I understand how it works, I get the numerical value using VAL, but what I don't know is how to set the coordinates at which the inputbox dialog will appear. Imagine a resolution of 1920x1080, you want to enter a value and the inputbox pops up on the top left. Of course, I have the InputBox libraries saved as they came out on the forum a few years ago, but is there any option for this built-in functionality?
(03-30-2023, 09:44 AM)Petr Wrote: I understand how it works, I get the numerical value using VAL, but what I don't know is how to set the coordinates at which the inputbox dialog will appear. Imagine a resolution of 1920x1080, you want to enter a value and the inputbox pops up on the top left. Of course, I have the InputBox libraries saved as they came out on the forum a few years ago, but is there any option for this built-in functionality?
I think it centers on your screen and you can drag it around if in the way.
03-30-2023, 05:37 PM (This post was last modified: 03-30-2023, 05:37 PM by Petr.)
So - first I call MessageBox with some information. That's in the middle. The subsequent display of the input box at the top left is simply inappropriate.
I am attaching the old InputBox library here. It has a better look than the integrated one, BUT it doesn't work under PE. Works under QB64 2.0. I've spent several hours now trying to get it running in QB64PE as well. Without success. I was only able to get the inputbox window to appear with the buttons, but after clicking in the field and pressing anything on the keyboard, the program always crashed. The error is somewhere in the input_box2.bm file, SUB ipb_userinput, around line 378. I am attaching the original, unmodified version that works in QB64 2.0. I tried removing multiple functions in a row from some commands, splitting it up, it almost looked like it would work, but it didn't.
If someone can move it, I'll be glad. Everyone will benefit if it succeeds.
Thank you for the advice. I did not look into the C code, this program is not my work. However, I tried to change the type in the C code as you describe, and a compilation error occurred even in the 32-bit version. I haven't tried it in the 32-bit version before, but even the information that it works in the 32-bit version (I had no idea before) pushes me further. Then is need to look for the bug to the definition of the libraries (and that they are there), somewhere there the Long type will be used instead of the Offset type. Well, I'll look at it again tomorrow if I have time. Then the behavior of the program makes sense. Thank you.
' default screen
_MessageBox "Box tests", "This is the _MessageBox test, coming up next is _InputBox test."
ans$ = _InputBox$("Box Tests", "Hi, how do you like the tests so far?", "Great!")
Print "So you think these tests were "; ans$
_Title "Test boxes" 'b+ modified by Petr 2023-03-30
' default screen
Screen _NewImage(_DesktopWidth, _DesktopHeight, 32)
_FullScreen
_MessageBox "Box tests", "This is the _MessageBox test, and is in middle."
ans$ = _InputBox$("Box Tests", "Hi, i am not in middle. Is it great?", "No!")
Print "So think i need other inputboxes than build-in. "
Simply, when you write something, you need to determine the coordinates where it will appear. For the messagebox, that's cool, the middle is good. But about the inputbox... hey, I don't want to criticize here when I haven't added anything, so I'm looking for my own solution if the existing one doesn't suit me. That's all.
This can not be true. As always, I had it in my sights the whole time. The problem was in the BM file, exactly on line 248 I had to enable the SetWindowLongA& function in the declaration and then in the next code make adjustments to (remove SetWindowLongPtr and replace it with SetWindowLongA& on line 368, the same on line 498). And finally. SetWindowPos (line 381). This is what I will be modifying each time I call. That's exactly what I want. Have it where I want it. And this is the way.
Repaired BM file - now works fine (with mouse) under both - QB64PE 32bit and also under QB64PE 64bit.
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'###_start_BM_inputbox
'######--INPUT BOX FUNCTIONS and SUBS--######################################
'--inputbox_init: Creates a user defined type. This type is used to create
' global variable ipb. Its corresponding elements are
' global. Some variables are initialised in this function.
Sub inputbox_init
Const FALSE = 0
Const TRUE = Not FALSE
Type input_box_udt
buf As String * 64 ' Buffer to store entered characters
hw As _Offset ' Pointer to inputbox window
hwLabel As _Offset ' Pointer to label
hwb0 As _Offset ' Pointer button 0 - OK
hwb1 As _Offset ' Pointer button 1 - Cancel
hwe As _Offset ' Pointer to single line edit control
pw_mask As Integer ' Enable password mask flag
pw_bullet As Integer ' Password mask bullet flag
max_length As Integer 'Maximum allowed characters
caption_text As String 'Window title
prompt_text As String ' Instructions to user
valid_str As String ' All allowed characters
button0_text As String ' Left button
button1_text As String ' Right button
x As Long 'Position of inputbox
y As Long 'Position of inputbox
max_char_allowed As Long ' Maximum number of input characters allowed
default_input_text As String ' Display to user initial value
End Type
ipb.default_input_text = "" 'Set initial value
End Sub
'-- END inputbox_init:
'Predefined function 1: - Allow numeric and alpha characters
Function InputBox$ ()
InputBox = InputBoxM("", "", "", "", "")
End Function
'Predefined function 2: - Allows alpha-numeric and extra valid characters.
Function InputBoxA$ (prompt As String, ttitle As String)
InputBoxA = InputBoxM(prompt, ttitle, "", "A+", "")
End Function
'Predefined function 3: - Only numeric characters allowed.
Function InputBoxN$ (prompt As String, ttitle As String)
InputBoxN = InputBoxM(prompt, ttitle, "", "N", "")
End Function
'Predefined function 4: - Password entry. Display asterisk.
Function InputBoxP$ (prompt As String, ttitle As String)
InputBoxP = InputBoxM(prompt, ttitle, "", "", "A")
End Function
'Predefined function 5: - Password entry. Display bullet.
Function InputBoxPB$ (prompt As String, ttitle As String)
InputBoxPB = InputBoxM(prompt, ttitle, "", "", "B")
End Function
'---Main input box
Function InputBoxM$ (prompt As String, ttitle As String, maxLength As String, numeric As String, pwMask As String)
Const FALSE = 0
Const TRUE = Not FALSE
Dim As String str1, str2, str3, str4
'---Set prompt text
ipb.prompt_text = "Enter some text:" 'Default value
If prompt <> "" Then
ipb.prompt_text = prompt 'Label text. User instrutions
End If
'---Set pop-up window title (caption) text
ipb.caption_text = "InputBox" 'Default value
If ttitle <> "" Then
ipb.caption_text = ttitle 'User pop-up window title
End If
'--Set maximum number of characters allowed
ipb.max_length = 40 'Default allowed characters 40
If maxLength <> "" Then
ipb.max_length = Val(maxLength) 'Required length
End If
'---Set allowed characters.
'numeric: Options are
' "" Default, allows alpha-numeric characters.
' "A+" Allows alpha-numeric and extra valid characters.
' "N" Numeric digits 0-9 only
' "N+" Numeric digits 0-9 and associated characters.
If numeric = "" Then ' Set default alpha numeric characters
ipb.valid_str = str1 + str2 ' Valid alpha/numeric characters
End If
If numeric = "A+" Then ' Set allowed alpha numeric and extra characters
ipb.valid_str = str1 + str2 + str3 'Valid alpha/numeric and extra characters
End If
If numeric = "N" Then ' Set allowed numeric characters
ipb.valid_str = str2 ' Valid characters 0-9
End If
If numeric = "N+" Then ' Set numeric and associated characters.
ipb.valid_str = str2 + str4 ' Valid numeric and associated characters
End If
If pwMask = "A" Or pwMask = "B" Then ' Mask required
ipb.pw_mask = TRUE ' Set flag, mask required
If pwMask = "B" Then ' Bullet required
ipb.pw_bullet = TRUE ' Set bullet flag
End If
End If
'---Get user input string
ipb_UserInput ' Run UserInput, data entered saved in buffer ipb.buf
InputBoxM = ipb_get_string ' Extract data from ipb.buf return string
End Function
'---Function Extract data from ipb.buf return input string
Function ipb_get_string$ ()
Dim As String a
'Extract string from buf
a = _Trim$(ipb.buf) ' Remove spaces. Buffer contains a null terminated
a = Left$(a, InStr(a, Chr$(0)) - 1) ' string. Find position of null and extract
ipb.buf = "" ' characters upto this null character. Clear buffer
ipb_get_string = a 'Return clean string
End Function
'===Main Sub ===========================
Sub ipb_UserInput
'--Constants
Const FALSE = 0
Const TRUE = Not FALSE
Const WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW = WS_OVERLAPPED Or WS_CAPTION
'--Types
Type POINT
As Long x
As Long y
End Type
Type MSG
As _Offset hwnd
As _Unsigned Long message
As _Unsigned _Offset wParam 'unsigned pointer sized integer
As _Offset lParam ' pointer sized integer
As _Unsigned Long time
As POINT pt
End Type
Type WNDCLASSA
As _Unsigned Long style
$If 64BIT Then
As String * 4 padding
$End If
As _Offset lpfnWndProc
As Long cbClsExtra, cbWndExtra
As _Offset hInstance, hIcon, hCursor, hbrBackground, lpszMenuName, lpszClassName
End Type
'--Libaries
Declare Library "input_box_WIN"
Function GetWindowProc%& () 'Windows procedure address
'***Subclassing
Function GetSubEdit%& () ' Edit procedure address
'***End Subclassing
End Declare
'***Subclassing
Declare CustomType Library
Function SetWindowLongPtr& Alias "SetWindowLongPtrA" (ByVal hwnd As _Offset, Byval nIndex As Long, Byval dwNewLong As Long)
End Declare
'***End Subclassing
' Declare CustomType Library
Declare Dynamic Library "user32"
Function CallWindowProc& Alias "CallWindowProcA" (ByVal lpPrevWndFunc As Long, Byval hWnd As _Offset, Byval Msg As _Unsigned Long, Byval wParam As _Unsigned _Offset, Byval lParam As _Offset)
Function SendMessageA%& (ByVal hWnd As _Offset, Byval Msg As _Unsigned Long, Byval wParam As _Unsigned _Offset, Byval lParam As _Offset)
Function DefWindowProcA%& (ByVal hWnd As _Offset, Byval Msg As _Unsigned Long, Byval wParam As _Unsigned _Offset, Byval lParam As _Offset)
Sub PostQuitMessage (ByVal nExitCode As Long)
Function LoadCursorW%& (ByVal hInstance As _Offset, Byval lpCursorName As _Offset)
Function RegisterClassA~% (ByVal lpWndClass As _Offset)
Function CreateWindowExA%& (ByVal dwExStyle As Long, Byval lpClassName As _Offset, Byval lpWindowName As _Offset, Byval dwStyle As Long, Byval X As Long, Byval Y As Long, Byval nWidth As Long, Byval nHeight As Long, Byval hWndParent As _Offset, Byval hMenu As _Offset, Byval hInstance As _Offset, Byval lpParam As _Offset)
Function ShowWindow& (ByVal hWnd As _Offset, Byval nCmdShow As Long)
Function UpdateWindow& (ByVal hWnd As _Offset)
Function GetMessageA% (ByVal lpMsg As _Offset, Byval hWnd As _Offset, Byval wMsgFilterMin As _Unsigned Long, Byval wMsgFilterMax As _Unsigned Long)
Function TranslateMessage& (ByVal lpMsg As _Offset)
Function DispatchMessageA%& (ByVal lpmsg As _Offset)
Sub DestroyWindow (ByVal hWnd As _Offset)
Function PostMessageA%& (ByVal hWnd As _Offset, Byval Msg As _Unsigned Long, Byval wParam As _Unsigned _Offset, Byval lParam As _Offset)
Function SetFocus& (ByVal hWnd As _Offset)
Function GetWindowLongA& (ByVal hwnd As _Offset, Byval nIndex As Long)
Function SetWindowPos& (ByVal hWnd As _Offset, Byval hWndInsertAfter As _Offset, Byval X As Integer, Byval Y As Integer, Byval cx As Integer, Byval cy As Integer, Byval uFlags As _Offset)
Function SendMessageW%& (ByVal hWnd As _Offset, Byval Msg As _Unsigned Long, Byval wParam As _Unsigned _Offset, Byval lParam As _Offset)
Function SetWindowLongA& (ByVal hwnd As _Offset, Byval nIndex As Long, Byval dwNewLong As Long)
Sub MessageBeep (ByVal alert As _Unsigned Long)
Function MessageBoxA& (ByVal hwnd As Long, Message As String, Title As String, Byval MBType As _Unsigned Long)
End Declare
Declare Dynamic Library "kernel32"
Function GetModuleHandleA%& (ByVal lpModuleName%&)
Function GetLastError~& ()
End Declare
'--End Libaries
'--Variables
Static registered As Integer 'Variables initialized to 0 (false) hence not registered. Value retained between functtion calls
Dim hi As _Offset ' Handle to application instance
Dim wc As WNDCLASSA ' define wc as WNDCLASSEX structure
Dim msg As MSG
Dim dummyL As Long ' Dummy variable
Dim dummyO As _Offset 'Dummy variable
Dim t0 As String ' Type of control
Dim t1 As String ' Title or controls text
Dim MainClassName As String * 5
MainClassName = "main" + Chr$(0)
Dim CrLf As String * 2 ' define as 2 byte STRING
CrLf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10) ' carriage return and line feed
Dim As String className ' Variable className stores name of our window class
className = "myWindowClass" + Chr$(0) ' Used in wc. which in turn is used to register window class with the system.
hi = GetModuleHandleA(0) 'Handle to application instance
'---Step 1: Registering the Window Class
'Fill out the members of WNDCLASSEX structure (wc) and call RegisterClassA
wc.style = 0 ' Class Styles (CS_*), not Window Styles (WS_*) This is usually be set to 0.
wc.lpfnWndProc = GetWindowProc ' Pointer to the window procedure for this window class. (see WIN.h)
wc.cbClsExtra = 0 ' Amount of extra data allocated for this class in memory. Usually 0.
wc.cbWndExtra = 0 ' Amount of extra data allocated in memory per window of this type. Usually 0.
wc.hInstance = hi ' Handle to application instance .
wc.hIcon = 0 ' Large (usually 32x32) icon shown when the user presses Alt+Tab. Set to 0
wc.hCursor = LoadCursorW(0, IDC_ARROW) ' Cursor that will be displayed over our window.
wc.hbrBackground = COLOR_WINDOW 'was +1 Background Brush to set the color of our window. '
wc.lpszMenuName = 0 ' Name of a menu resource to use for the windows with this class.
wc.lpszClassName = _Offset(className) ' Name to identify the class with.
If Not registered Then ' First time in funcion OK to register.
If RegisterClassA(_Offset(wc)) = 0 Then
Print "RegisterClassA failed:"; GetLastError
End
End If
registered = TRUE ' Class was registered
End If
'--Step 2: Creating the Windows
'After registering the class, create a window with it using CreateWindowExA.
'Note: A visible un-owned window gets a taskbar button. To hide the inputbox window taskbar button
'make the inputbox owned by our main applicationusing using _WindowHandle instead of 0'
t1 = ipb.caption_text + Chr$(0) 'Window title
' ipb.hw = CreateWindowExA(0, _Offset(className), _Offset(t1), WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, ipb.x, ipb.y, 358, 130, _WindowHandle, 0, hi, 0): If 0 = ipb.hw Then System
ipb.hw = CreateWindowExA(0, _Offset(className), _Offset(t1), WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 10, 10, 358, 130, _WindowHandle, 0, hi, 0): If 0 = ipb.hw Then System
'Controls are just child windows. They have a procedure, a class etc... that is registered by the system.
'Label
t0 = "STATIC" + Chr$(0) ' Window control is STATIC predefined class
t1 = ipb.prompt_text + Chr$(0) ' Label text
ipb.hwLabel = CreateWindowExA(0, _Offset(t0), _Offset(t1), WS_VISIBLE Or WS_CHILD, 9, 5, 372, 16, ipb.hw, 0, hi, 0): If 0 = ipb.hwLabel Then System
'OK Button 0
t0 = "BUTTON" + Chr$(0) ' Window control is BUTTON predefined class
t1 = ipb.button0_text + Chr$(0)
ipb.hwb0 = CreateWindowExA(0, _Offset(t0), _Offset(t1), WS_TABSTOP Or WS_VISIBLE Or WS_CHILD Or BS_PUSHBUTTON, 175, 65, 80, 23, ipb.hw, 0, hi, 0): If 0 = ipb.hwb0 Then System
'Cancel button 1
t1 = ipb.button1_text + Chr$(0)
ipb.hwb1 = CreateWindowExA(0, _Offset(t0), _Offset(t1), WS_TABSTOP Or WS_VISIBLE Or WS_CHILD Or BS_PUSHBUTTON, 262, 65, 80, 23, ipb.hw, 0, hi, 0): If 0 = ipb.hwb1 Then System
'Edit control
t0 = "EDIT" + Chr$(0)
' t1 = "This is a edit control." + Chr$(0)
t1 = "" + Chr$(0)
ipb.hwe = CreateWindowExA(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, _Offset(t0), _Offset(t1), WS_VISIBLE Or WS_CHILD Or ES_LEFT, 12, 30, 330, 26, ipb.hw, 0, hi, 0): If 0 = ipb.hwe Then System
'===Write default text to edit control and set cursor pos
Const WM_SETTEXT = &H000C
Const EM_SETSEL = &HB1
Dim ipbLen As Integer
If ipb.default_input_text <> "" Then 'Empty skip this
t0 = ipb.default_input_text + Chr$(0) 'Text to send to Edit control
dummyO = SendMessageA(ipb.hwe, WM_SETTEXT, 0, _Offset(t0)) 'Set control text
ipbLen = Len(ipb.default_input_text) ' Length of string
dummyO = SendMessageA(ipb.hwe, EM_SETSEL, ipbLen, ipbLen) ' Set cursor to end of text
End If
'----Enable and configure password mask.
'Note: The bullet is Unicode (9679 or 0x25CF ) use SendMessageW. Use SendMessageA for old Asterisk (42)
Const EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR = &HCC
If ipb.pw_mask Then 'Input Mask required
If ipb.pw_bullet Then 'Set bullet
dummyO = SendMessageW(ipb.hwe, EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR, 9679, 0) 'Set bullet password mask
Else 'Standard *
dummyO = SendMessageA(ipb.hwe, EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR, 42, 0) 'Set Asterisk default mask
End If
Else 'Mask not required
dummyO = SendMessageA(ipb.hwe, EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR, 0, 0) ' Turn password mask off
' dummyO = SendMessageW(ipb.hwe, EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR, 0, 0) ' Turn password mask off
End If
'*****Subclassing
Const GWLP_WNDPROC = -4 ' Sets a new address for the window procedure
' OldWindowProc = SetWindowLongPtr(ipb.hwe, GWLP_WNDPROC, ConvertOffset(GetSubEdit)) ' set your custom procedure
OldWindowProc = SetWindowLongA(ipb.hwe, GWLP_WNDPROC, ConvertOffset(GetSubEdit)) ' set your custom procedure
'*****End Subclassing
'Display and Update window to ensure it has properly redrawn itself on the screen.
dummyL = ShowWindow(ipb.hw, SW_SHOWDEFAULT)
dummyL = UpdateWindow(ipb.hw)
' Force window to top and select with screen click
Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1 ' window above all others no focus unless active
Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H0001 ' ignores cx and cy size parameters
Const SWP_NOACTIVATE = &H0010 'does not activate window
' dummyL = SetWindowPos(ipb.hw, HWND_TOPMOST, ipb.x, ipb.y, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE Or SWP_NOACTIVATE) 'force to top
dummyL = SetWindowPos(ipb.hw, HWND_TOPMOST, 200, 300, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE Or SWP_NOACTIVATE) 'force to top '200, 300 <----modify for position on the screen (for 1 run)
_ScreenClick ipb.x + 160, ipb.y + 96 'Force focus and move cursor to left of ok button
'-- Step 3: The Message Loop
While GetMessageA(_Offset(msg), 0, 0, 0) > 0 ' gets a message from our application's message queue.
dummyL = TranslateMessage(_Offset(msg)) ' performs some additional processing on keyboard events
dummyO = DispatchMessageA(_Offset(msg)) ' sends the message out to the window that the message was sent to
Wend
End Sub
'===End main function ===========================
'-- Step 4: the Window Procedure
Function WindowProc%& (hWnd As _Offset, uMsg As _Unsigned Long, wParam As _Unsigned _Offset, lParam As _Offset)
Const WM_CREATE = &H0001
Const WM_CLOSE = &H0010
Const WM_DESTROY = 2
Const WM_COMMAND = &H0111
Const BN_CLICKED = 0
Const WM_GETTEXT = &H000D
Const WM_SETFOCUS = &H0007
Dim dummyO As _Offset 'Dummy variable
Dim dummyL As Long ' Dummy variable
Select Case uMsg
Case WM_CLOSE
DestroyWindow (hWnd) 'Destroy window and child windows
WindowProc = 0
Case WM_DESTROY
PostQuitMessage 0 ' Want to exit the program
WindowProc = 0
Case WM_SETFOCUS
dummyL = SetFocus(ipb.hwe) 'Set Edit control focus
WindowProc = 0
Case WM_COMMAND
'==============
If wParam = BN_CLICKED Then
Select Case lParam
'A button was clicked test each one
'---Sandard buttons---
Case ipb.hwb0 'OK button
'Print "Button 0 pressed OK"
'Get input text and copy to buffer (buf)
dummyO = SendMessageA(ipb.hwe, WM_GETTEXT, Len(ipb.buf), _Offset(ipb.buf))
'Print Len(buf)
dummyO = PostMessageA(hWnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0) 'Close
WindowProc = 0
Case ipb.hwb1 'Cancel button
'Print "Button 1 pressed Cancel"
ipb.buf = "" 'reset zero-length string ("").
dummyO = PostMessageA(hWnd, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0) 'Close
WindowProc = 0
'---End standard buttons---
End Select
Else
'Not our message send back to system for processing
WindowProc = DefWindowProcA(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam)
End If
'=================
WindowProc = 0
Case Else
'Not our message send back to system for processing
WindowProc = DefWindowProcA(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam)
End Select
End Function
'######--END INPUT BOX FUNCTIONS and SUBS--##################################
Function ConvertOffset&& (value As _Offset)
Dim m As _MEM 'Define a memblock
m = _Mem(value) 'Point it to use value
$If 64BIT Then
Dim temp As _Integer64
'On 64 bit OSes, an OFFSET is 8 bytes in size. We can put it directly into an Integer64
_MemGet m, m.OFFSET, temp
ConvertOffset = temp
$Else
Dim temp As Long
'However, on 32 bit OSes, an OFFSET is only 4 bytes. We need to put it into a LONG variable first
_MemGet m, m.OFFSET, temp 'Like this
ConvertOffset = temp 'And then assign that long value to ConvertOffset&&
$End If
_MemFree m 'Free the memblock
End Function
'*****Subclass function
Function SubEdit%& (hWnd As _Offset, uMsg As _Unsigned Long, wParam As _Unsigned _Offset, lParam As _Offset)
Const FALSE = 0
Const TRUE = Not FALSE
Const WM_NCDESTROY = &H82
Const GWLP_WNDPROC = -4 ' Sets a new address for the window procedure
Const WM_CONTEXTMENU = 123
Const WM_CHAR = 258
Const VK_RETURN = &H000D
Const BM_CLICK = 245
Const MB_ICONWARNING = &H30
Dim processed As Integer 'Key valid and processed
Dim dummyL As Long ' Dummy variable
Dim dummyO As _Offset ' Dummy variable
Dim ChrValid As Integer ' Character is valid
Dim i As Integer
'If we're being destroyed, restore the original WindowProc.
'*****Subclassing
If uMsg = WM_NCDESTROY Then
' dummyL = SetWindowLongPtr(hWnd, GWLP_WNDPROC, OldWindowProc)
dummyL = SetWindowLonga(hWnd, GWLP_WNDPROC, OldWindowProc)
End If
'*****End Subclassing
'Disable context menu popup. Prevents a paste operation
If uMsg = WM_CONTEXTMENU Then
processed = TRUE ' Key processed nothing elese to do
End If
'Disable Ctrl+V Prevents a paste operation
If uMsg = WM_CHAR And wParam = 22 Then
processed = TRUE ' Key processed nothing elese to do
End If
'Disable Enter key. Prevents anoying beep. Force enter to produce OK button click
'Pressing the enter key with Edit Control in focus.
'Default behavior is to produce an annoying beep this is
'because enter is an invalid key for this control.
If uMsg = WM_CHAR And wParam = VK_RETURN Then 'Enter key pressed
dummyO = SendMessageA(ipb.hwb0, BM_CLICK, 0, 0) ' Send message (button click) to OK button
processed = TRUE ' Key processed nothing elese to do
End If
'Valid character section all others invalid
If uMsg = WM_CHAR Then 'There is a character to process
'Print wParam
ChrValid = FALSE ' Set initial value
For i = 1 To Len(ipb.valid_str) ' Scan valid characters and backspace=8
If wParam = Asc(Mid$(ipb.valid_str, i, 1)) Or wParam = 8 Then
ChrValid = TRUE ' Key in valid range. Allow default processing
End If
Next
If Not ChrValid Then ' Invalid character remove by setting processed
processed = TRUE ' true flag. Forceses return 0 for invalid keys'
'Alert user.
If Not (wParam = VK_RETURN) Then ' Note: Return key is valid.
MessageBeep MB_ICONWARNING ' For invalid characters
End If ' create a "ding" to alert user.
End If
End If
'End valid character
'Set return value
If processed Then 'A key was processed
SubEdit = 0 ' Return 0 no further processing required
Else ' No key processed pass onto default processing
'*****Subclassing
SubEdit = CallWindowProc(OldWindowProc, hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam)
'*****End Subclassing
End If
End Function
'*****End Subclass functionn
'###_start_BM_inputbox
I still have to find out why in the 32 bit version the dialog can be confirmed with the enter key and in the 64 bit version only with the mouse, some conditions for this are at the end in the BM file.
Everything else remains the same, so when you overwrite the original BM file, you can try it. I will also in my version add the option of coordinates so that I can continue with the program in which I want to use it. Thank you for your cooperation.
03-31-2023, 08:55 AM (This post was last modified: 03-31-2023, 09:21 AM by Petr.)
I worked around as best I could, unfortunately I don't know C. If you look in the BM file, SubEdit is called from the H file as GetSubEdit and - probably - that's the reason why Enter doesn't work in the 64-bit version. Also, the type filtering text in window was destroyed by the addition of X and Y parameters for the window position (which I don't mind at all, unlike the non-functional enter, which really annoys me).
However. In 32 bit IDE it works with enter key too, in BM file different libraries are defined for 32 bit IDE and another for 64 bit IDE (and then look for the problem) to get it up and running as best as possible. The original intention - to determine the position of the input box SUCCEEDED, in Czech - it's sarcasm - the operation was successful, the patient died.
So, when using in 32 bits (so one doesn't have to get mad at enter) the position can be set. If a person wants to click ok with the mouse because enter is not allowed in 64bit for some reason - I looked for a reason, I didn't find it - and be able to set the position of the window,, he can use a 64-bit IDE.
I am attaching my version, I just can't get it running any better.
To make it possible for more experienced programmers to play around with it better, I am also attaching the default original version, which did not work at all in the 64-bit IDE.
(03-30-2023, 08:12 PM)Petr Wrote: You know, programming is all about coordinates.
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_Title "Test boxes" 'b+ modified by Petr 2023-03-30
' default screen
Screen _NewImage(_DesktopWidth, _DesktopHeight, 32)
_FullScreen
_MessageBox "Box tests", "This is the _MessageBox test, and is in middle."
ans$ = _InputBox$("Box Tests", "Hi, i am not in middle. Is it great?", "No!")
Print "So think i need other inputboxes than build-in. "
Simply, when you write something, you need to determine the coordinates where it will appear. For the messagebox, that's cool, the middle is good. But about the inputbox... hey, I don't want to criticize here when I haven't added anything, so I'm looking for my own solution if the existing one doesn't suit me. That's all.
What for? you can drag the InputBox anywhere you want if you need to see something on the screen.
