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dialog

The <dialog> element configures a modal dialog window to display a Form-UI page. Prior to continuing in the main window, the dialog window must be closed. The element is configured as a subelement of <open>. With the buttons attribute buttons are shown in the dialog window to initiate actions resp. commands.

Actions or commands may be executed by means of the <command> sub-element before opening and after closing (see command). Clicking [OK] must always execute an action, whereas executing an action is optional for [CANCEL], [YES] and [NO].

Attribute name Usage Attribute values Default value Description
buttons optional ok, cancel, yes, no Displays buttons in the dialog window, which are used to execute actions. Several buttons are separated by '|', e.g. buttons="ok|cancel".
ok = Ok
cancel = Cancel
yes = Yes
no = No
hSize optional Width of the element
EEC = width in characters
Web application = width in pixels
hSizeMax optional maximum width of the element
EEC = width in characters
Web application = width in pixels
hSizeMin optional minimum width of the element
EEC = minimum width in characters
Web application = minimum width in pixels
visible optional true, false true true = label is visible
false = label is invisible
vSize optional Height of the element
EEC = height in characters
Web application = height in pixels
vSizeMax optional maximum height of the element
EEC = maximum height in characters
Web application = maximum height in pixels
vSizeMin optional minimum height of the element
EEC = minimum height in characters
Web application = minimum height in pixels
title optional Formula for the text to be displayed as the title of the dialog.
Allowed sub-elements Quantity
command any

A button opens a modal dialog, which displays another Form-UI page. At starting and also at closing the dialog an action is executed: