Version 6.3.8 for Windows
 —  Programming Guide  —

Introduction

This documentation addresses the more experienced GUI programmer and describes essential programming techniques. There are two ways to program in the dialog editor:

You can view the current dialog's generated and specified code by choosing Object > List in the dialog editor's menu bar.

If you want a hands-on demonstration of how to program with the dialog editor, refer to the SYSEXEVT library. This library contains sample dialogs demonstrating basic functionality. Before accessing the sample dialogs, read the README file. Then execute the MENU dialog.

Note:
Code written in the dialog editor must be in structured mode.

If you want to execute a Natural application using dialogs, you must use a dialog to start this application.

For further information on event-driven programming see Introduction to Event-Driven Programming.

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