Undocumented INPUTBOX$

[Brad Olson]

Dear PB,

In PB/DLL 6.0 I discovered an undocumented function, INPUTBOX$. Is it
on its way out or on its way in?

Thanks,
Brad

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-Brad Olson
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[Dave Navarro]

INPUTBOX$ has always been in PB/DLL, it was just accidentally left out of the documentation.

We'll have an update to the help file soon for everyone.

--Dave


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[Lance Edmonds]

In the mean time, here is the doc's for INPUTBOX$()

[b]Purpose[/b]
InputBox$() displays a prompt in a dialog box and waits for the user to
input text or cancel.  It then returns the contents of the text box.

[b]Syntax[/b]
Result$ = INPUTBOX$(prompt$[[, title$], default$][, xpos%, ypos%])

[b]Remarks[/b]
Prompt$ is the text prompt displayed in the dialog.  Title$ is the 
caption for the dialog and is optional. Default$ is the default text
displayed in the input box for the answer and is optional.  Xpos%
and Ypos% specify the location on the screen to display the input box.
If not specified, the box is centered on the screen.

[b]Example[/b]
Result$ = INPUTBOX$("Enter your Name",, "Jane Doe")

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Lance
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[Vladimir Shulakov]

Thank Brad.
Good question !

INPUTBOX$ is suffer old kind bug
INPUTBOX$ don't conceive Cyrillic alphabet

example:
Result$ = INPUTBOX$("Ïðèâåò","Ñíîâà","Ïîêà")

I think - that know all "raisins" PBDLL ,need look
PBDLL in HEX format.

Regard
V.Shulakov

[Lance Edmonds]

To the best of my knowledge, at this time PowerBASIC does not officially support non-US codepages for DDT, INPUTBOX$, etc, but this is on the "wish list" for future editions.

That said, keep throwing these suggestions at us! R&D do monitor these forums, and we are constantly passing feature requests to R&D. The more suggestions the better!

BTW, Vlad... you email address is bouncing mail... a BBS notification message just came back to Tech Support, and my email to you earlier this week came back also... please check into it, and email me when you get it resolved. Thanks!


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[Semen Matusovski]

Why not to use MS Sans Serif in all cases?
As I understand, this font always supports national letters.
(Note, there are no problems with LABEL, TEXT and so on)

[Brad Olson]

Thanks for the documentation, Lance, and the History, Dave. --Brad

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[Harper Grimm]

What does INPUTBOX$ return when you select CANCEL?

Not a null string, I hope, as that could be a valid response.

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[Lance Edmonds]

INPUTBOX$() returns a null string if CANCEL is selected, therefore there is no way to differentiate between a NUL string and Cancel.

If you need better control over the return value then maybe you should consider building your own INPUTBOX-like function with the exact behavior you require...

IIRC, INPUTBOX$() works just like the VB equivalent...


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Lance
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