Pop up message window during startup-sequence

solarmon · 17 December 2019, 23:56

Hi,

I am trying to find a way of displaying a pop up message window that will appear during a floppy startup-sequence in the foreground.

I do not want a dialogue type prompt that waits for user input. Just text displayed in a popup window and the startup-sequence will just carry on and loads workbench using the loadwb command.

Is there a suitable command/tool that would be suitable for this?

meynaf · 18 December 2019, 08:57

run >nil: requestchoice "popup title" "popup body" "ok"

Change strings to meet your needs.
As it is from floppy you will have to copy the command itself as well (it's from wb's C dir iirc).
Might need kick v36+, though.

solarmon · 18 December 2019, 09:14

Thanks!

I had forgotten about using "run >nil:" to run things in the background.

This is intended for A600 and A1200 machines - so I'm expecting it to be Kickstart v36+

17 December 2019, 23:56	#1
solarmon Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: UK Posts: 1,715	Pop up message window during startup-sequence Hi, I am trying to find a way of displaying a pop up message window that will appear during a floppy startup-sequence in the foreground. I do not want a dialogue type prompt that waits for user input. Just text displayed in a popup window and the startup-sequence will just carry on and loads workbench using the loadwb command. Is there a suitable command/tool that would be suitable for this?

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18 December 2019, 08:57	#2
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	run >nil: requestchoice "popup title" "popup body" "ok" Change strings to meet your needs. As it is from floppy you will have to copy the command itself as well (it's from wb's C dir iirc). Might need kick v36+, though.

18 December 2019, 09:14	#3
solarmon Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: UK Posts: 1,715	Thanks! I had forgotten about using "run >nil:" to run things in the background. This is intended for A600 and A1200 machines - so I'm expecting it to be Kickstart v36+

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