More Help Plz

[Midget182]

$time = inputbox ("hi", "how long are you going to be gone?")
msgbox (1, "bye", "you will be gone for $time")
If msgbox = 1;continue on with script
If msgbox = 0;go to top of script
;i want to make it conditional so if they want to change the amount of $time they
;can

And how can i get it to state a $time inside the MsgBox text....Do you know what i mean....i know i cant put it in the " ", but is there some way the msgbox can have 2 lines (without spacing it down) and what would i enter into the coding to make that work. i know AI2 would just use \ to make a new line in a msgbox right?

im sorry if this is too confusing but i need to clean up my scripts...they run like a 20 year old FORD.

[Jos]

don't put your variables inside the string but concatenate them like:

msgbox (1, "bye", "you will be gone for "& $time)

[Midget182]

awesome, thanks

[emmanuel]

wouldn't he also need to have a variable defined by the msgbox to get it's results?

like so:

$continue = msgbox(...

if $continue = 1 then

[Jos]

wouldn't he also need to have a variable defined by the msgbox to get it's results?

like so:

$continue = msgbox(...

if $continue = 1 then

you only need to do that when you want to know what button is clicked or if it timed out.....

[Midget182]

you only need to do that when you want to know what button is clicked or if it timed out.....

so after i make that, how do i determine where to send the user....back to the inputbox to reenter the correct variable ( if they hit CANCEL). and how do i make it continue if they hit OK?

[emmanuel]

msgbox (1, "bye", "you will be gone for $time")
If msgbox = 1;continue on with script
If msgbox = 0;go to top of script

that seems to be what they're aiming at doing with this part...

[emmanuel]

though I'd do a

while $continue = 0

;msgbox

wend

[Jos]

so after i make that, how do i determine where to send the user....back to the inputbox to reenter the correct variable ( if they hit CANCEL). and how do i make it continue if they hit OK?

something like

$rc =msgbox (1, "bye", "you will be gone for "& $time)

and then test $rc.... these are the value listed in the Helpfile:

Success: Returns the ID of the button pressed.

Failure: Returns -1 if the message box timed out.

Button Pressed Return Value

OK 1

CANCEL 2

ABORT 3

RETRY 4

IGNORE 5

YES 6

NO 7

TRY AGAIN ** 10

CONTINUE ** 11

[emmanuel]

I think now is when we point to the help file and in specific suggest looking at while...wend if...then...else and msgbox perhaps also the operators and variables sections...

[Midget182]

i live out of the HELP FILES. but does it just return if the msgbox value is 1 (cancel) and continue to the Then if msgbox = 0?

what im really trying to say is what number or string reroutes to where?

say they hit cancel, what does this do

IF $msgbox = 1

;what do i put here to make it go to the top for them to reenter values?

Then

IF $msgbox = 0

;then what happens here?

Then

[Jos]

just a simple example that will keep on looping till cancel is clicked...

While 1
   $rc =msgbox (1, "title", "text "& $time)
   if $rc = 2 Then Exit
  ; do what you want to do for OK
Wend

[scriptkitty]

One more example, if you want confirmation:

While 1
$answer = InputBox("Question", "Where were you born?", "Planet Earth", "")
$test=MsgBox(4,"Question","You were born on " & $answer & "?")
If $test=6 Then ExitLoop
Wend
MsgBox(1,"Your final answer was",$answer)

[OhMyGod]

is there some way the msgbox can have 2 lines (without spacing it down) and what would i enter into the coding to make that work.  i know AI2 would just use \ to make a new line in a msgbox right?

I could neither find anything about it in the helpfile under 'messagebox' nor while searching the forum with 'messagebox' ...

[Jos]

I could neither find anything about it in the helpfile under 'messagebox' nor while searching the forum with 'messagebox' ...

do you mean something like this?

MsgBox(0,"test","Line 1" & @LF & "Line 2")

[tutor2000]

I could neither find anything about it in the helpfile under 'messagebox' nor while searching the forum with 'messagebox' ...

He's right I think Ihad to ask how to get a return on a msgobx

$ret=msgbox(1,"Msgbox sample","Click OK or CANCEL")

;Adding your msgbox number with 4096 will make it stay on top

;4096 + 1 = msgbox(4097,Msgbox sample","Click OK or CANCEL")

msgbox(1,"Msgbox sample","Click OK or CANCEL" &@CRLF&"The return value is "&$ret)

;Now you can do your if then's based on the return value

;Rick

[OhMyGod]

Perfect. Thank You!

(Maybe I was just to blind to find it somewhere.)

[tutor2000]

The little knowledge I have I got from the autoit forum in Yahoo

It's only fair I help when I can

Glad I could

Rick