Brian Heibert wrote:

> How would I go about creating a sheet window that would say
> Are you sure you want to quit URL Keeper?
> and offer two buttons Yes & No

The use of "yes" and "no" buttons characterises a popular but poorly  
contrived platform. The Mac way is to give descriptive names to the  
buttons (Quit and Cancel in the demo below).

Robert P.

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'~'A
' Runtime : Rntm Appearance.Incl
' CPU : Carbon
'~'B
/*
A sheet alert demo
*/
include "Tlbx CarbonEvents.incl"
include "Tlbx Dialogs.incl"

_mainWndNum = 1

end globals


/* This is the 'call-back' from sheet closure.
We get here after the button click but before the sheet has been closed.
If the command is one of the relevant ones, we must close the sheet,
then handle the user command.
*/
long if 0
"SheetDismissed"
enterproc fn SheetDismissed( nextHandler as EventHandlerCallRef,  
theEvent as EventRef, userData as ptr )
'~'1
dim as OSStatus result
dim as HICommand command
dim as long parentWndNum

result = _eventNotHandledErr
call GetEventParameter( theEvent, _kEventParamDirectObject, ¬
_typeHICommand, #0, sizeof( HICommand ), #0, @command )
select command.commandID
// we are interested in 2 commands
case _kHICommandOK, _kHICommandCancel
// let the standard handler close the sheet
result = fn CallNextEventHandler( nextHandler, theEvent )

long if ( command.commandID == _kHICommandOK )
//... your code, if any, to handle 'Quit' would go here
end
xelse
//... your code, if any, to handle 'Cancel' would go here
parentWndNum = userData
window parentWndNum // set port back to parent window
end if

end select

exitproc = result
end if


// install handler on the sheet, supplying the parentWndNum as  
userData for later reference
local fn InstallSheetDismissedHandler( sheetWndRef as WindowRef,  
parentWndNum as long )
'~'1
dim as EventTypeSpec eventType
begin globals
dim as ptr sDismissUPP // 'static' variable
end globals

long if ( sDismissUPP == 0 )
sDismissUPP = fn NewEventHandlerUPP( [proc "SheetDismissed" +  
_FBProcToProcPtrOffset] )
end if
eventType.eventClass = _kEventClassCommand
eventType.eventKind = _kEventProcessCommand

call InstallEventHandler( fn GetWindowEventTarget( sheetWndRef ), ¬
sDismissUPP, 1, @eventType, #parentWndNum, #0 )
end fn





local mode
local fn DoSheetQuitAlert( parentWndNum as long )
'~'1
dim as WindowRef @ parentWndRef
dim as DialogRef @ sheet
dim as AlertStdCFStringAlertParamRec paramRec

get window parentWndNum, parentWndRef

call GetStandardAlertDefaultParams( paramRec,  
_kStdCFStringAlertVersionOne )
paramRec.defaultText = fn CFSTR( "Quit" )
paramRec.defaultButton = _kAlertStdAlertOKButton
paramRec.cancelText = _kAlertDefaultCancelText
paramRec.cancelButton = _kAlertStdAlertCancelButton
call CreateStandardSheet( _kAlertNoteAlert, ¬
fn CFSTR( "Are you sure you want to quit?" ), 0, @paramRec, 0, @sheet )
// install handler on the sheet
fn InstallSheetDismissedHandler( fn GetDialogWindow( sheet ),  
parentWndNum )
call ShowSheetWindow( fn GetDialogWindow( sheet ), parentWndRef )
end fn


local mode
local fn DoDialog
'~'1
select dialog( 0 )
case _btnClick, _wndClose
fn DoSheetQuitAlert( _mainWndNum )
end select
end fn

local mode
local fn DoMenu
'~'1
select menu( 0 )
case 1 // file menu
select menu( 1 )
case 1, 2 // close, quit items
fn DoSheetQuitAlert( _mainWndNum )
end select
end select
menu
end fn


local mode
local fn BuildWindow( wndNum as long )
'~'1
dim as Rect r

window wndNum, "My Window"
print "Close window, click Quit button, or type Cmd-Q"
SetRect( r, 180, 100, 280, 120 )
button 1, _activeBtn, "Quit", @r
end fn


// main
menu 1, 0, 1, "File"
menu 1, 1, 1, "Close/W"
menu 1, 2, 1, "Quit/Q"
on menu fn DoMenu
on dialog fn DoDialog
fn BuildWindow( _mainWndNum )
do
HandleEvents
until 0
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