Prompts the user for multiple lines of input.
AskTextBox( title, prompt, default, flags, reserved)
(s) title: title of the dialog box.
(s) prompt: question to be put to the user.
(s) default: default answer.
(i) flags: see below.
(i) reserved: reserved for future use, should be set to 0.
(s) text: Returns the text input by user.
"default" can contain multiple lines of text, using embedded @CRLF's.
"flags" can be set to 0, or can specify one or more of the following values combined with the bitwise OR ('|') operator:
|
Value |
Meaning |
|
0 |
none of the following apply |
|
1 |
do not automatically wrap text |
|
2 |
place cursor at end of default text (instead of highlighting it) |
The return value is whatever the user enters in the edit box. If multiple lines of text are entered, they will be delimited in the returned string with @CRLF's.
Note: a horizontal scroll bar is added if "flag" number 1 is specified. Also, the cursor is scrolled into view if "flag" number 2 is specified.
The function IntControl (63, p1, p2, p3, p4) can be used to set the coordinates for AskFileText, AskItemList and AskTextBox windows.
ret=AskTextbox( "User satisfaction","Please type any comments here", "NOCOMMENT", 0, 0)
If ret=="NOCOMMENT"
Message("User input","Default returned. No user input" )
Else
Message("User input",ret)
EndIf
Exit