NAME

       messagebox  - Create and manipulate a messagebox text wid­
       get


SYNOPSIS

       messagebox pathName ?options?


INHERITANCE

       itk::Widget <- Labeledwidget <- Scrolledwidget <- Message­
       box


STANDARD OPTIONS

       activeBackground               activeForegroundbackgroundborderWidth
       cursor          exportSelection                fontforeground
       highlightColor  highlightThickness             padXpadY
       relief          setGrid

       See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard
       options.


ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

       labelBitmap     labelFont      labelImage      labelMargin
       labelPos        labelText      labelVariable

       See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details  on
       the above associated options.

       activeRelief    elementBorderWidth             jumptroughColor

       See the "scrollbar" widget manual entry for details on the
       above associated options.

       height          hscrollMode    sbWidth         scrollMargin
       textBackground  visibleItems   vscrollMode     width

       See the "scrolledtext" widget manual entry for details  on
       the above associated options.

       spacing1        spacing2       spacing3

       See  the  "text"  widget  manual  entry for details on the
       above associated options.


WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       Name:           fileName
       Class:          FileName
       Command-Line Switch:           -filename

              Specifies the filename to be displayed in the  file
              selection  dialog  when it pops up during a save of
              the messagebox contents operation.

       Class:          MaxLines
       Command-Line Switch:           -maxlines

              Specifies the maximum number of  lines  allowed  in
              the text area of the messagebox. When this limit is
              reached, the oldest line will be deleted such  that
              the total number of lines remains maxlines.

       Name:           saveDir
       Class:          SaveDir
       Command-Line Switch:           -savedir

              Specifies the default directory to display when the
              file selection dialog pops up during a save of  the
              messagebox contents operation. If this parameter is
              not specified, then the files in the current  work­
              ing directory are displayed.

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DESCRIPTION

       The messagebox command creates a scrolled information mes­
       sages area widget.  Message types can be user defined  and
       configured.  Their options include foreground, background,
       font, bell, and their display mode of  on  or  off.   This
       allows message types to defined as needed, removed when no
       longer so, and modified when necessary.  An export  method
       is provided for file I/O.

       The  number  of  lines  displayed  may be limited with the
       default being 1000. When this limit is reached, the oldest
       line  is  removed.   A  popup  menu which appears when the
       right mouse button has been pressed in  the  message  area
       has  been  predefined.   The contents of the popup menu by
       default support clearing the area and saving its  contents
       to a file.  Additional operations may be defined or exist­
       ing operations removed by using the component  command  to
       access the popup menu.


MESSAGE TYPES

       The display characteristics of messages issued to the mes­
       sagebox vary with the message type.  Types are defined  by
       the  user  and they may be added, removed, and configured.
       The options  of  the  message  type  control  the  display
       include the following:

       -background color
              Color  specifies  the  background  color to use for
              characters associated with the  message  type.   It
              may  have any of the forms accepted by Tk_GetColor.

              Specifies whether or not to ring the bell whenenver
              a message of this type is issued.  Boolean may have
              any of the forms accepted  by  Tk_GetBoolean.   The
              default is 0.

       -font fontName
              FontName  is  the name of a font to use for drawing
              characters.  It may have any of the forms  accepted
              by Tk_GetFontStruct.

       -foreground color
              Color  specifies  the  foreground  color to use for
              characters associated with the  message  type.   It
              may  have any of the forms accepted by Tk_GetColor.

       -show boolean
              Specifies whether of not to  display  this  message
              type  when  issued.   Boolean  may  have any of the
              forms accepted by Tk_GetBoolean.  The default is 1.


METHODS

       The  messagebox  command  creates  a new Tcl command whose
       name is pathName.  This command may be used to invoke var­
       ious  operations on the widget.  It has the following gen­
       eral form:

              pathName option ?arg arg ...?

       Option and the args determine the exact  behavior  of  the
       command.  The following commands are possible for message­
       box widgets:


WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

       pathName cget option
              Returns the  current  value  of  the  configuration
              option given by option.  Option may have any of the
              values accepted by the messagebox command.

       pathName clear
              Clear the messagebox of all messages.

       pathName export filename
              Write text to a file.  If filename exists then con­
              tents are replaced with text widget contents.

       pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
              Query  or  modify  the configuration options of the
              widget.  If no option is specified, returns a  list
              describing  all  of the available options for path­
              Name (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information  on  the
              format  of this list).  If option is specified with

              ing the one named option (this list will be identi­
              cal to  the  corresponding  sublist  of  the  value
              returned  if  no  option  is specified).  If one or
              more option-value pairs  are  specified,  then  the
              command modifies the given widget option(s) to have
              the given  value(s);   in  this  case  the  command
              returns  an  empty  string.  Option may have any of
              the values accepted by the messagebox command.

       pathName type option msgtype ?arg arg ...?
              This   command   is   used  to  manipulate  message
              types.   The behavior of the command depends on the
              option argument that follows the type keyword.  The
              following forms of the command are supported:

              pathName type add msgtype ?option value ...?
                     Adds  a  new  message  type given by msgtype
                     with the display properties defined  by  the
                     option  value  pairs.  See MESSAGE TYPES for
                     information on the  options  that  are  sup­
                     ported.

              pathName type cget msgtype option
                     Returns  the value of a configuration option
                     for a message type.  Msgtype identifies  the
                     message type, and option specifies a partic­
                     ular configuration option, which must be one
                     of  the  ones  listed in the section MESSAGE
                     TYPES.

              pathName type configure msgtype ?option value ...?
                     Query or modify  the  configuration  options
                     for  a message type.  If no option is speci­
                     fied, returns a list describing all  of  the
                     available  options for the message type msg­
                     type.  If option is specified with no value,
                     then  the  command returns a list describing
                     the  one  named  option.   If  one  or  more
                     option-value  pairs  are specified, then the
                     command modifies the given option(s) to have
                     the  given  value(s);  in this case the com­
                     mand returns an empty string.   See  MESSAGE
                     TYPES  for  information  on the options that
                     are supported.  pathName type remove msgtype
                     Removes  an  existing  message type given by
                     msgtype.

       pathName issue string ?level? ?tags?
              Print a string to the text area at the given  level
              and with any additional tags specified.

       Name:           itemMenu
       Class:          Menu

              This is the popup menu that gets displayed when you
              right-click in the text  area  of  the  messagebox.
              Its contents may be modified via the component com­
              mand.

       Name:           text
       Class:          Scrolledtext

              The text component is the scrolledtext widget.  See
              the  "scrolledtext" widget manual entry for details
              on the text component item.


EXAMPLE

               messagebox .mb -hscrollmode dynamic -labeltext "Messages" -labelpos n \
                              -height 120 -width 550 -savedir "/tmp" -textbackground #d9d9d9

               pack .mb -padx 5 -pady 5 -fill both -expand yes

               .mb type add ERROR -background red -foreground white -bell 1
               .mb type add WARNING -background yellow -foreground black
               .mb type add INFO -background white -foreground black

               .mb issue "This is an error message in red with a beep" ERROR
               .mb issue "This warning message in yellow" WARNING
               .mb issue "This is an informational message" INFO


AUTHOR

       Alfredo Jahn V

       Mark L. Ulferts


KEYWORDS

       messagebox, scrolledtext, text, widget


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