About Dialog Box Design Guidelines (DCL)

To design a dialog box well, you must consider not only the practical purpose of the box but also its aesthetics, the ergonomics of using it, and the GUI standards of the Windows and Mac OS environments. The following subsections provide some guidelines for GUI design, dialog box design, and predefined tiles and clusters. Refer to About Programmable Dialog Box Function Synopsis (DCL), for more examples of tiles and clusters.