The following table provides summary descriptions
            of the DCL opening and closing functions.
         
            
               
                  
                  
                  
                     Dialog
                           box opening and closing functions
                         
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                     Function
                           name
                         
                      | 
                     Description 
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                     (done_dialog[status])
                         
                      | 
                     Terminates
                           a dialog box
                         
                      | 
                  
                  
                     (load_dialogdclfile)
                         
                      | 
                     Loads a
                           DCL file
                         
                      | 
                  
                  
                     (new_dialogdlgname
                              dcl_id [action [screen-pt]])
                         
                      | 
                     Begins
                           a new dialog box and displays it, and can also specify a default
                           action
                         
                      | 
                  
                  
                     (start_dialog)
                         
                      | 
                     Displays
                           a dialog box and begins accepting user input
                         
                      | 
                  
                  
                     (term_dialog)
                         
                      | 
                     Terminates
                           all current dialog boxes as if the user cancels each of them
                         
                      | 
                  
                  
                     (unload_dialogdcl_id)
                         
                      | 
                     Unloads
                           a DCL file
                         
                      |