While wend

[Mintz]

This problem has popped up all over the place. what i am trying to get it to do, is so that if the user presses Cancel, the script exits, while if he presses OK without entering anything, it asks for a name. The problem is, the script does not exit when cancel is pressed. But it does loop fine, and it does continue past the loop if text is entered.

SetError(1)
$name = InputBox("Welcome!",  Please enter your name")
If $name = @error Then
    Exit
EndIf
While $name = "" 
    MsgBox(0, "enter a name", "enter a name")
    $name = InputBox("Welcome!", "Please enter your name")
wend
msgbox(0, "Hi", "Hi" & $name)

[PsaltyDS]

I think maybe "returns @error" may not mean what you think it means. The macro @error is separate from the returned string in $name. this may do what you want:

While 1
$name = InputBox("Welcome!", "Please enter your name")
    If @error Then 
        Exit
    ElseIf $name = "" Then
        MsgBox(0, "enter a name", "enter a name")
    Else
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
WEnd
MsgBox(0, "Hi", "Hi, " & $name & ".")

[Mintz]

hey thanx a bundle. i know i'm asking on something very easy but i'm new. i'll learn

[herewasplato]

too late

$name = InputBox("Welcome!", "Please enter your name")
If @error Then Exit
While $name = ""
    MsgBox(0, "enter a name", "enter a name")
    $name = InputBox("Welcome!", "Please enter your name")
WEnd
MsgBox(0, "Hi", "Hi " & $name)

[PsaltyDS]

I beat herewasplato's answer-bot! WooHoo! I rock!

[herewasplato]

I beat herewasplato's answer-bot! WooHoo! I rock!

Typing class!?!

I'll never need to know how to type!

...if I had only known...

:-)

P.S. and your code was better too!