dxInputQuery(string,string,string,TdxInputQueryValidationProc) Method

Invokes a modal input dialog box that prompts a user to enter a string and checks if the user input is valid.

Declaration

function dxInputQuery(const ACaption: string; const APrompt: string; var AValue: string; AValidationProc: TdxInputQueryValidationProc): Boolean;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
ACaption	string	The caption of the invoked input dialog box.
APrompt	string	The label of the displayed text editor.
AValue	string	Returns the text editor’s value when a user clicks the OK button or presses the Enter key.
AValidationProc	TdxInputQueryValidationProc	The procedure that validates a value entered by a user.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	True if a user clicks the OK button or presses the Enter key. False if a user clicks the Cancel or Close button, or presses the Esc key.

Remarks

Call this function to invoke a simple input dialog box that prompts a user to enter a string value. The dialog imports all look & feel settings from the TdxSkinController component if it is in an application project. If you pass a validation routine as the AValidationProc parameter, the invoked dialog box disables the OK button and ignores the Enter keystroke until a user enters a valid value into the displayed text editor.

Example

The following code example invokes a modal input dialog box with a text editor that should not be empty:

Delphi

procedure TMyForm.ValidationProcedure(ValueIndex: Integer; const Value: string; var IsValid: Boolean);
begin
  if Value = '' then  // Disables the OK button if at least one editor value is an empty string.
    IsValid := False;
end;

procedure TMyForm.cxButton1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  AUserInput: string;
begin
  // ...
  dxInputQuery('Rename', 'New Name:', AUserInput, ValidationProcedure);
  // ...
end;

C++

void __fastcall TMyForm::ValidationProcedure(int ValueIndex, const UnicodeString Value, bool &IsValid)
{
  if(Value == "")  // Disables the OK button if at least one editor value is an empty string.
    IsValid = false;
}

void __fastcall TMyForm::cxButton1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
  UnicodeString AUserInput;
  // ...
  dxInputQuery("Rename", "New Name:", AUserInput, ValidationProcedure);
  // ...
}

Note

If you need to display password characters instead of the actual user input, prepend an ASCII character whose number is less than 32 (for example, #31 in Delphi or /x31 in C++Builder) to the value passed as the APrompt parameter.

The displayed password characters depend on the global look & feel settings. If the RootLookAndFeel.NativeStyle property is set to True, a modal input dialog box displays bullets as password characters. Otherwise, the dialog box displays asterisks.

You can call the following global functions to invoke a modal input dialog box with multiple text editors:

• dxInputQuery(string,string[],string[])
• dxInputQuery(string,string[],string[],TdxInputQueryValidationProc)