Is there a way to open a Natural Dialog, or more specifically a GUI popup window from a Natural program.
The Messagebox appears to be a GUI window and this can be run from a Natural program so I thought there might be a way to do this with other GUI windows.
Of course, the OPEN DIALOG statement does this for you 
Can you give more details calling from a PROGRAM:
What do you use as PARENT parameter?
How do you get over the “NAT6157 Dialog called from non-gui environment”?
With 6.1 I know only the possibility calling via STACK TOP COMMAND.
You have to initiate your session with a dialog if you want to open a dialog with OPEN DIALOG. The initial dialog should call your starting program and then you can do everything you want to as a GUI context has been set up.
If you don’t mind leaving your current program you can use the stack command:
STACK TOP COMMAND ‘Progname’
… and come back (old NAT1.x way to make loops)
STACK TOP COMMAND *PROGRAM
STACK TOP COMMAND ‘myDialog’
STOP
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[quote="Wilfried B
Hi, i do this with this instruction:
Run ‘Dialog Name’
works very nice… (not necesary parameters)
Thanks for all your help.
The OPEN DIALOG statement did not work for me – I get the 6157 error.
The STACK would certainly work but difficult in the application I have in mind.
The RUN statement – I will have to try this one – I had not thought of it.
I ultimately rewrote the Program as a Dialog but did not display any GUI screen – from there I was able to display the GUI popup window I had originally intended.
Thanks again.
[quote="Weihnachtsb
Thanks Wilfried. That will be useful next time I have this problem. I am working on a legacy system so this will occur again.