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DoModal |
DoModal(Screen, Title, Left, Top, Width, Height, Arg, [Flags])
Opens a modal Screen, which is a window that do not allow clicking other Screens or windows while it is not closed. The Title parameter passed in this method is only used if the Caption property is empty. Otherwise, this parameter is ignored. This method contains the following parameters:
•Screen: Determines a Screen's name
•Title: Determines a title for this modal window
•Left, Top: XY position of this modal window, in pixels
•Width: Width of this modal window, in pixels or Himetric
•Height: Height of this modal window in pixels or Himetric
•Arg: Determines a variable to use on Screen's OnPreShow event
•Flags: Determines a combination used on this modal window. Such combination is performed by summing values of the next table that corresponds to user options. When the specified value is equal to -1 (minus one, used when this parameter is omitted), Viewer configurations are set to this modal window. When this value is different from -1 (minus one), users can use all combinations described on the next table
Possible combinations for Flags parameter
Value |
Description |
|---|---|
1 |
Enables a title bar on this window |
2 |
Enables a Close button on this window |
4 |
Enables a Minimize button on this window |
8 |
Enables a Maximize button on this window |
16 |
Enables a window border |
32 |
Specifies that this window can be resized |
64 |
Specifies that this window can be moved |
256 |
Specifies that this window stays on top of a Screen |
512 |
Specifies that this window is configured with a Tool Bar style |
1024 |
Disables object buttons |
2048 |
Centers this modal Screen on a Frame horizontally, as well as vertically |
Example:
Sub Button1_Click()
' When clicking the Button1 opens another modal Screen
Application.DoModal "Screen1", "Title", 0, 0, 400, 200, 0, 3
End Sub
NOTE |
Size values on this method can be informed as numbers or Strings. In case of numbers, they are interpreted as pixels. In case of Strings, if followed by an "hm" unit, they are interpreted as Himetric. Any other case is considered as pixels. |