Indesign CS3(JS) dialog box

Hi
The script having simple dialog box is not displaying the dialog box. But the same script is running another machine. The dialog box is displayed. What may be reason for it?
Thanks
Suresh

Interactive mode might simply be off.
Read
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?7@@.3c061d17/11 and check.

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[JS][CS3] Simple dialog box problem

Hi
I am wanting to make my script do 1 of 2 things depending on the result of a dialog box. I cannot seem to register the users response. Here is the code:
var myDialog = new Window('dialog', 'Confirm Changes');
myDialog.frameLocation = [600,400];
myDialog.size = [590, 250];
myImage = myDialog.add('image',[480,41,572,127],'/Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe InDesign CS3/Scripts/Scripts Panel/Images/xxxx.png');
myPanel= myDialog.add('panel', [10,10,580,240], 'Select the action you wish to use');
//Adding Buttons
myUseExistingTextButton = myPanel.add('button', [48,190,75,25], 'Use Existing Text',{name:'select'});
myUseNewButton = myPanel.add('button', [260,190,75,25], 'Use New text as shown',{name:'select'});
myCancelButton = myPanel.add('button', [480,190,75,25], 'Cancel',{name:'select'});
myExistingTextWindow = myDialog.add('edittext',[20,40,230,200],'Existing Text');
myNewTextWindow = myDialog.add("edittext",[250,40,460,200],"New Text");
myResult = myDialog.show();
if(myResult == true)
     if (myResult == 0)
                    alert("Old was selected");
     if (myResult == 1)
                    alert("New was selected");
which gives the following result:
All I want to do is use the selected button do do the next part of my script depending on the text selected.
I will keep on looking, and di-secting other scripts, but any help here would be nice.
Thanks as always
Roy

Here is code created with RapidScriptUI in about 2 minutes. It includes multiline editbox, dimensions without using co-ordinates that display accurately cross platform and simple to edit code for beginners like you to learn and understand (This is a free advertisement).
var rapidDlg = new Window('dialog',"Confirm Changes",undefined);
buildWindow();
rapidDlg.show();
function buildWindow(){
// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1
     rapidDlg.Panel1 = rapidDlg.add('panel',undefined,"Select the action you wish to choose");
     rapidDlg.Panel1.margins= [20,20,20,20];
     rapidDlg.Panel1.orientation = "row";
// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1 = rapidDlg.Panel1.add('group',undefined);
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.orientation = "column";
// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.EditText1
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.EditText1 = rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.add('edittext',undefined,"Existing Text", {multiline:true});
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.EditText1.preferredSize.width = 200;
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.EditText1.preferredSize.height = 100;
// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.ExistingText
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.ExistingText = rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.add('button',undefined,"Use Existing Text");
rapidDlg.Panel1.Group1.ExistingText.onClick = ExistingText_Clicked;
// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Panel2
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Panel2 = rapidDlg.Panel1.add('panel',undefined,undefined);
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Panel2.alignment = [' ','fill'];
// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2 = rapidDlg.Panel1.add('group',undefined);
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.orientation = "column";
// Properties for rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.EditText2
     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.EditText2 = rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.add('edittext',undefined,"New Text", {multiline:true});
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     rapidDlg.Panel1.Group2.EditText2.preferredSize.height = 100;
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// Properties for rapidDlg.Button3
     rapidDlg.Button3 = rapidDlg.add('button',undefined,"Cancel", {name:"cancel"});
     rapidDlg.Button3.alignment = ['right',' '];
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     alert(this.text + ' was clicked!');
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     alert(this.text + ' was clicked!');
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