Using the ask command

[dburdan]

Ok, so I am trying to allow someone to input a number that is anywhere from 0 to their total score in an "ask" box. So if their score is 50, I want them to be able to input anywhere from 1-50. How can use the "ask" command in this way?
Right now I have:

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ask "How much do you want to bet?" with "0", Score

But that only display "0, 50" in faded text. It doesn't restrict the input to those numbers.

[Klaus]

Hi dburdan,

the anser is: you cannotuse the ASK/ANSWER dialogs for that!

You could:
1. Prompt the user to only enter values betweeen X and Y and check this AFTER the hit OK.
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ask "How much do you want to bet? (Please enter values between 0 and 50!)"
if it < 0 OR it > 50 then
anwer "Not valid, bum!"
end if
...
2. Roll your own dialog, which is a TAD more complicated than # 1


Best

Klaus

[dburdan]

Thanks! I think I have a solution that will suit my needs. Is there anyway to get rid on the cancel dialog button? If not how would I go about creating my own pop up windows?
Thanks

[Klaus]

Hi Dan,

you could do this:
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set the visible of btn "cancel" of cd 1 of stack "Ask DialoG" to false
ask ...
...
The ASK and ANSWER dialogs are just stacks opened as MODAL

When you want to roll your own, you should create a little stack with your input field and open that stack a "modal".
You could also use "the dialogdata" to "pass" your data from the modal stack of your script:

Button "OK" in your custom dialog:

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on mouseup
  set the dialogdata to fld "custom user entry field"
  close this stack
end mosueup

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...
modal "your custom ask dialog here"
put the dialogdata into tReturnValue
...

Best

Klaus

[dburdan]

Thanks Klaus! That helps a ton!