| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| show_message_ext | Displays a dialog box with the string as a message and up to three buttons. But1, but2 and but3 contain the button text. An empty string means that the button is not shown. In the texts you can use the & symbol to indicate that the next character should be used as the keyboard shortcut for this button. The function returns the number of the button pressed (0 if the user presses the Esc key). |
| message_background | Sets the background image for the pop-up box for any of the functions above. back must be one of the backgrounds defined in the game. Unfortunately, alpha values are not taken into account. However, if the left-bottom pixel has an alpha value of 0, all pixels with that colour will be considered transparent. |
| message_alpha | Sets the alpha translucence for the pop-up box for any of the functions above. alpha must lie between 0 (completely translucent) and 1 (not translucent) (only for Windows 2000 or later). |
| message_button | Sets the sprite used for the buttons in the pop-up box. spr must be a sprite consisting of three images, the first indicates the button when it is not pressed and the mouse is far away, the second indicates the button when the mouse is above it but not pressed and the third is the button when it is pressed. Unfortunately, alpha values are not taken into account. However, if the left-bottom pixel has an alpha value of 0, all pixels with that colour will be considered transparent. |
| message_text_font | Sets the font for the text in the pop-up box. |
| message_button_font | Sets the font for the buttons in the pop-up box. |
| message_input_font | Sets the font for the input field in the pop-up box. |
| message_text_charset | This function allows you to specify which character set the dialogs will use. |
| message_mouse_colour | Sets the colour of the font for the buttons in the pop-up box when the mouse is above it. |
| message_input_colour | Sets the colour for the background of the input filed in the pop-up box. |
| message_caption | Sets the caption for the pop-up box. Indicates whether a border must be shown (1) or not (0) and str indicates the caption when the border is shown. |
| message_position | Sets the position of the pop-up box on the screen. Use -1, -1 to center the box. |
| message_size | Fixes the size of the pop-up box on the screen. If you choose -1 for the width the width of the image is used. If you choose -1 for the height the height is calculated based on the number of lines in the message. |
| show_menu | Shows a popup menu. str indicates the menu text. This consists of the different menu items with a vertical bar between them. For example, str = 'menu0|menu1|menu2'. When the first item is selected a 0 is returned, etc. When the player selects no item, the default value def is returned. |
| show_menu_pos | Shows a popup menu as in the previous function but at position x,y on the screen. |
| get_colour | Asks the player for a colour. defcol is the default colour. If the user presses Cancel the value -1 is returned. |
| get_directory | Asks for a directory. dname is the default name. If the user presses Cancel an empty string is returned. |
| get_directory_alt | An alternative way to ask for a directory. Capt is the caption to be show. root is the root of the directory tree to be shown. Use the empty string to show the whole tree. If the user presses Cancel an empty string is returned. |
| show_score | Whether to show the score in the window caption. |
| show_lives | Whether to show the number of lives in the window caption. |
| show_health | Whether to show the health in the window caption. |
| caption_score | The caption used for the score. |
| caption_lives | The caption used for the lives. |
| caption_health | The caption used for the health. |
| highscore_show | Shows the highscore table. numb is the new score. If this score is good enough to be added to the list, the player can input a name. |
| highscore_set_background | Sets the background image to use. back must be the index of one of the background resources. |
| highscore_set_border | Sets whether the highscore form must have a border or not. |
| highscore_set_font | Sets the font used for the text in the table. |
| highscore_set_colours | Sets the colours used for the background, the new entry in the table, and the other entries. |
| highscore_set_strings | Changes the different default strings used when showing the highscore table. |
| highscore_show_ext | Shows the highscore table with a number of options (can also be achieved by using a number of the previous functions). |
| highscore_add_current | Adds the current score to the highscore list. The player is asked to provide a name. |
The following constants have also been removed:
- text_type
- button_type
- input_type
These are Windows only functions and no longer applicable to any
other device, especially since most of them block the runner to
show the message boxes.
Note: While the highscore display functions are now
obsolete, the internal highscores do still exists and can be
used... You will just have to display them yourself through your
own code.