Answer Dialog at ScreenLoc?

[Richard Gaskin]

Scott Rossi wrote:
> Recently, Scott Rossi  wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Aside from modifying its code, is there a trick to forcing the answer dialog
>>>to appear at the screenLoc?
>>
>>Here's a workaround that seems to work in both MC and Rev:
>>
>>go inv stack "answer dialog"
>>answer "This dialog is now centered."
>>set loc of stack "answer dialog" to the screenLoc
>>show stack "answer dialog"
> 
> 
> Whoops - maybe I spoke too soon.  No way to get the response values (yes, no
> cancel, etc).  But if one is only displaying data, such as an alert, this
> might be acceptable.

In the very rare cases where I want the dialog screen-centered 
throughout the program, I've found this works well in a frontScript:

on preOpenStack
   if the short name of this stack is "Answer Dialog" then
     set the loc of this stack to the screenLoc
   end if
   pass preOpenStack
end preOpenStack


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