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Perl tool for launching dialog boxes with ok/yes/no/cancel button configurations on Windows and OS X.
#!/bin/usr/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Switch;
use File::Temp qw(tempfile);
use enum qw(
:Button_=0 OK Cancel Yes No
:Buttons_=20 OK OKCancel YesNo YesNoCancel
);
# NOTE: Prep should run "cpan -i Switch enum" or integrated equivalent
print ("Running prompt now...\n");
my $button = ButtonToString (Prompt ("Title", "Message", Buttons_OK));
print ("$button\n");
$button = ButtonToString (Prompt ("Title", "Message", Buttons_OKCancel));
print ("$button\n");
$button = ButtonToString (Prompt ("Title", "Message", Buttons_YesNo));
print ("$button\n");
$button = ButtonToString (Prompt ("Title", "Message", Buttons_YesNoCancel));
print ("$button\n");
sub ButtonToString
{
my $button = shift;
switch ($button)
{
case Button_OK { return "OK"; }
case Button_Cancel { return "Cancel"; }
case Button_Yes { return "Yes"; }
case Button_No { return "No"; }
else { die ("Unknown button: $button") }
}
}
sub Prompt
{
switch ($^O)
{
case "MSWin32" { return PromptWindows (@_); }
case "darwin" { return PromptOSX (@_); }
else { die ("Unsupported OS: $^O") }
}
}
sub PromptOSX
{
my $title = shift;
my $message = shift;
my $buttons = shift;
# Build AppleScript
my $buttonsConfig = "";
switch ($buttons)
{
case Buttons_OK { $buttonsConfig = "\"OK\""; }
case Buttons_OKCancel { $buttonsConfig = "\"OK\", \"Cancel\""; }
case Buttons_YesNo { $buttonsConfig = "\"Yes\", \"No\""; }
case Buttons_YesNoCancel { $buttonsConfig = "\"Yes\", \"No\", \"Cancel\""; }
else { die ("Unknown buttons type: $buttons"); }
}
my $applescript = <<"END_SCRIPT";
try
display dialog \"$message\" with title \"$title\" buttons {$buttonsConfig} default button 1
on error number -128
return \"button returned:Cancel\"
end try
END_SCRIPT
# Run and read output from stdout
$_ = `osascript -e '$applescript'`;
# Parse output
my $result = "Unknown";
if ($_ eq "")
{
$result = "Cancel";
}
else
{
while (/\:(.*)/g)
{
$result = $1;
}
}
# Parse output and return
switch ($result)
{
case "OK" { return Button_OK }
case "Cancel" { return Button_Cancel }
case "Yes" { return Button_Yes }
case "No" { return Button_No }
else { die ("Unknown messagebox result: $result"); }
}
}
sub PromptWindows
{
my $title = shift;
my $message = shift;
my $buttons = shift;
# Build VBScript
my $buttonsConfig = "";
switch ($buttons)
{
case Buttons_OK { $buttonsConfig = "vbOKOnly"; }
case Buttons_OKCancel { $buttonsConfig = "vbOKCancel"; }
case Buttons_YesNo { $buttonsConfig = "vbYesNo"; }
case Buttons_YesNoCancel { $buttonsConfig = "vbYesNoCancel"; }
else { die ("Unknown buttons type: $buttons"); }
}
my $vbscript = "WScript.StdOut.Write (MsgBox (\"$message\", $buttonsConfig, \"$title\"))";
# Write VBScript to temp file
my $fileHandle;
my $fileName;
($fileHandle, $fileName) = tempfile ("XXXXXXXXXX", SUFFIX => ".vbs");
print $fileHandle $vbscript;
close ($fileHandle);
# Run and read result from stdout
my $output = (grep /^\d+/, `cscript $fileName`)[0];
# Clean up script file
unlink ($fileName);
# Parse output and return
switch ($output)
{
case 1 { return Button_OK }
case 2 { return Button_Cancel }
case 6 { return Button_Yes }
case 7 { return Button_No }
else { die ("Unknown messagebox result: $output"); }
}
}
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