> I seem to be having a problem initializing a MUI dialogue xtra.
> I'm reading the PDF, but the example doesn't seem to work for me.
> (Director 8 or 8.5 win or mac)
>
> on makeBox me
>   pMui = new(xtra "MUI")
>   aWinPropL =  pMui.getWindowPropList()
>   aWinItemL = pMui.getItemPropList()
>   aWinItemL.tip = ""
>   pMuiXtra.initialize([#windowPropList:aWinPropL ,
> #windowItemList:aWinItemL])
>
>   pMui.run()
>   pMui = 0
> end
>
> Anyone know why this won't work for me ?
> I keep getting an error stating "You can't run your dialog. It was not
> inited correctly."

>From Bruce's extra LIAN chapter
"The first widget in a window must be #windowBegin and the last must be
#windowEnd."
http://www.zeusprod.com/nutshell/chapters/muixtra.html

Try:
on makeBox
  pMui = new(xtra "MUI")
  aWinPropL =  pMui.getWindowPropList()

  tWindowItems = []
  widget1 = pMui.getItemPropList()
  widget1.type = #windowBegin
  tWindowItems.add( widget1 )

  widget2 = pMui.getItemPropList()
  widget2.type = #windowEnd
  tWindowItems.add( widget2 )

  pMui.initialize([#windowPropList:aWinPropL , \
#windowItemList:tWindowItems])
  pMui.run()
  pMui = 0
end

Hit <ESC> to dismiss this modal window ;)
Good fun!

HTH,
-Sean.


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