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Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials /
Chapter 6 - Dialog Manager / Dialog Manager Reference

Dialog Manager Routines

This section describes the routines for initializing the Dialog Manager, invoking alerts, creating and disposing of dialog boxes, manipulating items in alert and dialog boxes, and handling events in alert and dialog boxes.

Some Dialog Manager routines can be accessed using more than one spelling of the routine's name, depending on the interface files supported by your development environment. For example, GetDialogItem is also available as GetDItem.
Table 6-1 provides a mapping between the previous name of a routine and its new equivalent name.
Table 6-1 Mapping between new and previous names of Dialog Manager routines (Continued)
New namePrevious name
DialogCopyDlgCopy
DialogCutDlgCut
DialogDeleteDlgDelete
DialogPasteDlgPaste
DisposeDialogDisposDialog
FindDialogItemFindDItem
GetAlertStageGetAlrtStage
GetDialogItemGetDItem
GetDialogItemTextGetIText
HideDialogItemHideDItem
NewColorDialogNewCDialog
ResetAlertStageResetAlrtStage
SelectDialogItemTextSelIText
SetDialogFontSetDAFont
SetDialogItemSetDItem
SetDialogItemTextSetIText
ShowDialogItemShowDItem
UpdateDialogUpdtDialog

Subtopics
Initializing the Dialog Manager
Creating Alerts
Creating and Disposing of Dialog Boxes
Manipulating Items in Alert and Dialog Boxes
Handling Text in Alert and Dialog Boxes
Handling Events in Dialog Boxes
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11 JUL 1996