How to change appearance of xfa.host.messagebox

Question

    Is there anyway to apply a different look to the xfa.host.messagebox ?  It is pretty, um what is the word ..... -- ugly. That is the word
Any help would be very appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi,
The url that Steve gave above takes you to the Help file for LC Designer.
You put the messageBox line within your script when you want to alert the user to something or to give them a choice. for example you could put the script within a calculate event to let the user know the value of a hidden variable:
xfa.host.messageBox("This is a message", "This is a title", 3, 1);
The help file sets out the four different options for the last two parameters (which can be used in any combination).
xfa.host.messageBox("This messageBox uses:\n\nParameter 3 = 1 (Warning) and Parameter 4 = 1 (OK, Cancel)", "Hello World!", 1, 1);
The "\n" will insert a return (new line).
Scripting for additional features within a dialogue window can be achieved using the Javascript Dialog Object; however this is getting quite advanced. The AcroDialog product from Windjack Solutions does make this process easier.
The messageBox returns a number depending on which button the user clicks:
Returns 1 if the user clicks OK;
Returns 2 if the user clicks Cancel;
Returns 3 if the user clicks No;
Returns 4 if the user clicks Yes;
On this basis you can script actions depending on which button the user clicks in your messageBox, by asigning the returning value to a variable and then looking at the value of the variable. For example in the click event of a button on the form:
var nButton = xfa.host.messageBox("You are about to delete this row.\n\nDo you want to continue?", "DELETE ROW", 3, 2);
if (nButton == 4) // Hitting the Yes button returns 4
     _dyndetail.removeInstance(this.parent.index); // proceed with delete
The above deals with LiveCycle Designer. If you are scripting exclusively in Acrobat then you could use the app.alert(); method, to display your message.
Hope this helps,
Niall