Notification commands

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Description

The Notification commands are used to get the user's attention by displaying a message or making a sound.

Methods

Name	Parameters	Returns	Shared
Beep
DebugLog	message As String
Print	text As String
ShowDialog	message As String, explanation As String, DefaultButtonCaption As String, CancelButtonCaption As String, AltButtonCaption As String, icon As Integer	String
ShowURL	url As String
Speak	text As String

Method descriptions

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Beep

The Beep command plays the system beep sound.

Beep

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DebugLog(message As String)

Displays the specified message in the Messages pane.

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Print(text As String)

Displays the specified text in a simple dialog box with an OK button.

Display "hello":

Print("Hello")

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ShowDialog(message As String, explanation As String, DefaultButtonCaption As String, CancelButtonCaption As String, AltButtonCaption As String, icon As Integer) As String

The ShowDialog command displays a dialog box on the screen. You can specify the message and determine the buttons and their text. Returns a String containing the caption of the button that was pressed.

Note

If you pass in an empty string to CancelButtonCaption or AltButtonCaption, then the button does not appear.

Values for Icon are:

Value	Description
-1	No icon
0	Note icon (App Icon on Mac)
1	Caution icon (On Mac, App Icon is superimposed)
2	Stop Icon (App Icon on Mac)
3	Question Icon (App Icon on Mac)

Display a simple dialog:

Var result As String

result = ShowDialog("Hello!", _
  "Is it me you're looking for?", _
  "Yes", "No", "", 1)

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ShowURL(url As String)

Displays the url in the default web browser.

ShowURL("http://www.xojo.com")

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Speak(text As String)

The Speak command speaks the supplied text.

Say "hello":

Speak("Hello")