DCL text and box width

[guitarguy1685]

I'm wring a dialog box with some text. My problem is that when I view my dialog box I have this fairly large amount of space to the right of my text. I tried changing widths of the boxes but I can't get rif of that gap. If I make the widthes huge i see the change. if I try to make it small I will only go as small as my text is wide + that gap.

Anyone have this problem?

a second question

This dialog box displays if a block is not found. The block name is set as a variable in the lisp.
How can I get this to display in the dialog box?

[The Buzzard]

I'm wring a dialog box with some text. My problem is that when I view my dialog box I have this fairly large amount of space to the right of my text. I tried changing widths of the boxes but I can't get rif of that gap. If I make the widthes huge i see the change. if I try to make it small I will only go as small as my text is wide + that gap.

Anyone have this problem?

Just to give you an idea:

: popup_list {
  key = "MYKEY";          // Set your key here.
  width = 18.0;           // Set your width here
  fixed_width = true;     // Set it as fixed width
  alignment = centered;   // Center the list
}

You can adjust the width larger or smaller by changing the value.

[Lee Mac]

As Buzzard says, most like the fixed_width attribute. AfraLISP has a pretty good walkthrough for dialogs if you haven't seen it already.

[guitarguy1685]

heres i my code

 
//DCL CODING STARTS HERE
BLK_INS_ERROR
: dialog {
 fixed_width = true; 
 label = "©2009 test test";
 
 : boxed_column {
 label = "BLOCK NOT FOUND";
 alignment = centered;
 fixed_width = true;
 width = 15;
 value = 0;
 : paragraph {
 : text {
 label = "test test test test test testtest test test  ";
 }
 : text {
 label = "test tes testtest test test test test test  ";
 }
 }
 : paragraph {
 : text {
 label = "test test testtest test test test test test ";
 }
 : text {
 label = "test test testtest test test test test test  ";
 }
 : text {
 label = "test test testtest test test test test test ";
 }
 }
 }
 : button {
 key = "accept";
 label = "Cancel";
 is_default = true;
 fixed_width = true;
 alignment = centered;
 is_cancel = true;
 is_tab_stop = true;
 }
 }

the width is not working for me

[The Buzzard]

heres i my code

 
//DCL CODING STARTS HERE
BLK_INS_ERROR
: dialog {
 fixed_width = true; 
 label = "©2009 test test";
 
 : boxed_column {
 label = "BLOCK NOT FOUND";
 alignment = centered;
 fixed_width = true;
 width = 15;
 value = 0;
 : paragraph {
 : text {
 label = "test test test test test testtest test test  ";
 }
 : text {
 label = "test tes testtest test test test test test  ";
 }
 }
 : paragraph {
 : text {
 label = "test test testtest test test test test test ";
 }
 : text {
 label = "test test testtest test test test test test  ";
 }
 : text {
 label = "test test testtest test test test test test ";
 }
 }
 }
 : button {
 key = "accept";
 label = "Cancel";
 is_default = true;
 fixed_width = true;
 alignment = centered;
 is_cancel = true;
 is_tab_stop = true;
 }
 }

the width is not working for me

You did not identify the type of tile and You are missing } at the end.

 
: popup_list {
  label = "BLOCK NOT FOUND";
  alignment = centered;
  fixed_width = true;
  width = 15;
  value = 0;
}

[The Buzzard]

After looking over your dialog file, I am not sure what you are trying to do.
Do you want a list or have the program report back to the dialog.
I am not sure.

Can you post your code with it so I can see whats going on?

This dialog box displays if a block is not found. The block name is set as a variable in the lisp.
How can I get this to display in the dialog box?

Maybe an alert box would be better than a dialog box for what you are trying to do.

[The Buzzard]

Seems to me all you really need is this:

Display an alert box.

(defun MISSING_BLOCK ()
  (alert "BLOCK NOT FOUND!")
  (princ))

or this:

Print to command line.

(defun MISSING_BLOCK ()
  (princ "BLOCK NOT FOUND!")
  (princ))

[guitarguy1685]

Well I would do an alert if all I wanted was to show the error. This dialog box however will have some more information. and possibly show the full path of the block.

[The Buzzard]

Well I would do an alert if all I wanted was to show the error. This dialog box however will have some more information. and possibly show the full path of the block.

Ok Im with you,
But can you post the lisp code as well?

[The Buzzard]

So you are expecting something like this:

BLK_INS_ERROR : dialog {
                label = "©2009 test test";
                : row {
                  : column {
                    : boxed_column {
                      label = "BLOCK NOT FOUND";
                      : paragraph {
                        : text {
                          value = "test test test test test test test test test";
                          fixed_width = true;
                          width = 30;
                        }
                        : text {
                          value = "test test test test test test test test test";
                          fixed_width = true;
                          width = 30;
                        }
                      }
                      : paragraph {
                        : text {
                          value = "test test test test test test test test test";
                          fixed_width = true;
                          width = 30;
                        }
                        : text {
                          value = "test test test test test test test test test";
                          fixed_width = true;
                          width = 30;
                        }
                        : text {
                          value = "test test test test test test test test test";
                          fixed_width = true;
                          width = 30;
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
                : button {
                  key = "accept";
                  label = "Cancel";
                  is_default = true;
                  fixed_width = true;
                  alignment = centered;
                  is_cancel = true;
                  is_tab_stop = true;
                }
              }

Change label to value for the text.