BASIC: how to raise temporary popup message ("toast")

kxr · October 26, 2019, 10:06am

BASIC: how to raise a temporary popup message (“toast”) - not a normal MsgBox which needs to be clicked away?

Ratslinger · October 26, 2019, 8:18pm

Hello,

Please when referring to something in another product, please mention the product. Did not know “toast” (android messaging) until searched for it.

Ratslinger · October 26, 2019, 8:19pm

Hello,

You can do this with a simple dialog:

Sub Dialog1Show
    DialogLibraries.LoadLibrary("Standard")
    oDialog1 = CreateUnoDialog( DialogLibraries.Standard.Dialog1 )
	oDialog1.setVisible(true)
	wait 2000
End Sub

Dialog will close after 2 seconds (wait 2000).

mauricio · October 27, 2019, 4:26pm

I think, setVisible should set visible dialog, not hide after… why automatic hide it?

Ratslinger · October 27, 2019, 4:54pm

@mauricio,

This is what temporary popup message ("toast") actually does. It is a short term message which requires no user intervention to close. See How TO - Snackbar / Toast and example you can try there.

mauricio · October 27, 2019, 6:00pm

Yes, I understand the requirement. But, for me, setVisible should show (or hidden) object. Only that.

Ratslinger · October 27, 2019, 6:15pm

Guess I am not understanding your comments. To stop user intervention, instead of "execute’ of Dialog, setVisible displays the dialog and when the timer expires the dialog is destroyed. This is also a process to use in a non-modal dialog (see How to make non-modal dialog?) although for this I prefer to create the entire dialog in a macro and specify it as non modal.