InputBox Timeout

[IvanCodin 0]

I cant seem to get the timeout to work. I want the user to be presented with a default value that can be changed or it will send the default value entered in the inputbox after the timeout. The Help shows some of the values as -1, what does this do?

Tried several variations of this.

$Server = InputBox("Server", "Enter you server name:", "192.168.1.1", " M", 220, 180, -1, -1, 5)

The help says:

InputBox ( "title", "prompt" [, "default" [, "password char" [, width [, height [, left [, top [, timeout [, hwnd]]]]]]]] )

$Server = InputBox("Server", "Enter you server name:", "192.168.1.1", " M", 220, 180, , , 5) <= This errors wrong syntax

$Server = InputBox("Server", "Enter you server name:", "192.168.1.1", " M", 220, 180, 0, 0, 5) < This errors also

I want it to timeout after 5 seconds and set $server value to the 192.168.1.1 default ip address.

Thanks

Me

Edited January 24, 2011 by IvanCodin

[jaberwacky 327]

$Server = InputBox("Server", "Enter you server name:", "192.168.1.1", " M", 220, 180, 0, 0, 5) < This errors also

This works fine for me.

Win7 x64

[Varian 8]

You were correct with your first line. What you have to remember is that if the timeout is reached, $Server will be 0 since it was not assigned. If you use an InputBox(), remember to Exit or Return or ContinueLoop after that directly after that line

If @error = 1 Then Exit

Note that if the user inputs conforming text and presses OK, the @error value remains at 0, but if the timeout is reached, the @error is 2

$Default_Server = "192.168.1.1"
$Server = InputBox("Server", "Enter you server name:", $Default_Server, " M", 220, 180, -1, -1, 5)
Switch @error
    Case 0
        $Error = @error
        $Msg = "You pressed OK with a Valid String" & @LF & 'Server is...' & $Server
    Case 2
        $Server = $Default_Server   ;You must define $Server manually since timeout was reached
        $Error = @error
        $Msg = "The Timeout time was reached." & @LF & 'Server assigned to default...' & $Server
    Case Else
        Exit
EndSwitch

MsgBox(262208, $Error, $Msg)