Force closing InputBox

[automax2012]

Hello friends,

I'm using HotKeySet("{ESC}", "MyExit") in my code to exit my script just by pressing ESC key.

I have noticed that if I have an inputbox waiting for some input text, even if I press ESC, my script still waits until the inputbox has been closed by OK button, after text has been entered, or by Cancel, and only then the ESC command will be executed, exiting the script.

Is there a way to force closing inputbox, by pressing ESC, when it is still waiting for text to be entered? (I cannot use Cancel button because I already use it to jump to the next input box in my script).

Thanks in advance for any reply

[notsure]

Hmm, normally the program is frozen at Msgboxes also, so i can imagine it works the same for inputboxes.

[automax2012]

Actually at MsgBox it works!

[notsure]

Maybe thats because MSGboxes are canceled when pressed ESC and inputboxes are not? I'm notsure

[automax2012]

Right. It seems Msgbox can be forced to be closed, while InputBox not.

[JLogan3o13]

Automax, the help file is your FRIEND. One of the parameters for InputBox (as well as MsgBox) is the timeout feature:

"How many seconds to wait before automatically cancelling the InputBox."

If you need the InputBox to time out if there is no input, this is the easiest way to accomplish it.

[automax2012]

Thanks JLogan3o13, but I would need to force closing inputbox by my choice (pressing ESC), not by timeout. Any idea how to do that?

[bogQ]

maby to make your own custom input box with GUI commands?

[automax2012]

Thanks bogQ, you're right, that's probably would work. I was just wondering if it was doable using the standard inputbox.