Event-driven applications are much more user-friendly when text in the dynamic information line (DIL) explains the dialog element that currently has the focus. A dialog element has the focus if it can receive the end user's keyboard input.
You have two options to relate a dialog element to a DIL text:
Use the dialog editor (most likely because it is the easiest way); or
use Natural code to specify everything dynamically.
Set the attribute HAS-DIL to
TRUE for the dialog by marking the Dyn. Info
Line entry in the Dialog Attributes
window.
Set the attribute DIL-TEXT to
"diltextstring" for the
dialog element. Choose the button to the right
of the DIL Text: entry in the attributes window. The
window Specify attribute Source appears.
Choose one of the attribute sources and enter the text in the
Value field. Ensure that
"diltextstring" explains
the dialog element's usage in a short phrase.
When you use Natural code, the above two steps may look like this:
... PERSDATA-DIALOG.HAS-DIL := TRUE /* Set HAS-DIL To TRUE #PB-1.DIL-TEXT := 'DILTEXTSTRING' /* Assign the text string ...
Note:
The STATUS-TEXT and the
DIL-TEXT are displayed
in the same area if the dialog has a status line and a text is displayed on the
DIL.
