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Tip 04:

Changing the Title of an Askmess

Askmess Title Bar

If you include the special character ~followed by some text, in an askmess, then the title of the dialog window is changed to include that text

Example 1

askmess/warning "Are you sure you want to quit ?~Demo System Warning"

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If you do not include the ~ followed by a text string, UNIFACE will use the Title Bar Text as defined in the Start Up Shell Definition.

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Example 2

So askmess/warning "Are you sure you want to quit ?" when used with start up shell cal as defined above, gives the following:

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