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ICAM Virtual Machine ® Virtual Machine Reference, Model Customization
The Dialog Editor, Adding and Deleting Dialogs
4.4.4 The Dialog Editor
The Dialog editor is used to build dialog boxes, which are then used at run-time to query the NC
programmer for any information that is necessary during simulation. You can create many
different dialogs, each with a unique name, which are then activated through the $FDIALOG
macro function call (see function description on page 201). A screen shot of the Dialog Editor
facility is shown below.
4.4.4.1 Adding and Deleting Dialogs
Press the Add button to create a new dialog. You will be prompted for the dialog‟s name, which
is how the dialog will be identified in the $FDIALOG function call. Spacing and letter-case are
not significant in dialog names. Dialogs are listed alphabetically by name. For each dialog, the
listing includes its name, the caption title that will appear at the top of the dialog window, and a
list of all macro variables referenced by the dialog (dialogs operate by getting and setting macro
variables). Note that a single dialog containing all user input requirements is generally preferable
to the user (if properly constructed) than a series of smaller dialogs.
Select an existing dialog from the list and press the Modify button (or double click on a list
entry) to make changes to an existing dialog. Select one or more dialogs and press the Delete
button to remove them from the model.
There are also Load and Dump buttons that can be used to read and write dialog definitions
from/to external files. Use this feature to copy dialogs from one model, control emulator or post-
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