Putting the Code Together

With the examples above, and a few additional lines, you have the code needed to complete the gp:getDialogInput function.

To put gp:getDialogInput together

1. Open your copy of gp-io.lsp in a Visual LISP text editor window.
2. Delete the code in gp:getDialogInput (the defun gp:getDialogInput statement and everything after it).
3. Enter the following defun statement as the first line of code in the gp:getDialogInput function:

   (defun gp:getDialogInput (pathWidth / dcl_id objectCreateMethod
                                         plineStyle tilerad tilespace result UserClick
                                         dialogLoaded dialogShow)

   The function expects a single argument (pathwidth), and establishes a number of local variables.

4. Following the code you added in step 3, enter the sample code from each of the following sections:
   • Setting Up Dialog Values
   • Loading the Dialog File
   • Loading a Specific Dialog into Memory
   • Initializing the Default Dialog Values
   • Assigning Actions to Tiles
   Note: Enter just the first code example from Assigning Actions to Tiles not the fragments in the explanations that follow. Those fragments just repeat pieces of the example.
   • Starting the Dialog
   • Unloading the Dialog
   • Determining What to Do Next
5. After the last line of code, add the following:

   ) 
    ) 
     Result; 
   ) ;_ end of defun

6. Format the code you entered by clicking Tools Format Code in Editor from the Visual LISP menu.