5.1. Paste Program Editor Code into the Dialog Editor

You can use the Dialog Editor to modify the statements in your script that correspond to an entire dialog box or to one or more dialog box controls.

Paste the following into the Dialog Editor.

An existing dialog box.

One of more controls from an existing dialog box.

Notes for pasting code into a dialog box.

Paste Dialog Box Code into a Dialog box Template

  1. Select code in the Program Editor for the entire dialog box.

The code:

Begins with Begin Dialog (statement).

Ends with End Dialog (statement).

  1. Do one of the following.

Click Edit>Copy on the Program Editor menu bar.

Press Ctrl+C on the keyboard.

  1. Select the dialog box in the Dialog Editor that will be replaced.

  2. Do one of the following.

Click Edit>Paste on the Dialog Editor menu bar.

Press Ctrl+V on the keyboard.

A message box opens asking:

Do you want to replace the dialog box?

  1. Click Yes.

Result: The dialog box template code copied from the Program Editor script replaces the selected dialog box template. The dialog box changes according to the pasted code.

Paste Control Code into a Dialog Box Template

  1. Select code in the Program Editor that defines one or more controls for a dialog box.

  1. Do one of the following.

Click Edit>Copy on the Program Editor menu bar.

Press Ctrl+C on the keyboard.

  1. Select the dialog box in the Dialog Editor that will be modified.

  2. Do one of the following.

Click Edit>Paste on the Dialog Editor menu bar.

Press Ctrl+V on the keyboard.

Result: The selected controls are pasted into the dialog box based on the location specifications in the code.

Notes for Pasting Code into a Dialog Box

When you paste a dialog box template into the Dialog Editor, the tabbing order of the controls is determined by the order in which the controls are described in the template.

When you paste one or more controls into Dialog Editor, they will come last in the tabbing order, following the controls that are already present in the current dialog box.

If there are any errors in the statements that describe the dialog box or controls, the Dialog Translation Errors dialog box will open when you attempt to paste these statements into Dialog Editor. This dialog box shows the lines of code containing the errors and provides a brief description of the nature of each error.

More information

5. Edit an existing dialog box.