Prefs.PreferencesDialog() Method

Display the ACP Preferences dialog and show the specified panel/tab

Syntax

Prefs.PreferencesDialog(Panel)

The method syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
Panel (Integer)	The index of the panel (tab) to display
Return (Boolean)	True if the Preferences dialog was closed with the OK button, else False (Cancel button was used)

Remarks

Causes the ACP Preference dialog to be displayed, showing the given panel/tab (see the table below). The return value indicates which button (OK or Cancel) was used to dismiss the dialog. Mainly useful in documentation where you can provide a button to show a particular Preferences panel. The ACP online help "Getting Started" pages make use of this feature.

Panel Values

Panel #	Panel Name
0	General
1	Observatory
2	Telescope
3	Pointing Corrector
4	Dome Control
5	Imaging
6	Guiding
7	PinPoint
8	AutoFocus
9	Local User
10	Weather
11	Servers
12	Server Users
13	Agent/Voice
14	Debugging

Do not call this method from within a script or ASP page unless you can guarantee that someone will be physically present to dismiss the dialog!