vuedialog(1)

NAME

vuedialog − display a message in an X11 Motif dialog window

SYNOPSIS

vuedialog [−options ...]

DESCRIPTION

The vuedialog program reads a message from either the command line or from a file and displays the message in an X11 Motif dialog window. By default a single pushbutton labeled OK appears below the window. A message must be provided via either the command line (via the -m option) or from a file (via the -f option). Command line options allow the user to specify a bitmap to be displayed left of the message, add a Cancel button, change the labels for the OK and Cancel buttons, and associate a command to run if/when the user selects the OK button. The vuedialog program can be used to query for Yes/No style responses; vuedialog exits with a value of "0" when the OK button is selected, and a value of "1" with the Cancel button.

OPTIONS

Several options can be used to change the behavior of vuedialog:

-display display
Specifies the server to connect to; see X(1).

-fg color
Specify the foreground (text) color.

-bg color
Specify the background color.

-m message_string
Specify the message string to appear in the window. The string should be enclosed by quotes if it contains white space or newline characters. The -m and -f options are mutually-exclusive.

-f pathname
Specify the file to read The file pathname contains the text of the message to display. The -m and -f options are mutually-exclusive.

-O label_string
Specify a different label for the OK button.

-C label_string
Specify a different label for the Cancel button. This button also enables the Cancel button if is is not already enabled.

-p bitmap_file
Cause the bitmap specified in the file bitmap_file to appear to the left of the message area.

-e command_string
Associates the command specified by command_string with the OK button. If the user presses the OK button, then vuedialog does a fork/exec of command_string. This option automatically turns on the Cancel button.

-t title_string
Use the specified string as the title of the window.

-c Cause the Cancel button to be the default button. This option causes the Cancel button to appear.

-o Cause the OK button to be the default button. This is the default behavior. This option causes the Cancel button to appear.

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY
The default host and display number.

COPYRIGHT

ORIGIN

Hewlett-Packard Company

SunOS 3.0 — Last change:

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