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Re: Simple question: promptusertext method [message #58999 is a reply to message #58936]

Thu, 28 February 2008 09:58

Selim.Ta
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Registered: February 2008

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On Feb 27, 2:52 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Selim...@gmail.com writes:
>> I'm a novice in IDL, so please bear with me. I want a procedure to
>> display a prompt with a text field. From what I understand,
>> promptusertext is the method I should use. This said, I can't get it
>> to work properly. The prompt never displays and just registers the
>> user's entry as 0. Here's my code:
>
>> PRO ...
>
>> ...
>
>> obj = Obj_New("IDLitIMessaging")
>
>> result = obj->promptusertext('...', answer, title='...')
>
>> ...
>
>> END
>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>
> If you are a novice IDL user, I seriously doubt you
> are programming iTools. So I don't think IDLitIMessaging
> is what you want. :-)
>
> Why don't you try something a great deal simpler. Here
> is a simple pop-up dialog that does what you want:
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/programs/textbox.pro
>
> You use it like this:
>
> answer = TextBox(Label='What is your favorite color?', $
> Title='Type your favorite color', Cancel=cancelled)
> IF cancelled THEN RETURN
>
> You can read more about how it is created here:
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/widget_tips/popup.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

Thank you very much, Mr. Fanning. I've been able to complete my
code :-).

Best,
Selim

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		Re: Simple question: promptusertext method By: David Fanning on Wed, 27 February 2008 13:52
		Re: Simple question: promptusertext method By: Wasit.Weather on Fri, 29 February 2008 12:04
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		Re: Simple question: promptusertext method By: Selim.Ta on Thu, 28 February 2008 09:58

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