Add a Dialog Box

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You can use the Link Control feature to add a new dialog box to a panel on which to place link controls, UDFs, text items, and frame items. This feature is useful when the panels on the standard panel are too crowded to accommodate additional fields. You can also use dialog boxes to group UDFs logically.

Dialogs are panels that are displayed temporarily to perform a specific function within a task item. Dialog panel names always start with the prefix DLG_.

 

To add a dialog box

  1. Select Custom Office Main menu > Customizer Selection. Select the panel to add a dialog box to. For more information, see Select a Panel.

  2. On the Customizer Toolbar, click the Add External Link button.

  1. On the panel, click and drag to position the button that will be used to activate the dialog box.

  2. In the External Link Definition window, enter the text and bitmap information for the button. For more information, see External Link Definition - Fields.

  3. On the Link Settings tab, at the Type field, select the Dialog option. Dialog boxes already defined for the current panel appear in the Settings list box. Click Add to add the new dialog box.

  4. In the Define New Dialog Box window, in the Title field, enter the name of the new dialog box. Click OK. For more information, see Define New Dialog Box - Fields.

  5. To edit the dialog box, on the Link Settings tab, select the newly created dialog box from the list and click Edit.

  1. On the Options tab, assign attributes to the button. These attributes apply only to the button used to activate the dialog box. Click OK.

Note  To view all dialog boxes linked to the panel you are customizing, on the Toolbar, click the Panel Map button.

The dialog box is created.