James Hassell (one of the StataCorp dialog gurus) replied:
> Sophie originally wrote:
> >I am currently working on a dialog program which is meant to have a
> >different dialog depending on the number of groups entered in the first
> >window. I.e. if the use enters 2 groups in the main window, then he will
> >find two boxes to enter a value in on the options window, and if he
enters 4
> >groups initially, then he will find 4 boxes etc. is there a way to
program
> >this?
>
> And Thomas Steichen followed up with:
>
> >If you have a small set of possible groups sizes, small enough so that
you
> >can choose among them with a radio control, then what you want to do can
be
> >done easily. But, I am fairly certain there is not an _easy_ way to
capture
> >the numeric value of a control and use it to modify the appearance of a
> >dialog window.
>
> Thomas is exactly right. There is not a method built into the Stata
> dialog language for passing information between two dialog windows.
> Thomas also suggested letting the user specify the desired number of
> groups with RADIO buttons. This is a good solution which could possibly
> be enhanced by using a COMBOBOX or LISTBOX. The general idea is to force
> the user to specify how many groups are expected. With this information,
> the event handlers for that control, can show and hide additional EDIT
> boxes or other controls located on the same tab or even other tabs.
> However, they cannot control other dialog box windows.
>
> Sophie did contact Stata technical support and has been provided with
> the information above. I thought others might be interested, so I decided
> to post a follow up here.
James,
You left out the other part of my answer... where I suspected that it might
be doable "by
invoking an .ado and/or by using some of the non-public features of the
dialog language."
So, I'll ask directly: Is it possible to capture the numeric value of one
control then use it to manipulate the event handlers for other controls?
Tom
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