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dialog box in C...

Feb 1st, 2008

Hello All!

I am running AIX4.3 UNIX OS. I am developing using the C-Programming Language. I have inherited code which creates a dialog box.

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 dialog(box_height, box_width, position_x, position_y, "message")
 dialog(box_height, box_width, position_x, position_y, "message")

The requirement now, is to place a list of say numbers in the box and grow it
dynamically.

Problem is, when I attempt to print multiple strings of numbers with "newline" character, it
breaks up the integrity of the box. (..I have tried to voice this to my peers..)

Here is an example:

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dialog(10,20,30,40,"Promise Form Shipments:==> "
                        "1111\n "
                        "2222\n" "
                        "3333\n "
                        "4444\n");
 
dialog(10,20,30,40,"Promise Form Shipments:==> "
                        "1111\n "
                        "2222\n" "
                        "3333\n "
                        "4444\n");

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dialog(10,20,30,40,"Shipments:==> ");
dialog(10,20,30,40,"Shipments:==> ");

Which yeilds this:

+-------------------+
|Shipments:==> |
| |
| |
+-------------------+

(...the box is drawn correctly on the screen...)
Now, I think a couple of things are going on here.

1. I have never seen a dialog box in using C on a UNIX Platform
2. I think this is some type of NCURSES or other aftermarket implementation.
3. There is no mechanism to do this for multiple lines.
4. And of course, there is NO documentation on this dialog() function.

Can someone please give me some insight to this. As I mentioned previously, I do not think you can have multiple entries with this dialog() function. Your help is greatly appreciated!

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Re: dialog box in C...

Feb 1st, 2008

I don't see why someone couldn't write a function named dialog() for *nix -- it obviously is not the same as a MS-Windows DialogBox. Do you have to source code for that function? If not then your only recourse is to read the documentation, and you say there is none. If you are using some sort of GUI libraries such as QT then you will find the documentation at their web site.

>>I think this is some type of NCURSES or other aftermarket implementation.
Well, what are the libraries that your program has to link with? Those should tell you where the function is.

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