Possible to Rename WIL Button Labels

[KeithW]

Greetings,

I have an app that I would like to re-label some some WIL Function buttons, change an OK to something else or a Cancel to Exit, etc... is it possible to do this?  I am NOT looking to change the actual functionality, this
is strictly a cosmetic issue.

Regards,
Keith

[spl]

If you are referring to WIL functions like AskFileName(), or any type of message boxes I believe the answer is likely no. You could re-design your own with CLR/Windows.Forms, or WIL dialogs, but that is outside the scope of your ask.

[kdmoyers]

Maybe check out the ButtonNames function?

[JTaylor]

Interesting.   Don't recall ever seeing that Function before.

jim

[td]

Forgot about that one myself.

https://docs.winbatch.com/mergedProjects/WindowsInterfaceLanguage/html/WILAK_B__016.htm

[kdmoyers]

I am a voracious reader of the release notes. 🙂

[spl]

I am a voracious reader of the release notes. 🙂

Good find. Saw the 2014 post where Deana mentioned that. 

[cssyphus]

Further to Kirby's suggestion (which I had forgotten about also), there are some limitations to it:

Note: Buttonnames does not change the name in all functions which display buttons. Supported functions are: AskLine, AskFileText, AskItemList, AskPassword.


But you can also check out some user-created solutions:

IFICANTBYTE's WSHMessage UDF

Sean Dorn's UDF Replacement For Message (I use this one all the time...)

**Links:
https://techsupt.winbatch.com/webcgi/webbatch.exe?techsupt/nftechsupt.web+WinBatch/UDF~-~UDS~Library/Dialog~Boxes+WSHMessage~UDF.txt

https://techsupt.winbatch.com/webcgi/webbatch.exe?techsupt/nftechsupt.web+WinBatch/UDF~-~UDS~Library/Dialog~Boxes+UDF~Replacement~for~Message.txt

[KeithW]

ButtonNames would be a winner is it only supported more functions...
unfortunately is does not modify AskFileName which is really where I wanted it.

We should have a ButtonNames for ALL 2 button functions and a ButtonNames3 for
3 button dialogs... would be really cool to customize the naming for the application
of the dialog.

Oh, so close...

Keith

[snowsnowsnow]

Contrary to what has been posted here, it is entirely possible to do this and I do it "all the time".

No, it doesn't involve writing a custom Dialog(); it uses the built-in functions, such as AskYesNo().  It just involves a little trickery with the Control Manager extender.  And, yes, I too found ButtonNames() to be a little weird, in that it promises much, but delivers little (since it is limited as to which functions it works with). I've often wondered *why* that particular subset...

Anyway, here is demo program for my udsAskYesNo() - a (almost) drop in replacement for AskYesNo():

Code Select Expand

; Start of script

IF "%Param1%" == "-fixbuttons"
    AddExtender("wwctl44i.dll")
    window1 = DllHwnd(Param2)
    cSetWndText(cWndByID(window1,6),Param3)
    cSetWndText(cWndByID(window1,7),Param4)
    cSetWndText(cWndByID(window1,2),Param5)
    Exit
ENDIF

#DefineSubroutine udsAskYesNo1(a,b,c,d,e)
RunHide(Prog,'-fixbuttons "%a%" %c% %d% %e%')
Return AskYesNo(a,b)
:CANCEL
Return -1
#EndSubroutine

IF !IsDefined(Prog) THEN Prog = IntControl(1004,0,0,0,0)
ProgDate = StrCat(Prog," - ",FileTimeGet(Prog))

Pause("Result:",udsAskYesNo1("Save position, Delete file, or exit","This is only a test","&SavePosition","&DeleteFile","&JustStop"))


The idea is that the new function takes 5 args - the first 2 are passed to the usual AskYesNo() as is; the last three are the new names for the buttons, with the & specificying as usual the "hotkey" for that button.

By the way, I put the above in a "code" block, but it doesn't syntax highlight.  Is it still possible to do that and if so, how?

[spl]

Contrary to what has been posted here, it is entirely possible to do this and I do it "all the time".

Agree. And I referenced a post you finalized in 2014. Looking at ButtonNames, in my archives I found scripts from 2002 where I used the function. True, we all moved forward from 2002 and also true, the Op's request was merely 'cosmetic'. So, perhaps we close this thread as a flash from the past.

[snowsnowsnow]

And I referenced a post you finalized in 2014.

I must have missed that.  Can you point me to the referenced post?  Thanks.

And, also, as a total aside, but it is actually pretty important to me, can anyone tell me if/how to get WB code syntax-highlighted on this board?  I know it used to work...

[td]

The forum's syntax coloring extension is not compatible with the current version of SMF. Integrating it into the new version's source code is time-consuming.