InputBox Dialog

The InputBox dialog is provided as a mechanism to obtain information from the script user interactively without access to the command line.

It can be used in support of the Gui/Cui/Unattended (GCU) design pattern.

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Class: InputBox

Namespace: AlintexScript

Static/Shared Public Methods

Show	Displays an input box with the specified prompt, returning a string representing the value entered.
Show(String prompt, String title) : String	Displays an input box with the specified prompt and title, returning a string representing the value entered.
Show(String prompt, String title, string defaultValue) : String	Displays an input box with the specified prompt, title and default value, returning a string representing the value entered.
Show(String prompt, String title, string defaultValue, String helpMessage) : String	Displays an input box with the specified prompt, title, default value and help message, returning a string representing the value entered.

Examples

The following examples result in the display of this dialog:-

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See script inputBox in the Tutorial folder.

[VB.NET]

imports AlintexScript

#region "Script"

result = InputBox.Show("Enter a date", "Which Day Of The Week?", _

"17 Aug 1961", "Enter no value to exit")

#end region

[C#]

using AlintexScript;

#region Script

string result = InputBox.Show("Enter a date", "Which Day Of The Week?",

"17 Aug 1961", "Enter no value to exit");

#endregion

[Java (J#)]

import AlintexScript.*;

#region Script

String result = InputBox.Show("Enter a date", "Which Day Of The Week?",

"17 Aug 1961", "Enter no value to exit");

#endregion

[JScript.NET]

result = InputBox.Show("Enter a date", "Which Day Of The Week?",

"17 Aug 1961", "Enter no value to exit");