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LISTBOX ​

LISTBOX opens a box where the user can select values of a list of values. In a LISTBOX, the user can only select one value out of a list, in a MLISTBOX the user can select multiple values of the list.

Syntax ​

leo-grammar
CC "AdoScript" LISTBOX entries:strValue [ toksep:strValue ] 
						 [ selection:strValue ] [ title:strValue ] 
						 [ boxtext:strValue ] [ oktext:strValue ] 
						 [ w:intValue h:intValue ] [ extra:{ Extra } ].

Extra :		{ CheckBox }

CheckBox :	CHECKBOX cbText [ checked:intValue ] result-var:varName

cbText:	strValue

 # --> RESULT endbutton:strValue selection:strValue [ extraValues ]

Parameters ​

  • entries (tokenStr) - the possible values for selection. The values have to be separated by a character specified with toksep.
  • toksep (strValue, optional) - separator that is used for the entries tokenstring (space is the default)
  • selection (strValue, optional) - sets preselected value (from entries)
  • title (strValue, optional) - the window title is set with title.
  • boxtext (strValue, optional) - the label of the listbox
  • oktext (strValue, optional) - the label of the "Ok" button (does not change the string used for the endbutton return value)
  • w (intValue, optional) - the width of the dialog (in pixel)
  • h (intValue, optional) - the height of the dialog (in pixel)
  • extra (strValue, optional) - inserts additional checkboxes in the listbox. For each check box, the keyword CHECKBOX followed by the label of the checkbox has to be specified. Set the argument checked to 1 if the checkbox should be checked when the dialog is started, set it to 0 if not. For each checkbox, the name of a result variable is specified. After closing the dialog, the result variables are set to 1 if the checkbox has been checked, to 0 if not.

Returns ​

  • endbutton (strValue) - contains the name of the button the user pressed to close the dialog.
  • selection (strValue) - contains the string of the selected value
  • extraValues (boolValue, optional) - in extra defined options are returned as variables with the name of the option (variable name is the name provided by the option) and the boolean value if it was checked or not

Details ​

See Also ​

MLISTBOX

Examples ​

Example 1 ​

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CC "AdoScript" LISTBOX 	entries:"First Entry;Second Entry;Third;Fourth;Fifth Entry" 
						toksep:";" 
						title:"Example!" 
						oktext:"Click me!" 
						boxtext:"Choose your entry:" 
						selection:"Second Entry"
IF (endbutton = "ok") {
   CC "AdoScript" INFOBOX (selection)
}

Starts an LISTBOX with the entries "First Entry", "Second Entry", "Third", "Fourth" and "Fifth Entry". As entries are separated by the character ";", toksep:";" defines this character as the separator. The second entry is preselected.

After the user selected some other entry and clicks the "Ok" button, the return value is displayed in an info box.

Example 2 ​

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CC "AdoScript" LISTBOX 	entries:"First Entry;Second Entry;Third;Fourth;Fifth Entry" toksep:";" 
						title:"Example!" 
						oktext:"Click me!" 
						boxtext:"Choose your entry:" 
						selection:"Third" 
						extra:{ CHECKBOX "Option 1" checked:1 result-var:option1 
								CHECKBOX "Option 2" result-var:option2}
IF (endbutton = "ok") {
   CC "AdoScript" INFOBOX (selection + "\nOption1="+STR option1+"\nOption2="+STR option2)
}

Versions and Changes ​

Available since ADOxx 1.3