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(deprecated) (Mac)"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">EasyDialogs</span></tt></a> — Basic Macintosh dialogs<a class="headerlink" href="#module-EasyDialogs" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-EasyDialogs" title="EasyDialogs: Basic Macintosh dialogs. (deprecated) (Mac)"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">EasyDialogs</span></tt></a> module contains some simple dialogs for the Macintosh. The dialogs get launched in a separate application which appears in the dock and must be clicked on for the dialogs be displayed. All routines take an optional resource ID parameter <em>id</em> with which one can override the <tt class="xref py py-const docutils literal"><span class="pre">DLOG</span></tt> resource used for the dialog, provided that the dialog items correspond (both type and item number) to those in the default <tt class="xref py py-const docutils literal"><span class="pre">DLOG</span></tt> resource. See source code for details.</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">This module has been removed in Python 3.x.</p> </div> <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-EasyDialogs" title="EasyDialogs: Basic Macintosh dialogs. (deprecated) (Mac)"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">EasyDialogs</span></tt></a> module defines the following functions:</p> <dl class="function"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.Message"> <tt class="descclassname">EasyDialogs.</tt><tt class="descname">Message</tt><big>(</big><em>str</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>id</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>ok</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.Message" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Displays a modal dialog with the message text <em>str</em>, which should be at most 255 characters long. The button text defaults to “OK”, but is set to the string argument <em>ok</em> if the latter is supplied. Control is returned when the user clicks the “OK” button.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.AskString"> <tt class="descclassname">EasyDialogs.</tt><tt class="descname">AskString</tt><big>(</big><em>prompt</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>default</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>id</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>ok</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>cancel</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.AskString" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Asks the user to input a string value via a modal dialog. <em>prompt</em> is the prompt message, and the optional <em>default</em> supplies the initial value for the string (otherwise <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">""</span></tt> is used). The text of the “OK” and “Cancel” buttons can be changed with the <em>ok</em> and <em>cancel</em> arguments. All strings can be at most 255 bytes long. <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.AskString" title="EasyDialogs.AskString"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">AskString()</span></tt></a> returns the string entered or <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><tt class="xref py py-const docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt></a> in case the user cancelled.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.AskPassword"> <tt class="descclassname">EasyDialogs.</tt><tt class="descname">AskPassword</tt><big>(</big><em>prompt</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>default</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>id</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>ok</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>cancel</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.AskPassword" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Asks the user to input a string value via a modal dialog. Like <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.AskString" title="EasyDialogs.AskString"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">AskString()</span></tt></a>, but with the text shown as bullets. The arguments have the same meaning as for <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.AskString" title="EasyDialogs.AskString"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">AskString()</span></tt></a>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.AskYesNoCancel"> <tt class="descclassname">EasyDialogs.</tt><tt class="descname">AskYesNoCancel</tt><big>(</big><em>question</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>default</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>yes</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>no</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>cancel</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>id</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.AskYesNoCancel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Presents a dialog with prompt <em>question</em> and three buttons labelled “Yes”, “No”, and “Cancel”. Returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1</span></tt> for “Yes”, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> for “No” and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-1</span></tt> for “Cancel”. The value of <em>default</em> (or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> if <em>default</em> is not supplied) is returned when the <tt class="kbd docutils literal"><span class="pre">RETURN</span></tt> key is pressed. The text of the buttons can be changed with the <em>yes</em>, <em>no</em>, and <em>cancel</em> arguments; to prevent a button from appearing, supply <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">""</span></tt> for the corresponding argument.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar"> <tt class="descclassname">EasyDialogs.</tt><tt class="descname">ProgressBar</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>title</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>maxval</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>label</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>id</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Displays a modeless progress-bar dialog. This is the constructor for the <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ProgressBar</span></tt></a> class described below. <em>title</em> is the text string displayed (default “Working...”), <em>maxval</em> is the value at which progress is complete (default <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt>, indicating that an indeterminate amount of work remains to be done), and <em>label</em> is the text that is displayed above the progress bar itself.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.GetArgv"> <tt class="descclassname">EasyDialogs.</tt><tt class="descname">GetArgv</tt><big>(</big><em>[optionlist[ commandlist[, addoldfile[, addnewfile[, addfolder[, id]]]]]]</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.GetArgv" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Displays a dialog which aids the user in constructing a command-line argument list. Returns the list in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.argv</span></tt> format, suitable for passing as an argument to <a class="reference internal" href="getopt.html#getopt.getopt" title="getopt.getopt"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">getopt.getopt()</span></tt></a>. <em>addoldfile</em>, <em>addnewfile</em>, and <em>addfolder</em> are boolean arguments. When nonzero, they enable the user to insert into the command line paths to an existing file, a (possibly) not-yet-existent file, and a folder, respectively. (Note: Option arguments must appear in the command line before file and folder arguments in order to be recognized by <a class="reference internal" href="getopt.html#getopt.getopt" title="getopt.getopt"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">getopt.getopt()</span></tt></a>.) Arguments containing spaces can be specified by enclosing them within single or double quotes. A <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#exceptions.SystemExit" title="exceptions.SystemExit"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">SystemExit</span></tt></a> exception is raised if the user presses the “Cancel” button.</p> <p><em>optionlist</em> is a list that determines a popup menu from which the allowed options are selected. Its items can take one of two forms: <em>optstr</em> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">(optstr,</span> <span class="pre">descr)</span></tt>. When present, <em>descr</em> is a short descriptive string that is displayed in the dialog while this option is selected in the popup menu. The correspondence between <em>optstr</em>s and command-line arguments is:</p> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="34%" /> <col width="66%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><em>optstr</em> format</th> <th class="head">Command-line format</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-even"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x</span></tt></td> <td><a class="reference internal" href="../using/cmdline.html#cmdoption-x"><em class="xref std std-option">-x</em></a> (short option)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x:</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">x=</span></tt></td> <td><a class="reference internal" href="../using/cmdline.html#cmdoption-x"><em class="xref std std-option">-x</em></a> (short option with value)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xyz</span></tt></td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">--xyz</em> (long option)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xyz:</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xyz=</span></tt></td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">--xyz</em> (long option with value)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><em>commandlist</em> is a list of items of the form <em>cmdstr</em> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">(cmdstr,</span> <span class="pre">descr)</span></tt>, where <em>descr</em> is as above. The <em>cmdstr</em>s will appear in a popup menu. When chosen, the text of <em>cmdstr</em> will be appended to the command line as is, except that a trailing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">':'</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'='</span></tt> (if present) will be trimmed off.</p> <p class="versionadded"> <span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.0.</span></p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.AskFileForOpen"> <tt class="descclassname">EasyDialogs.</tt><tt class="descname">AskFileForOpen</tt><big>(</big><em> [message] [, typeList] [, defaultLocation] [, defaultOptionFlags] [, location] [, clientName] [, windowTitle] [, actionButtonLabel] [, cancelButtonLabel] [, preferenceKey] [, popupExtension] [, eventProc] [, previewProc] [, filterProc] [, wanted] </em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.AskFileForOpen" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Post a dialog asking the user for a file to open, and return the file selected or <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><tt class="xref py py-const docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt></a> if the user cancelled. <em>message</em> is a text message to display, <em>typeList</em> is a list of 4-char filetypes allowable, <em>defaultLocation</em> is the pathname, <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FSSpec</span></tt> or <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FSRef</span></tt> of the folder to show initially, <em>location</em> is the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">(x,</span> <span class="pre">y)</span></tt> position on the screen where the dialog is shown, <em>actionButtonLabel</em> is a string to show instead of “Open” in the OK button, <em>cancelButtonLabel</em> is a string to show instead of “Cancel” in the cancel button, <em>wanted</em> is the type of value wanted as a return: <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#str" title="str"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">str</span></tt></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#unicode" title="unicode"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">unicode</span></tt></a>, <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FSSpec</span></tt>, <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FSRef</span></tt> and subtypes thereof are acceptable.</p> <p id="index-0">For a description of the other arguments please see the Apple Navigation Services documentation and the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-EasyDialogs" title="EasyDialogs: Basic Macintosh dialogs. (deprecated) (Mac)"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">EasyDialogs</span></tt></a> source code.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.AskFileForSave"> <tt class="descclassname">EasyDialogs.</tt><tt class="descname">AskFileForSave</tt><big>(</big><em> [message] [, savedFileName] [, defaultLocation] [, defaultOptionFlags] [, location] [, clientName] [, windowTitle] [, actionButtonLabel] [, cancelButtonLabel] [, preferenceKey] [, popupExtension] [, fileType] [, fileCreator] [, eventProc] [, wanted] </em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.AskFileForSave" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Post a dialog asking the user for a file to save to, and return the file selected or <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><tt class="xref py py-const docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt></a> if the user cancelled. <em>savedFileName</em> is the default for the file name to save to (the return value). See <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.AskFileForOpen" title="EasyDialogs.AskFileForOpen"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">AskFileForOpen()</span></tt></a> for a description of the other arguments.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.AskFolder"> <tt class="descclassname">EasyDialogs.</tt><tt class="descname">AskFolder</tt><big>(</big><em> [message] [, defaultLocation] [, defaultOptionFlags] [, location] [, clientName] [, windowTitle] [, actionButtonLabel] [, cancelButtonLabel] [, preferenceKey] [, popupExtension] [, eventProc] [, filterProc] [, wanted] </em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.AskFolder" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Post a dialog asking the user to select a folder, and return the folder selected or <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><tt class="xref py py-const docutils literal"><span class="pre">None</span></tt></a> if the user cancelled. See <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.AskFileForOpen" title="EasyDialogs.AskFileForOpen"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">AskFileForOpen()</span></tt></a> for a description of the arguments.</p> </dd></dl> <div class="admonition-see-also admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <dl class="last docutils"> <dt><a class="reference external" href="http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/#documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/NavServicesIntro/ns_intro_carb/ns_into_carb.html">Navigation Services Reference</a></dt> <dd>Programmer’s reference documentation for the Navigation Services, a part of the Carbon framework.</dd> </dl> </div> <div class="section" id="progressbar-objects"> <span id="id1"></span><h2>36.5.1. ProgressBar Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#progressbar-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p><a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ProgressBar</span></tt></a> objects provide support for modeless progress-bar dialogs. Both determinate (thermometer style) and indeterminate (barber-pole style) progress bars are supported. The bar will be determinate if its maximum value is greater than zero; otherwise it will be indeterminate.</p> <p class="versionchanged"> <span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 2.2: </span>Support for indeterminate-style progress bars was added.</p> <p>The dialog is displayed immediately after creation. If the dialog’s “Cancel” button is pressed, or if <tt class="kbd docutils literal"><span class="pre">Cmd-.</span></tt> or <tt class="kbd docutils literal"><span class="pre">ESC</span></tt> is typed, the dialog window is hidden and <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#exceptions.KeyboardInterrupt" title="exceptions.KeyboardInterrupt"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">KeyboardInterrupt</span></tt></a> is raised (but note that this response does not occur until the progress bar is next updated, typically via a call to <tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">inc()</span></tt> or <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#set" title="set"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">set()</span></tt></a>). Otherwise, the bar remains visible until the <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ProgressBar</span></tt></a> object is discarded.</p> <p><a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ProgressBar</span></tt></a> objects possess the following attributes and methods:</p> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval"> <tt class="descclassname">ProgressBar.</tt><tt class="descname">curval</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The current value (of type integer or long integer) of the progress bar. The normal access methods coerce <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">curval</span></tt></a> between <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> and <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">maxval</span></tt></a>. This attribute should not be altered directly.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval"> <tt class="descclassname">ProgressBar.</tt><tt class="descname">maxval</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>The maximum value (of type integer or long integer) of the progress bar; the progress bar (thermometer style) is full when <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">curval</span></tt></a> equals <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">maxval</span></tt></a>. If <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">maxval</span></tt></a> is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt>, the bar will be indeterminate (barber-pole). This attribute should not be altered directly.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.title"> <tt class="descclassname">ProgressBar.</tt><tt class="descname">title</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>newstr</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.title" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Sets the text in the title bar of the progress dialog to <em>newstr</em>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.label"> <tt class="descclassname">ProgressBar.</tt><tt class="descname">label</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>newstr</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.label" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Sets the text in the progress box of the progress dialog to <em>newstr</em>.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.set"> <tt class="descclassname">ProgressBar.</tt><tt class="descname">set</tt><big>(</big><em>value</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>max</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.set" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Sets the progress bar’s <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">curval</span></tt></a> to <em>value</em>, and also <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">maxval</span></tt></a> to <em>max</em> if the latter is provided. <em>value</em> is first coerced between 0 and <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">maxval</span></tt></a>. The thermometer bar is updated to reflect the changes, including a change from indeterminate to determinate or vice versa.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.inc"> <tt class="descclassname">ProgressBar.</tt><tt class="descname">inc</tt><big>(</big><span class="optional">[</span><em>n</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.inc" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Increments the progress bar’s <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">curval</span></tt></a> by <em>n</em>, or by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1</span></tt> if <em>n</em> is not provided. (Note that <em>n</em> may be negative, in which case the effect is a decrement.) The progress bar is updated to reflect the change. If the bar is indeterminate, this causes one “spin” of the barber pole. The resulting <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.curval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">curval</span></tt></a> is coerced between 0 and <a class="reference internal" href="#EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval" title="EasyDialogs.ProgressBar.maxval"><tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">maxval</span></tt></a> if incrementing causes it to fall outside this range.</p> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">36.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">EasyDialogs</span></tt> — Basic Macintosh dialogs</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#progressbar-objects">36.5.1. 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