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GUIRunModal

GUIRunModal[src]

loads and runs an interface definition in a modal state with the kernel and returns a result when finished.

GUIRunModal[src,args]

passes arguments to the interface definition.

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GUIKit`

GUIRunModal

The functionality provided by GUIKit has been superseded by the interface construction and controls functions native to the built-in Wolfram Language.

GUIRunModal[src]

loads and runs an interface definition in a modal state with the kernel and returns a result when finished.

GUIRunModal[src,args]

passes arguments to the interface definition.

Details and Options

  • To use GUIRunModal, you first need to load GUIKit using Needs["GUIKit`"].
  • GUIRunModal does not return control to the kernel until the interface is closed.
  • src can be a file name, a user interface expression definition, an XMLDocument interface expression, or a GUIObject.
  • If arguments are included, they are passed as arguments to the interface definition and are available from the widget registry through the names "##", "#1", "#2", and so on.
  • The following options can be given:
  • ReleaseMethodAutomaticdetermines when a GUIObject is released
    ReturnScript Nonea script expression to evaluate as the return result
    IncludedScriptContexts{}extends the active $ContextPath that Script blocks use

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Run a user interface definition in a modal state:

Options  (1)

ReturnScript  (1)

Override the return result:

Wolfram Research (2007), GUIRunModal, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/GUIRunModal.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), GUIRunModal, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/GUIRunModal.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "GUIRunModal." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/GUIRunModal.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). GUIRunModal. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/GUIRunModal.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_guirunmodal, author="Wolfram Research", title="{GUIRunModal}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/GUIRunModal.html}", note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_guirunmodal, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={GUIRunModal}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/GUIRunModal.html}, note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}