Hi,

I really thought that the Dialog Box will become redundant and irrelevant after the advent of DialogEx. I was wrong. What I realize now is that,  IR gave more options for us to choose from.

Dialog Box uses lower system overhead and the compiled app has smaller byte-size. It is very efficient in displaying short messages and making data-entry.

So, I guess some users might want to see an example. I’ll give two examples instead, in 1 APZ file.

Example 1 : Shows how to Add Combo Items via one instance of a Pop-up Dialog Box only. This means, Text & Data entered will have the same value.

Example 2: Shows how to Add Combo Items via 2 separate Pop-Up Dialogs. One for Text and One for Data in the same item.

In this 2-in-1 example, you will also see how I use Buttons to Navigate between them. To enrich this example further, you will see how the navigation Buttons and the Background Color are INHERITed  from a different page.

Hope you like it.

Screen Shot : Ye Olde Dialog Box to Combo

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We’ve seen how to populate Combo Items by using Tables, DB and manually. This time we will use another method to add items into the Combo Box.

We will populate a Combo Box by selecting any folder on the PC.  It will list all files from that folder automatically.

Then, when a File is selected from the listed Combo items, the File’s Attributes are shown in a Paragraph. The File can also be launched in it’s native app by clicking a Button.

For this example, we use more actions of Combo, String, File, Dialog, Button, Label and Paragraph.

By adding more features, you can turn this example into an easy-to-use FILE UTILITY.

Screen Shot : Combo Items On-The-Fly

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We have seen how to populate Combo Boxes with TABLES and DB.

This time, we will see how to enter items manually and directly into the COMBO at runtime.  Items can be ADDED, EDITED and DELETED.

For this purpose, we will utilize several OBJECTS ( INPUT boxes, BUTTONS, DIALOG  & COMBO box)  and their frequently used ACTIONs.

Note: You can apply the same concept to modify your Paragraph, Richtext, SlideShow, Listbox and Grid.

You can extend this example further by adding SQLite to it.  Every entry made can update your SQL database and be reflected real time by your COMBO BOX.

Screen Shot : Input to COMBO

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This is my first sample. What it does when you run the sample in AMS. Select an item from Combo Box ( Dropdown Menu ), a Dialog Box will Open.

Screen Shot : Combo to Dialog

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