Wrapper Functions

Wrapper functions are global methods included in JSDialog Pack that provide quick access to specific types of dialogs. These methods also allow JSDialog Pack to be a drop in replacement for the existing Dialogs unit. Providing many of the most popular MessageDlg and ShowMessage methods.

Description

Below is the list of wrapper functions grouped by the base JSDialog Pack control they use.

Table Columns

Dialogs.pas - Replacement for a method that exists in the dialogs.pas unit.
Overloaded - Declared more than once with different parameters.

TJSDialog

The TJSDialog wrapper functions are declared in the JSDialogs.pas unit.

Method Name	Dialogs.pas	Overloaded	Description
MessageDlg	Yes	Yes	Method used to display a message dialog on screen.
MessageDlgPos	Yes	Yes	Method the same as MessageDlg except it also allows for the X and Y position of the dialog to be input.
ShowMessage	Yes	Yes	Method used to display a dialog that has no icon associated with it.
ShowMessageFmt	Yes	No	Method used to display a dialog with no icon that allows for specifying format strings to complete the dialogs content.
ShowInfoMessage	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with the Information icon.
ShowErrorMessage	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with the Error icon.
ShowConfirmMessage	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with the Confirmation icon.
ShowWarningMessage	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with the Warning icon.
ShowExpandableMessage	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with the expando section visible.
ShowInfoTitleMessage	No	No	Displays a dialog with the Information icon and both an instruction a content section.
ShowErrorTitleMessage	No	No	Displays a dialog with the Error icon and both an instruction a content section.
ShowConfirmTitleMessage	No	No	Displays a dialog with the Confirm icon and both an instruction a content section.
ShowWarningTitleMessage	No	No	Displays a dialog with the Warning icon and both an instruction a content section.
TaskDialog	Yes (Delphi 2009+)	Yes	Displays a dialog that accepts TaskDialog API specific constant values. For visible buttons and icons.
TaskDialogEx	Yes (Delphi 2009+)	No	Displays a dialog that accepts TaskDialog API specific constant values. For visible buttons and icons.
VerifyMessage	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with the verification section visible.

TJSEditDialog

These functions are declared in the JSEditDialogs.pas unit.

Method Name	Dialogs.pas	Overloaded	Description
InputBox	Yes	No	Displays a dialog with an edit control visible.
InputBoxEx	No	No	Displays a dialog with an edit control visible.
InputDate	No	No	Displays a dialog with an date control visible.
InputDateEx	No	No	Displays a dialog with an date control visible.
InputTime	No	No	Displays a dialog with a time control visible.
InputTimeEx	No	No	Displays a dialog with a time control visible.
InputCalendar	No	No	Displays a dialog with a calendar control visible.
InputCalendarEx	No	No	Displays a dialog with a calendar control visible.
InputQuery	Yes	No	Displays a dialog with an edit control visible.
InputQueryEx	No	No	Displays a dialog with an edit control visible.
InputCombo	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with an combo box control visible.
InputComboEx	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with an combo box control visible.
InputList	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with an list box control visible.
InputListEx	No	Yes	Displays a dialog with an list box control visible.

Example

To use the dialogs included in JSDialogs within your application just make sure that the JSDialogs unit is declared after the Dialogs unit in each unit. This means that instead of using the Dialogs version of the method (such as MessageDlg) the JSDialogs version of the method will be used.

Group

Getting Started

Topics

Name	Description
TJSDialogSheet wrapper functions	This topic outlines the available wrapper functions available for use with the TJSDialogSheet component.

Links

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