Using Message box collating the data received.

[Ausgirl]

Hi can someone help me? I'm writing a simple app for my students and am using the message box to ask them a series of questions but am having trouble collating the information into a text box.

Is there a trick to it?

[Klaus]

Hi Ausgirl,

1. welcome to the forum!

2. Not sure I get this:
Now do you want to put some text into the MESSAGE box or "into a text box"?

If you leave out the target for your text, the text will be put into the message box:
-> put "this is a string in the message box..."

If you define a target, the text will be put there:
-> put "this is another string in a text box" into fld "my message"


Best

Klaus

P.S.
Since this is not a specific Mac problem (Hint, hint!) i will move this thread to the begonners section.

[dunbarx]

I would not use the message box at all. Use a button or a series of buttons. You will find the process cleaner and easier to manage.

The message box is generally useful for temporary input and output, testing, asking questions of the IDE, that sort of thing. I would never include it as a working component of an app.

Craig Newman

[Simon]

I believe the OP is actually talking about the "ask" command.
@Ausgirl the "message box" is a specific tool in the IDE only, not available in a standalone.

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ask "What is your name?"
if it is not "Cancel" then
put it & cr after fld 1
end if
ask "What is your age?"
if it is not "Cancel" then
put it & cr after fld 1
end if

Simon