How can I write a dialog

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laurenince525
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How can I write a dialog

Post by laurenince525 » Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:16 pm

Hi,
I’m new to MS. How can I write a dialog with only a Memo box to display the contents of a .txt file?
I do not want any “Button” or “Enter” key to trigger the display of the txt file. We want to try to use it with our new employee monitoring software
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Re: How can I write a dialog

Post by Dorian (MJT support) » Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:27 pm

Have you looked at these yet, just to get the fundamentals?

https://help.mjtnet.com/article/40-an-i ... dal-dialog

https://help.mjtnet.com/article/41-an-i ... t-handlers

This does what you need :

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Dialog>Dialog1
object Dialog1: TForm
  Left = 2322
  Top = 431
  HelpContext = 5000
  BorderIcons = [biSystemMenu]
  Caption = 'CustomDialog'
  ClientHeight = 504
  ClientWidth = 636
  Color = clBtnFace
  Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
  Font.Color = clWindowText
  Font.Height = -28
  Font.Name = 'MS Sans Serif'
  Font.Style = []
  OldCreateOrder = True
  ShowHint = True
  OnTaskBar = False
  PixelsPerInch = 240
  TextHeight = 32
  object MSMemo1: tMSMemo
    Left = 37
    Top = 20
    Width = 548
    Height = 429
    Text = ''
    VertScrollBarStyles.ButtonSize = 43
    HorzScrollBarStyles.ButtonSize = 43
    TabOrder = 8
  end
end
EndDialog>Dialog1

//Read a text file
ReadFile>d:\MyFile.txt,FileContents

//Put the file contents in the memo box
SetDialogProperty>Dialog1,MSMemo1,Text,%FileContents%

//Display Dialog
Show>Dialog1,res




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