Simple dialog

Simple dialog
 1# Simple function to prompt the user for two distance values
 2
 3
 4# Set the default values, show the dialog, then use the entered values
 5lsize = 100
 6wsize = 200
 7
 8# Simple function to prompt the user for two distance values
 9def show_values(l, w):
10    _result = None
11    the_dialog = impact.gui.make_dialog("Rectangle")
12
13    # the distance entry fields
14    field_length = the_dialog.fields.add_distance(l, "Length", False)
15    field_width = the_dialog.fields.add_distance(w, "Width", False)
16
17    # the buttons
18    the_dialog.add_button(ipDialogButtonType.dbtOk)
19    the_dialog.add_button(ipDialogButtonType.dbtClose)
20
21    # show the dialog and determine which button was pressed
22    the_button = the_dialog.show_modal(None)
23    if the_button==ipDialogButtonType.dbtOk:
24
25        # retrieve the values
26        l = field_length.value
27        w = field_width.value
28        _result = True
29    else:
30        _result = False
31    return _result
32
33if show_values(lsize, wsize):
34    if lsize>0 and wsize>0:
35        impact.gui.output_toolbox.add("Create rectangle, size " + str(lsize) + " by " + str(wsize))