MessageBox configurator?

[mgrenier1]

Not sure if it could be useful in any kind of way but I tried building some kind of iLogic MessageBox configurator.

Now I'm wondering if it would be possible to like, save the MessageBox it spits out at the end as a template but I am not sure how to do it, I think the best way would be to save the output to another iLogic rule but how can I pass the value of the variables to another rule.

What do you guys think?

I know I could just write a new rule for every new MessageBox I need but where's the fun in that?

Dim Titre As String
Dim Message As String
Dim ListeIcon As New List(Of String)
ListeIcon.Add("Erreur")
ListeIcon.Add("Exclamation")
ListeIcon.Add("Informations")
ListeIcon.Add("Aucune")
ListeIcon.Add("Interrogation")
ListeIcon.Add("Arrêter")
ListeIcon.Add("Avertissement")
Titre = InputBox("Entrez le Titre", "Configurateur de Boite de messages", "Par Défaut")
Message = InputBox("Entrez le Message", "Configurateur de Boite de messages", "Par Défaut")
Icon = InputListBox("Choisir l'icone", ListeIcon, "", Title := "Configurateur de boite de message", ListName :="Icones")

	If Icon = "Erreur" Then
		MessageBox.Show(Message, Titre, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
	ElseIf Icon = "Exclamation" Then
		MessageBox.Show(Message, Titre, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
	ElseIf Icon = "Informations" Then
		MessageBox.Show(Message, Titre, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
	ElseIf Icon = "Aucune" Then
		MessageBox.Show(Message, Titre, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.None)
	ElseIf Icon = "Interrogation" Then
		MessageBox.Show(Message, Titre, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Question)
	ElseIf Icon = "Arrêter" Then
		MessageBox.Show(Message, Titre, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Stop)
	ElseIf Icon = "Avertissement" Then
		MessageBox.Show(Message, Titre, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning)
			Else
				MessageBox.Show("Essaye d'autres choses", "Ca existe pas")
	End If

[Michael.Navara]

I'm not sure, what do you try to achieve. Function MessageBox.Show() has several combinations of possible parameters, Some of them are free text values, some are from pre-defined values (enums), some are complex objects (like HelpNavigator, IWin32Window,...).

Do you want some "code generator" for message box?

[mgrenier1]

It's like a UI for building basic MessageBox instead of doing it with code everytime I need a new one. Like, you Input the Title, Message, then select an Icon(I should add buttons selection too) and it builds a messagebox from the inputs. I would like to save the output though, I'm just sure how to achieve to it.

[Michael.Navara]

It is much easier to do it in Excel, but I'm not sure, if it is handy.

[mgrenier1]

It didn't even cross my mind to do it like this, how would you bring the code snippet back in an iLogic rule though? 

[Michael.Navara]

[mgrenier1]

That would be one way to do it but I don't like it very much

[WCrihfield]

Hi @mgrenier1.  Just checking, because it is difficult to judge sometimes, but are you familiar with the 'Wizard' built right into the iLogic Rule Editor dialog?  On the Wizards tab is a button named 'Message Box'.  If you click that, a small user interface dialog shows, allowing you to select from 3 drop-down lists for 'Icon', 'Buttons', and 'Default Button', and has regular text boxes for 'Title' and 'Message' areas.

[mgrenier1]

I did not know about this, I guess Autodesk already tought about this lol