_Added in 1.9.0_

*$dialog(name,table,[parent])*

Creates a modal dialog.

_See also [[/dialog]], [[on DIALOG]], [[Dialog Items]]._

*Parameters*

table(ktable).
|*Parameter*|*Description*|
| name | Name of the dialog to create. |
| table | Name of the dialog table to use. |
| [parent] | Name of the parent window to associate the dialog with or -1 = Desktop window, -2 = Main AdiIRC window, -3 = Currently active window, -4 = Currently active dialog. (optional) |

*Example*

<pre>
: Create a dialog table.
Dialog Example1 {
  title "This is Example 1"
  size -1 -1 172 129
  option dbu
  tab "Tab A", 14, 2 0 165 123
  tab "Tab B", 15
  tab "Tab C", 16
  edit "", 17, 8 16 154 104, tab 16 multi return autohs vsbar
  menu "&File", 1
  item "&New", 6, 1
  item "&Open", 7, 1
  item break, 8, 1
  item "&Save", 9, 1
  item "Save &as", 10, 1
  menu "&Edit", 2
  item "&Copy", 11, 2
  item "P&aste", 12, 2
  menu "&view", 3
  item "&All", 13, 3
  menu "&Help", 4
  item "&About", 5, 4
}

; Create and open the dialog using the 'Example' table.
//noop $dialog(Example, Example)
</pre>

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*$dialog(name|N)*

Returns information about a dialog.

*Parameters*

table(ktable).
|*Parameter*|*Description*|
| name<notextile>|</notextile>N | Name of the dialog or if N = 0, number of dialogs, otherwise the Nth dialog. |

*Properties*

table(ktable).
|*Property*|*Description*|
| .result | Returns ID of the 'result' button if specified. |
| .x | Returns the X position of the dialog. |
| .y | Returns the Y position of the dialog. |
| .w | Returns the width of the dialog. |
| .h | Returns the height of the dialog. |
| .cw | Returns the width of the dialog client area. |
| .ch | Returns the height of the dialog client area. |
| .title | Returns the dialog title. |
| .modal | Returns [[$true]] if the dialog is modal, otherwise [[$false]]. |
| .state | Returns minimized/maximized/hidden/normal. *(AdiIRC only)* |
| .table | Returns the name of the dialog table. |
| .ok | Returns ID of the 'ok' button if specified. |
| .cancel | Returns ID of the 'cancel' button if specified. |
| .focus | Returns ID of the control that currently has focus. |
| .active | Returns [[$true]] if the dialog is active, otherwise [[$false]]. |
| .tab | Returns id of tab that is currently displayed. |
| .hwnd | Returns the window handle. |
| .icon | Returns the filename of the icon file. *(AdiIRC only)* |
| .local | Returns [[$true]] if the dialog is a local dialog, otherwise [[$false]]. *(AdiIRC only)* |
| .dbu | Returns [[$true]] if the dialog was created with the dbu option, otherwise [[$false]]. *(AdiIRC only)* |
| .default | Returns the id of the "default" button, if defined. *(AdiIRC only)* |

*Example*

<pre>
; Print number of dialogs.
//echo -ag $dialog(0)

; Print name of the first dialog.
//echo -ag $dialog(1)
</pre>