Using Intel® Visual Fortran to Create and Build Windows*-Based Applications

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Date 7/23/2021
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Using Dialog Boxes for Application Controls

Dialog boxes are a user-friendly way to solicit application control. As your application executes, you can make a dialog box appear on the screen and the user can click on a dialog box control to enter data or choose what happens next.

Using the dialog routines provided with Intel® Fortran, you can add dialog boxes to your application. These routines define dialog boxes and their controls (scroll bars, buttons, and so on), and call your subroutines to respond to user selections.

There are two types of dialog boxes:

  • Modal dialog boxes, which you can use with any Fortran project type, including Fortran Windows, Fortran QuickWin (multiple document), Fortran Standard Graphics (QuickWin single document), Fortran Console, Fortran DLL, and Fortran Static library project types.

  • Modeless dialog boxes, which are typically used with the Fortran Windows Application project type.

When your program displays a modal dialog box (any project type), the user must explicitly enter data and close the dialog box before your application resumes execution.

When your program displays a modeless dialog box, your application continues executing. Unlike a modal dialog box, the user can switch between the modeless dialog box and the other windows in the application.

There are two steps to make a dialog:

  1. Specify the appearance of the dialog box and the names and properties of the controls it contains.

  2. Write an application that activates those controls by recognizing and responding to user selections.