Control of ask-dialogs position in Windows standalone

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Kresten,

I can think of two approaches. One approach needs some editing 
of the stack "Ask Dialog", the other uses a custom dialog. I'll 
tell how you might edit the stack "Ask Dialog" as you probably 
know how to create a custom dialog.

Edit the script of the stack "Ask Dialog". There, you will see:

on openCard
end openCard

on preOpenCard
end preOpenCard

on closeCard
end closeCard

on openStack
end openStack

Change the preOpenCard handler to the following (mind linewraps):

on preOpenCard
   if the cCustomLoc of me is a point then set the loc of me to 
the cCustomLoc of me
end preOpenCard

In the script where you want to execute the ask command, now 
include the following:

set the cCustomLoc of stack "Ask Dialog" to 1920,512
ask "Hello World?" with "Hello indeed!"
put it into myUserInput --or any other variable
set the cCustomLoc of stack "Ask Dialog" to empty
-- rest of script

You will need to determine the right value for cCustomLoc 
yourself, although I think it can be calculated from the screenrect.

Best,

Mark



Kresten Bjerg wrote:
> I am working with large  cards, 3x3 screens, and have 5 ask-dialogs, all
> called from  primary (upper left) screenwindow. In mac versions these
> dialogs appear as they are meant to, centered in that primary window.
> But in a Windows standalone the dialogs appear - out of sight - in the
> next (middle) screen, thus not answerable-(except blindly), and blocking
> all activity. Is there a way to fix the position of such ask-dialogues
> to a specified screen-position?
> 
> Kresten Bjerg

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