How to use Winmessage in Peoplecode
&RESULT = WinMessage(“Please Confirm ” | Char(13) | Char(10) | ” Yes = Confirm ” | Char(13) | Char(10) | “No = Exit”, 4);
If &RESULT = %MsgResult_Yes Then
/* Yes button was pressed — do Yes button stuff */
else
/* No button was pressed — do No button stuff */
end-if;
Syntax : WinMessage(message [, style] [, title])
Message : Text displayed in message box. Normally you want to use the MsgGet or MsgGetText function to retrieve the message from the Message Catalog.
Title : Title of message box.
Style : Either a numerical value or a constant specifying the contents and behavior of the dialog box. This parameter is calculated by cumulatively adding either a value or a constant from each of the following categories
| Category | Value | Constant | Meaning |
| Buttons | 0 | %MsgStyle_OK | The message box contains one pushbutton: OK. |
| 1 | %MsgStyle_OKCancel | The message box contains two pushbuttons: OK and Cancel. | |
| 2 | %MsgStyle_AbortRetryIgnore | The message box contains three pushbuttons: Abort, Retry, and Ignore. | |
| 3 | %MsgStyle_YesNoCancel | The message box contains three pushbuttons: Yes, No, and Cancel. | |
| 4 | %MsgStyle_YesNo | The message box contains two push buttons: Yes and No. | |
| 5 | %MsgStyle_RetryCancel | The message box contains two push buttons: Retry and Cancel. |
| Value | Constant | Meaning |
| -1 | %MsgResult_Warning | Warning was generated. |
| 1 | %MsgResult_OK | OK button was selected. |
| 2 | %MsgResult_Cancel | Cancel button was selected. |
| 3 | %MsgResult_Abort | Abort button was selected. |
| 4 | %MsgResult_Retry | Retry button was selected. |
| 5 | %MsgResult_Ignore | Ignore button was selected. |
| 6 | %MsgResult_Yes | Yes button was selected. |
| 7 | %MsgResult_No | No button was selected. |