@dcTitle (4)

Control’s title.

@dcBackColor (11)

Background color specified by three vertical bar (|) delimited numbers ranging from 0 to 255. If the control is using the system default color, the string "DEFAULT" is returned.

@dcTextColor (13)

Text color specified by three vertical bar (|) delimited numbers ranging from 0 to 255'. If the control is using the dialog's default text color, the string "DEFAULT" is returned.

@dcGroupDot (16)

Control-name (control-number for legacy dialogs) of the radio button from a group of radio buttons with the dot. If no radio button of the group has the dot, an empty string ("") or zero (0) for legacy dialogs is returned. The function’s second parameter can be the control-name of any radio button in the target group. (Radio buttons are grouped together by giving each button the same variable attribute.)

@dcPosition (17)

Space delimited list of a control's position and size in dialog units relative to the dialog's client area. The first two numbers are the horizontal and vertical location of the upper-left corner of the control while the third and fourth numbers are the width and height of the control.

@dcMenuNames (18)

Tab delimited list of menu item names associated with the control, menu item or menu bar.

@dchWnd (19)

Window handle of a dialog control.

 

 

 

DialogControlSet function changes the text or appearance of a control.

Request

Meaning

@dcDot (2)

1 means select button, 0 means clear the selection

@dcTitle (4)

Text replaces the existing title.

@dcBackColor (11)

Background color. The color is specified by three vertical bar (|) delimited numbers ranging from 0 to 255 or a single hexadecimal number preceded by the letter 'h'. To give the control the system default background color, use an empty string ""or the "DEFAULT "key string for this parameter.

@dcTextColor (13)

Text color. The color is specified by three vertical bar (|) delimited numbers ranging from 0 to 255 or a single hexadecimal number preceded by the letter 'h'.  To give the control the dialog's default text color, use an empty string ""or the "DEFAULT "key string for this parameter

@dcPosition (17)

Space delimited list of a control's position and size in dialog units relative to the dialog's client area. The first two numbers are the horizontal and vertical location of the upper-left corner of the control while the third and fourth numbers are the width and height of the control.

 

 

 

DialogControlState function changes a control’s style or gives control input focus.

Style

Meaning

@csInvisible (1)

Control is invisible

@csDisabled (2)

Control has disabled appearance and does not accept any user input, it would otherwise accept input.

 

 

 

 

 

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