topic VbScript MsgBox vs. Arcpad Application.MessageBox in ArcPad Questions

VbScript MsgBox vs. Arcpad Application.MessageBox

SteveFitzgerald — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:41:31 GMT

I have always scripted using either the vbScript msgbox or the Arcpad MessageBox interchangeably with no particular preference.
At the moment I'm scirpting an Arcpad 8 project and have just noticed that the Application.MessageBox dialog is not modal - you can click on another object on the screen and it will loose focus.
Luckily the VbScript MsgBox is modal and seems to work fine in its place.
Anyone know if this is by design? Has it been fixed in 10?
An example is to paste the following code into a Script dialog and run it with either code. Click on the Script dialog when the message box dialog is displayed to see if its modal.

'VbScript Sub OnFormCancel         Dim bResult     ' comment out either line below to compare messagebox/msgbox behaviour      bResult = Application.MessageBox ("Are you sure you want to cancel?", apYesNo, "Cancel?")     'bResult = msgbox ("Are you sure you want to cancel?", apYesNo, "Cancel?")         If bResult = apNo Then         ThisEvent.Result = False     End If     If bResult = apYes Then         ThisEvent.Result = True     End If End Sub  Call OnFormCancel

Re: VbScript MsgBox vs. Arcpad Application.MessageBox

GarethWalters — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:10:05 GMT

Hi Steve,

I doubt that this was either by intentional design or a bug. The biggest reason I know to use the Application.Messagebox is that it will work on any platform or scripting language rather than msgbox for vbScript and MessageBox() for jScript.

Cheers,

Gareth

Re: VbScript MsgBox vs. Arcpad Application.MessageBox

RolfBroch — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:05:26 GMT

Would be great to enhance the MessageBox function to include a flag so the developer could use this to indicate if the dialog should be modal or not.

Rolf

Re: VbScript MsgBox vs. Arcpad Application.MessageBox

SteveFitzgerald — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:36:46 GMT

Thanks for clarifying that Gareth.
Regards,
STeve