asktext

Format: asktext( message, default, title, buttons )

Arguments: [any] message Optional message to display; default = contents of the node's Form window (dialogtemplate)

(any) default Optional default value to display in the text box; default = ""

(text) title Optional title displayed on the dialog box frame; default = ""

(int) buttons Optional code indicating the type of buttons displayed; default = 0 (see dialog for details)

Returns: (text) Text entered by the user

Description: Asktext asks the user for input by displaying a dialog box or HTML form containing message and a single-line text box. The user's response is returned as a text string.

Asktext and asknumber are similar except that asknumber converts the user's response to a number and asktext does not. Asktext and askmultitext are similar except that askmultitext displays a scrolling text box while asktext displays a single-line text box.

When Logical Look-Ahead is active, this function is gated to prevent unnecessary user input in expressions using Logical And/Logical Or.

See Also: askmultitext, asknumber, askyesno, choose, dialog