yesno
TEXT
The yesno statement displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: Yes and No.
Parameters
This statement has one parameter:
text – is the message to display.
Description
This statement displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: Yes and No. (Yes is the default.) Afterwards, the name of the button that was clicked will be in the clipboard.
yesno "Do you want to continue?"
if clipboard() = "No"
stop
endif
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Note: This statement is retained for compatibility with legacy databases. For new applications, the alertyesno statement, which does not disturb the clipboard, is recommended.
See Also
- alert -- displays a modal alert window with a message and one or more buttons.
- alertcanceldelete -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *Cancel* and *Delete*.
- alertcancelok -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *Cancel* and *Ok*.
- alertdeletecancel -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *Delete* and *Cancel*.
- alertmodal -- displays a modal alert sheet (not attached to any window) with a message and one or more buttons.
- alertnoyes -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *No* and *Yes*.
- alertok -- displays a modal alert window with a message and one button: *Ok*
- alertokcancel -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *Ok* and *Cancel*.
- alertoksmall -- displays a modal alert window with a message and one button: *Ok*
- alertrevertcancel -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *Revert* and *Cancel*.
- alertsavecancel -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *Save* and *Cancel*.
- alertsheet -- displays an alert sheet (attached to the current window) with a message and one or more buttons. Note: with the introduction of OS 11, Big Sur, sheets no longer appear to slide down from the title bar, but open a dialog centered on the active window.
- alertyesno -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *Yes* and *No*.
- alertyesnocancel -- displays a modal alert window with a message and three buttons: *Yes*, *No* and *Cancel*.
- beep -- makes the computer speaker beep once.
- bigmessage -- displays a message alert.
- cancelok -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *Cancel* and *Ok*.
- gettextokcancel -- displays a modal dialog that asks the user to enter an item of text.
- giantmessage -- displays a message alert.
- message -- displays a modal alert window with a message.
- noyes -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *No* and *Yes*.
- nsnotify -- delivers a notification.
- okcancel -- displays a modal alert window with a message and two buttons: *Ok* and *Cancel*.
- rudemessage -- displays a message alert.
- statusmessage -- displays a message in the status bar at the bottom of the procedure window.
- stopalert -- displays a modal alert window with a warning icon, a message and one or more buttons.
- tallmessage -- displays a message alert.
History
| 10.0 | Updated | Carried over from Panorama 6.0 but does not have 255 character limit, and automatically grows in height to accomodate the specified text. |