Well I'll answer my own question 2/ because
maybe one person in the world will be frustrated
by the same problem.
while you can write
put "groups("options.q1_r1
no space between the string and the control value
you can *not* write [nothing happens when you click "OK"]
put "groups("options.q1_r1" "options.q1_r2")"
with no space before the second set of quotes.
put "groups(" options.q1_r1 " " options.q1_r2 ")"
allows you to build up the options on one line.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Hofer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 12:20 PM
Subject: st: dialog box programming
> I may be asking too much of the dialog box commands but:
>
> I would like to present the user with 6 boxes/spinners and ask them to
> put in the proportion of cases falling into each of 6 groups.
>
> obviously the contents have to add to 100
>
> 1/ Is there some way to do mathematical operations on the input controls
and
> check that they add to 100 as part of some iaction?
>
> or better yet have the 6th box (not set by the user) change to reflect
> changes in the other 5?
> (It seemed like this might be possible via the spinner onchange(iaction)
but
> I got stuck).
>
> 2/ the results have to be presented to a program as an option.
> the optionarg command says that it is an easy way to add
> single argument options.
> What about multiple argument options?
> e.g. I want: groups(10 30 30 10 10 10)
> if I give each SPINNER control the option name "groups"
> then I get separate options group(10) group(30) etc using
> the optionarg command
> I can build it up w. 6 put commands but that seems cumbersome
>
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