In a similar way as the dynamic information line, the status bar makes an event-driven application more user-friendly.
The programmer has two options to relate a dialog element to a status bar:
use the dialog editor (most likely because it is the easiest way); and
use Natural code to specify everything dynamically.
When you use the dialog editor, you will have to:
Set the attribute HAS-STATUS-BAR
to TRUE for the dialog by marking the Status
Bar entry in the Dialog Attributes
window. The HAS-STATUS-BAR
attribute determines whether the status bar may be modified. If
HAS-STATUS-BAR
is false, but HAS-DIL
is true, the status bar appears, but is only used as dynamic information
line.
When you use Natural code, the above step may look like this:
... PERSDATA-DIALOG.HAS-STATUS-BAR := TRUE /* Set HAS-STATUS-BAR To TRUE PERSADTA-DIALOG.STATUS-TEXT := 'HELLO' /* Set the text to 'Hello' ...
Anmerkung:
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.
