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Dialogs
4.1 Structure and elements of a dialog
4.1.1 Defining a dialog
Definition
A dialog is part of a user interface consisting of a display line, dialog elements and/or graphics,
an output line for messages and 8 horizontal and 8 vertical softkeys.
Dialog elements are:
● Variables
– Limits/toggle field
– Default setting of variables
● Help display
● Texts
● Attributes
● System or user variable
● Position of short text
● Position of input/output field
● Colors
Dialog properties:
● Header
● Graphic
● Dimension
● System or user variable
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