-- Lingo syntax _player.alert(displayString) // JavaScript syntax _player.alert(displayString);
Player method; causes a system beep and displays an alert dialog box containing a specified string.
The alert message must be a string. If you want to include a number variable in an alert, convert the variable to a string before passing it to alert().
displayString Required. A string that represents the text displayed in the alert dialog box. The string can contain up to 255 characters.
The following statement produces an alert stating that there is no CD-ROM drive connected:
-- Lingo syntax
_player.alert("There is no CD-ROM drive connected.")
// JavaScript syntax
_player.alert("There is no CD-ROM drive connected.");
This statement produces an alert stating that a file was not found:
-- Lingo syntax
_player.alert("The file" && QUOTE & filename & QUOTE && "was not found.")
// JavaScript syntax
_player.alert("The file \"" + filename + "\" was not found.");