DragonFireSDK Undocumented Function: AlertShow()

[tim]

If you ever need to show an alert message to your user (the translucent dialog box that has a message and an OK button) you can add the following code to your App.cpp file and add this functionality yourself.

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#ifdef __APPLE__
int AlertShow(char *title, char *message);
#else
#include "Windows.h"
int AlertShow(char *title, char *message)
{
    MessageBox(NULL,message,title,MB_OK);
    return(1);
}
#endif


[Tom]

Very interesting, I'm sure I'll use this for debugging!

[xabaras]

yep! very useful... will there be also something like PromptShow() and ConfirmShow() in the future?

[tim]

yep! very useful... will there be also something like PromptShow() and ConfirmShow() in the future?

It's possible.  What are you thinking that those functions would do?

[Tom]

Also, maybe a call back for pressing "Ok" or "Cancel".

[xabaras]

yep! very useful... will there be also something like PromptShow() and ConfirmShow() in the future?

It's possible.  What are you thinking that those functions would do?

As Tom said, a "ConfirmShow" could show some text and some buttons below (eg. Ok/Cancel, or Yes/No...) with their callbacks... and a PromptShow could create a dynamic input field to write something "on the fly" and handle it in some way...

[Scott]

This would be very helpful for debugging on a device and could also be used within a game. A callback with which button the user pressed would also be handy.

[xabaras]

Uhm, i'm working on a new app... i have 3 pages, and a tabbar with a button linked to each page... in the first page should happen something that shows a popup with two buttons(e.g. Page2, Page3), so that the user can choose to go to the second or third page... is there some other native function to achieve this? or is there any chance to have it on a next version of DFSDK?

thanks

[tim]

Scott and xabaras,

E-mail me at tim@zimusoft.com and I will hook you up...

Cheers,

[Djjammin]

I take it this won't compile on IOS due to windows.h? is there anyway to actually make this work on an app release....

[stuckerj]

It works on both, that's what the conditional compile is for.

[Djjammin]

It works on both, that's what the conditional compile is for.

conditional compile, what does this mean? i'm a n00b when it comes to C++

[stuckerj]

It works on both, that's what the conditional compile is for.

conditional compile, what does this mean? i'm a n00b when it comes to C++

See http://www.bing.com/search?q=conditional+compile+ifdef

[Djjammin]

It works on both, that's what the conditional compile is for.

conditional compile, what does this mean? i'm a n00b when it comes to C++

See http://www.bing.com/search?q=conditional+compile+ifdef

I get it now... I re-read the original post and its now clear... Also Bing is gay. Changed my iPhone default search.

[Nico91]

this works also on the real device?