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A value associated with a push button. This value can be used to determine what happens when the button is pressed by a runtime user.

 

Syntax

<Button><Result> result-value </Result>prompt</Button>

When the dialog that contains the button is run, result-value is assigned to the result attribute of the Form element in the dialog's embedded XML. This makes it possible to use result-value to test whether the runtime user pressed the button (or, in a button group, WHICH button the user pressed). The Example demonstrates this.

You can only use a limited number of allowed values for the value of the Result element, because the Windows OS needs to know how to interpret the event:

Return value (case-insensitive)

Interpreted by Windows OS as

ok

OK

cancel

Cancel

abort

Abort

ignore

Ignore

no

No

none

None

retry

Retry

yes

Yes

(other)

Cancel

 

 

Example

<example xmlns:pc="Processing.Command" xmlns:valuedialog="Dialog.Result" xmlns:assign="Processing.Command.Assign" pc:hideme="true">
  <pc:assign-default
   valuedialog:title="Button example"
   valuedialog:textlabel = "Please press Proceed or Cancel." />
  <pc:Dialog 
    valuedialog:ok="Forms/Form/@result='OK'" >
    <Form w="700" h="200">
       <Title><pc:value-of select="$valuedialog:title"/></Title>
       <Label dx="10" dy="20"><pc:value-of select="$valuedialog:textlabel"/></Label>
       <Button dx="10" dy="20" newline="true"><Result>OK</Result>Proceed</Button>
       <Button><Result>Cancel</Result>Cancel</Button>
    </Form>
  </pc:Dialog>
  <pc:if-then test="$valuedialog:ok"><pc:value-of select="'User pressed Proceed.'"/></pc:if-then>
</example>

 

See also

Button

pc:Dialog