| VarNew | Function (ROM Call 0x28E)

dialogs.h

HSym VarNew (const ESQ *FileTypes, ...);

Displays the standard "New" dialog.

VarNew implements the standard "New" dialog. The user may select a type to create as well as the folder to create the new variable in, and then may type in a variable name.
FileTypes is a pointer to a zero-terminated array of types that are supported (see VarOpen for more info). VarNew returns the HSym descriptor of the newly created symbol, or H_NULL if the user presses 'ESC' or in case of an error.
This function may cause heap compression.

Uses: DialogAdd, DialogDo, DialogNew, HeapFree, ER_catch, ER_success, ERD_dialog, TokenizeSymName, top_estack, memset, PopupAddText, PopupNew, PopupText, VarCreateFolderPopup, strcat, strlen, XR_stringPtr, DataTypeNames, FirstNonblank, VarOptList, VarSaveTitle, FindSymInFolder, StrToTokN, SymSysVar, VarStore

See also: VarOpen, VarSaveAs