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How do I close a “New window”?

Andyon98 — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:01:34 GMT

I have been trying to close new windows but am successful, for arguments sake, I tried x = New Window( *some code*);

Close(x);
x << Close();
x << Close;
x << Close Window();

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Re: How do I close a “New window”?

jthi — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 07:32:45 GMT

<< Close Window; or << Close Window(); should work

Names Default To Here(1);

nw = New Window("");
wait(2);
nw << Close Window();

Re: How do I close a “New window”?

txnelson — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:08:12 GMT

For syntax questions such as you are asking, you can find your answers in the Scripting Index.

Help=>Scripting Index

Re: How do I close a “New window”?

pmroz — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:39:39 GMT

Here is a slightly more complicated example showing how to close a non-modal window with either the OK or Cancel buttons.

nw = new window("Test",
	textbox("Hello World"),
	panelbox("Actions",
		hlistbox(
			okb = button box("OK", << set icon("Go"),
				set script(
					show("Clicked OK");
					// Other OK actions here
					nw << close window();
				),
			),
			canb = button box("Cancel", << set icon("Stop"),
				set script(
					show("Clicked Cancel");
					nw << close window();
				),
			),
		)
	)
);

Re: How do I close a “New window”?

pmroz — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:56:18 GMT

Here's another wrinkle with regard to closing windows. Let's say you have a dataset open and when the user clicks OK or Cancel there is an action to close the dataset. But what if the user clicks the close window button (X in upper right)? The on close() function takes care of it. Here's an example:

// Build a display window for ftab_box
ftab_window = New Window("Frequency Tab", << on close(close(ftab_dataset, nosave)),
	H List Box(
		Button Box("Save to MSWord",
			ftab_output << Save MSWord("", Native);
		),
		Text Box( "   " ),
		Button Box( "Close this Window", 
					ftab_window << CloseWindow; 
//					close(ftab_dataset, nosave);	// This gets run by on close above
					),
	),
	ftab_output = vlistbox(
		outlinebox(ftab_title,
			ftab_box),
	),
);