nmanager Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 How do we change the size of a Dialog Box? I am using IF MESSAGE to show a checklist with OK/Cancel option before running a Macro. Only part of the text shows on the screen. Also, how do we change the font size/color/etc. in the dialog box. BTW can't search the forum for "Dialog Box" because box is only 3 letters. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Unfortunately there is not a current way to increase the Message Box or change the font characteristics. We are looking into this option for a future version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 What I do as a workaround is to open another text box. Usually I have the main box prompting the user in the middle but I'll add another resizable dialog box over on the left side of the screen as a kind of tips or explanation box. Works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Actually, you can change the size of almost all dialog boxes throughout windows; but, at least in the case of the If Message box, it makes no difference because the extra lines are not displayed even though there's plenty of room after resizing! Try downloading ResizeEnable from Digitalis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustywinger Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Sort of on topic- I had a dialog box open that would tell the user the name of the macro currently running (captured to variable) and an argument that would test the length of the Macro name in the variable, which would then adjust the size of the dialog box so that it would be no wider and no narrower than required to display the Macro name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmanager Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Thanks everyone. I went with Cory's dual box option. The main macro now calls out a sub-macro that contains a dialog box and the IF MESSAGE box. The dialog box with the check list items inside opens first. Then the IF MESSAGE box opens so both boxes are open at the same time. The dialog box in the sub-macro is set to close when the sub-macro ends, so both boxes close at the same time. All nice and easy. Paul, the add on program is nice, but there were too many IT red flags. I would not be allowed to use it. It says in the instructions, "It's a very ugly system hack that sits in your system tray...This small hack is completely and utterly free and we accept no responsibility if it causes something to misbehave! It -=IS=- a HACK! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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