xbarns
11th March 2008 15:42 UTC

Reuse nsDialogs
I have to gather some information from a user, in this case the path to some operating system files and other information. All in all i have to do this between 0 and 5 times.

I am wondering if i can reuse nsDialog forms and only slightly changing some labels (design stays the same).

Any Ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Afrow UK
11th March 2008 18:55 UTC

Sure have a counter and use the same show function for each page.

Stu

xbarns
12th March 2008 07:47 UTC

Would i then call the page 5 times? like this?

Page custom GetOSDetails LeaveGetOSDetails
Page custom GetOSDetails LeaveGetOSDetails
Page custom GetOSDetails LeaveGetOSDetails
Page custom GetOSDetails LeaveGetOSDetails
Page custom GetOSDetails LeaveGetOSDetails
Page custom GetOSDetails LeaveGetOSDetails

Or would i only call it once and once i am at the "end" of the dialog i check if i need to "goto thetop" another time? Will that call the "Leave" function every time?

Thanks for the help!

Yathosho
12th March 2008 09:50 UTC

calling the page once should do the job, have a look at nsDialog's onClick/onChange functions. i'd also suggest you indicate the progress by changing a label - otherwise the user might think he's doing something wrong

xbarns
12th March 2008 10:37 UTC

Thanks, i now use a seperate Function that i call into. And yes i have thought of changing the label so noone gets confused.

:D