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NSAlertMBS class

Var a As New NSAlertMBS

a.alertStyle = NSAlertMBS.NSCriticalAlertStyle
a.messageText = "Should be do it?"

Var actionButton As NSButtonMBS = a.addButtonWithTitle("Do it!")
actionButton.hasDestructiveAction = True
actionButton.keyEquivalent = encodings.UTF8.Chr(13) // enter

Var cancelButton As NSButtonMBS = a.addButtonWithTitle("Cancel")
cancelButton.keyEquivalent = encodings.UTF8.Chr(27) // esc

Var e As Integer = a.runModal

If e = a.NSAlertFirstButtonReturn Then
  MessageBox "Do it!"
End If

• 2 events
  • event SheetDidEnd(returnCode as Integer)
  • event ShowHelp as boolean
• 12 properties
  • property accessoryView as NSViewMBS
  • property alertStyle as Integer
  • property helpAnchor as String
  • property icon as NSImageMBS
  • property informativeText as String
  • property messageText as String
  • property showsHelp as Boolean
  • property ShowsSuppressionButton as Boolean
  • property suppressionButton as Variant
  • property TimedOut as Boolean
  • property timeOut as Double
  • property window as Variant
• 11 methods
  • method addButtonWithTitle(title as string) as Variant
  • method beginSheetModalForWindow(win as DesktopWindow)
  • method beginSheetModalForWindow(win as NSWindowMBS)
  • method beginSheetModalForWindow(win as window)
  • method buttons as Variant()
  • method close
  • method Constructor
  • method Destructor
  • method layout
  • method runModal as Integer
  • method SetTextAlignment(value as Integer)
• 2 shared methods
  • shared method alertWithError(error as NSErrorMBS) as NSAlertMBS
  • shared method alertWithMessageText(MessageText as string, defaultButton as string = "", alternateButton as string = "", otherButton as string = "", informativeText as string = "") as NSAlertMBS
• 6 constants

Return codes

Alert styles.

This class has no sub classes.

Some examples using this class:

• /MacCocoa/NSAlert Test

Blog Entries

• MBS Xojo Plugins, version 22.5pr1
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• Text alignment for alerts
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• MBS Xojo / Real Studio Plugins, version 14.2pr1

Xojo Developer Magazine

• 20.3, page 10: News
• 12.4, page 9: News

Release notes

• Version 22.5
  • Fixed NSAlertMBS class to clear timeout after runModal, so you can reuse the alert object.
• Version 22.1
  • Added SetTextAlignment method to NSAlertMBS class to use left text alignment for dialogs on macOS.

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