TArcIWDlgPopupRegion replacement

[Kevin Kelly]

Have you thought about offering a similar component?

I used to use it a lot because it "grayed out" the underlying window and was very customizable.

CGMessageDlg is OK, but it's not the same thing.

Thanks for the great product and the great support - Kevin

[Jorge Sousa]

Hi Kevin

Thank you, is a good suggestion.

Meanwhile, if you code something like:

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var
  js: string;
begin
  js:= '$(".ui-widget-overlay").css("background", "color");';
  CGAddJavaScriptToAjaxResponse(js);
end;



into a dialog OnOpen

you can setup any css property to the overlay.

btw: We cannot answer you by email... :/ always rejected

[Kevin Kelly]

Thanks for the work around. I'll give it a try.

Yeah - the email. I'd change it myself but I can't get into my CgDev profile and the temp password emails are bouncing.

Use this address in the future: repo dot pilot at gmail dot com.

Cheers - Kev

[Kevin Kelly]

I know you are working on many cool new components, which are greatly appreciated.

But is this one still on the list?

I'm about ready to dive into the Arcana code again. I was able to port it over to IW11 and XE2 but the IW world has changed a bunch since then

Thanks for the great support - Kev

[Jorge Sousa]

Hi Kevin

I was able to port it over to IW11 and XE2 but the IW world has changed a bunch since then

You bet, well,

We could easily add a component like this, but is there any difference between a PopupRegion and a dialog without caption and not draggrable or resizable?

[Kevin Kelly]

The PopUpRegion's effect of "50% grayed out opacity" of the entire underlying screen is what I was trying to accomplish.

While our use of the PopUpRegion was generally reserved for fatal user errors - like an incorrect login - it was a nice effect.

Or, If you could easily add those visual properties to an existing CG dialog that would be cool.

Or, I could go back into the existing Arcana code and figure out what IW unit(s) everything moved to. That thought is already giving me a headache - hahahahaha.

Cheers - Kev

[Alexander Bulei]

Hi Kevin,

You can customize the overlay with css.
To better management, i suggest you to use the css classes, and apply to overlay on "OnOpen" event of dialog.

Here you have the simple example:

css code

.my-error-overlay{
  background: red;
}

.my-success-overlay{
  background: green;
}

As you know, the event has two features:

• Property "Script" - execute the javascript on browser/client side
• OnEvent - call the function on server.

So, If your dialog does nothing on "OnOpen" event, as this is done in the client browser, you can use the script property to prevent the unnecessary call to the server:

delphi code

IWCGJQDialog1.JQDialogOptions.OnOpen.Script:= 'function (event, ui){ $(".ui-widget-overlay").addClass("my-error-overlay"); }'; // my-success-overlay

If you have already some code in this event, you have to do as my colleague said :

delphi code

var
  js: string;
begin
  js:= '$(".ui-widget-overlay").addClass("my-error-overlay");';
  CGAddJavaScriptToAjaxResponse(js);
end;

Best Regards.