TmGetTop Function
Gets the top-level widget ID for a VDA Tool.
Usage
top = TmGetTop(tool_name)
Parameters
tool_name—A string containing the unique name of a VDA Tool.
Returned Value
top—(long) The top-level widget ID for the VDA Tool.
Keywords
None.
Discussion
TmGetTop is used to obtain the widget ID of the top-level VDA Tool widget. This function is called when you exit a VDA Tool, unregister a VDA Tool, and create a dialog box (dialog boxes are children of the top-level VDA Tool widget).
Example
This example shows how the top-level widget ID is used to create a dialog box. The dialog box is actually a child of the top-level VDA Tool widget.
; Get the top-level widget ID.
parent = TmGetTop(tool_name)
; Get message text from the string resource file.
title = TmGetMessage('wzplot.ads','data_export_title') $ + ' ' + tool_name
; Create dialog box using top-level widget ID from TmGetTop.
dialog = WoGenericDialog(parent, layout, $
'WzPlotDataExportCB', Dialog_name = 'exportDataDialog', $
Buttons=buttons, Title=title, $
Help=['Export Selected Data Dialog Box', helpfile], $
/Ok, /Apply, /Cancel)
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