If you want to use all the examples from AMS 5 to AMS 7.5 in your AMS 8 projects, please take note below.

AMS 8 is using an updated version of LUA 5.1. One of the most important change is the TABLE ITERATION.

This is the old code used in AMS 5 to AMS 7.5 for TABLE ITERATION ( loops )

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mytable = {"One","Two","Three"};

for k, v in mytable do
Dialog.Message("Table Item", k .. "=" .. v);
end
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If my examples are using LOOPS, you need to change like below:


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mytable = {"One","Two","Three"};

for k, v in pairs(mytable) do
Dialog.Message("Table Item", k .. "=" .. v);
end
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See the word “pairs” in red and the bracket, above?

Just add a BRACKET around your TABLE NAME and add the word “pairs“.

Then all my examples using loops will work.

lol ….. 99.9 % of my examples are using LOOPS.
You’ll definitely have to change the codes.

Hope this helps.

This example extends the previous example with an “active” ListBox.

> ListBox OnSelect will read a TextFile and fill the content into a Paragraph

> ListBox OnDoubleClick will open a Dialog Box containing Text and Image.

> Only 1 Dialog Box is used and will pull items on the fly.

Screen Shot : Combo to Active Listbox

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This example shows how to use Combo Box to insert and arrange IMAGES into groups of Slide Shows.

Screen Shot : Combo to Slide Show

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Our previous examples show how to call Dialogs from Combo Box. However, content are hardcoded into several DIALOGS.

Lets see how to use a single Dialog Only to insert different Text and Image into it when we made a selection. Saves lots of bytes and time. The IMAGE which is set into the DIALOG PAGE will maintain its aspect ratio by using Worm’s function.

Also, we use  BUTTON to open relevant TEXT FILE. This method can also be used to launch all types of files either resident in AMS Source Folder or PC. It will open in its native app. Knowing this will help us very much in development.

Screen Shot : Combo to Dialog OnTheFly

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This example combines the examples we had posted earlier to make a Basic Digital Album.

This time, a BUTTON pulls data from COMBO BOX 2 to launch a DIALOG BOX containing photo.

We also use Application.SetDialogProperties to change the title of each DIALOG on-the-fly.

Please note how we use TABLES to fill data.

Screen Shot : Combo > Combo > Dialog

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