UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII3pm

new( @options )

EXAMPLE

 my $d = new UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII ( title => 'Default Title',
                                          backtitle => 'Backtitle'
                                        );

DESCRIPTION

This is the Class Constructor method. It accepts a list of key => value pairs and uses them as the defaults when interacting with the various widgets.

RETURNS

A blessed object reference of the UI::Dialog::Backend::ASCII class.

OPTIONS

The (...)'s after each option indicate the default for the option.

debug = 0,1,2 (0)

literal = 0,1 (0)

backtitle = "backtitle" ('')

title = "title" ('')

nocancel = 0,1 (0)

defaultno = 0,1 (0)

beepbefore = 0,1 (0)

beepafter = 0,1 (0)

extra-button = 0,1 (0)

extra-label = "extra label" (0)

help-button = 0,1 (0)

help-label = "help label" (0)

maxinput = \d+ (0)

autoclear = 0,1 (0)

pager = "/usr/bin/pager" ('/usr/bin/pager')

stty = "/usr/bin/stty" ('/usr/bin/stty')

yesno( )

EXAMPLE

 if ($d->yesno( text => 'A binary type question?') ) {
     # user pressed yes
 } else {
     # user pressed no or cancel
 }

DESCRIPTION

Present the end user with a message box that has two buttons, yes and no.

RETURNS

TRUE (1) for a response of YES or FALSE (0) for anything else.

msgbox( )

EXAMPLE

 $d->msgbox( text => 'A simple message' );

DESCRIPTION

Pesent the end user with a message box that has an OK button.

RETURNS

TRUE (1) for a response of OK or FALSE (0) for anything else.

infobox( )

EXAMPLE

 $d->infobox( text => 'A simple 6 second message.', timeout => 6000 );

DESCRIPTION

Pesent the end user with a message box for a limited duration of time. The timeout is specified in thousandths of a second, ie: 1000 = 1 second.

RETURNS

TRUE (1) for a response of OK or FALSE (0) for anything else.

password( )

EXAMPLE

 my $string = $d->password( text => 'Enter some (hidden) text.' );

DESCRIPTION

Present the end user with a text input field that doesn't reveal the input (except to the script) and a message.

RETURNS

a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

inputbox( )

EXAMPLE

 my $string = $d->inputbox( text => 'Please enter some text...',
                            entry => 'this is the input field' );

DESCRIPTION

Present the end user with a text input field and a message.

RETURNS

a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

textbox( )

EXAMPLE

 $d->textbox( path => '/path/to/a/text/file' );

DESCRIPTION

Present the end user with a simple scrolling box containing the contents of the given text file.

RETURNS

TRUE (1) if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

menu( )

EXAMPLE

 my $selection1 = $d->menu( text => 'Select one:',
                            list => [ 'tag1', 'item1',
                                      'tag2', 'item2',
                                      'tag3', 'item3' ]
                          );

DESCRIPTION

Present the user with a selectable list.

RETURNS

a SCALAR of the chosen tag if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

checklist( )

EXAMPLE

 my @selection = $d->checklist( text => 'Select one:',
                                list => [ 'tag1', [ 'item1', 0 ],
                                          'tag2', [ 'item2', 1 ],
                                          'tag3', [ 'item3', 1 ] ]
                              );

DESCRIPTION

Present the user with a selectable checklist.

RETURNS

an ARRAY of the chosen tags if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

radiolist( )

EXAMPLE

 my $selection = $d->radiolist( text => 'Select one:',
                                list => [ 'tag1', [ 'item1', 0 ],
                                          'tag2', [ 'item2', 1 ],
                                          'tag3', [ 'item3', 0 ] ]
                              );

DESCRIPTION

Present the user with a selectable radiolist.

RETURNS

a SCALAR of the chosen tag if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

fselect( )

EXAMPLE

 my $text = $d->fselect( path => '/path/to/a/file/or/directory' );

DESCRIPTION

Present the user with a file selection widget preset with the given path.

RETURNS

a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

dselect( )

EXAMPLE

 my $text = $d->dselect( path => '/path/to/a/file/or/directory' );

DESCRIPTION

Present the user with a file selection widget preset with the given path. Unlike fselect() this widget will only return a directory selection.

RETURNS

a SCALAR if the response is OK and FALSE (0) for anything else.

spinner( )

EXAMPLE

 print STDOUT "spinner... ";
 for (20,40,60,80,100) { print $d->spinner(); sleep(1); }
 print STDOUT "\bdone.\n";

DESCRIPTION

Return the next character in the spin sequence prefixed with a backspace (\b) character. The spinner is made up of four ASCII characters; | (pipe), \ (back slash), / (forward slash), - (hyphen).

The complete sequence is as follows:

 |
 /
 -
 \
 |
 /
 -
 \

RETURNS

A two character SCALAR.

draw_gauge( )

EXAMPLE

 foreach my $i (20,40,60,80,100) {
   last unless $d->draw_gauge( bar => "-", mark => "|", length => 74,
                               percent => $i );
   sleep(1);
 }
 foreach my $i (200,500,10000,12000,12345) {
   last unless $d->draw_gauge( bar => "-", mark => "|", length => 74,
                               current => $i, total => 12345 );
   sleep(1);
 }

DESCRIPTION

Draw a meter bar with a position indicator. You can specify alternate characters for use as the meter bar itself (default is "-") and the positional marker (default to "|") as well as an arbitrary length to the bar itself.

There are two different ways to present the bar, either by specifying the percentage to display or by specifying the current and total values and and the widget will figure out the percentage for you.

RETURNS

None.

end_gauge( )

EXAMPLE

 $d->end_gauge();

DESCRIPTION

Simply print a newline for use when the finished with the draw_gauge() widget as that leaves the cursor at the end of the last line of output.

RETURNS

None.