Assigning a button to be the default in MessageBox

Rhino Developer
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I’ve noticed recently that I haven’t been able to control which button is the default when using MessageBox in a Python script. According to the help file 256 assigns the second button as the default.

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I’ve used this for years, but recently it doesn’t seem to be working for me. Here is an example:

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs

rs.MessageBox("yada yada yada", 4 + 64 + 256, "Test")

The “No” button should be the default but it’s not.

Did something change that isn’t documented?

Thanks,

Dan

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Hi Dan,

Inspecting the cde for rs.MessageBox I found this commented section:
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After uncommenting I got an error code:
Message: 'System.Windows.Forms' object has no attribute 'MessageDefaultButton'

So I guess this is still not possible
-Willem

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That kind of sucks. I used to use default buttons as a guide to the user for what they probably should be doing if they weren’t sure.

Thanks Willem.

Dan

4

not ideal, but could you use a windows form directly?
(python example). Rhino 6

import System.Windows.Forms as wf

message = "The default button is No"
caption = "MessageBoxAlternative"

result = wf.MessageBox.Show(message, caption, wf.MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel, \
wf.MessageBoxIcon.Question, wf.MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button2)
print result
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Hi Chris,

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll give that a try.

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Why not use an Eto Form? I do this in one of mine. Here is an example with No as the default:

import Eto.Forms as forms
from Eto.Forms import MessageBox, MessageBoxButtons, MessageBoxDefaultButton, MessageBoxType, DialogResult


    	rs.UnitSystem(4, False, True)
    	title = 'Do you want meters for distance unit?'
    	message = 'Click on Yes if you want meters'
    	# Displays a MessageBox using the Question icon and specifying the No button as the default.
    	result = MessageBox.Show(message, title, MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxType.Question, MessageBoxDefaultButton.No)
    	if result == DialogResult.No:
    		# Set units to feet.
    		rs.UnitSystem(9, True, True)

Regards,
Terry.

7

Thanks Terry, looks like another good option.

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I’ve worked around this, but I’m surprised this has never been fixed.