On Feb 27, 3:52=A0pm, David Fanning <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Selim...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 =3D Obj_New("IDLitIMessaging")
>
> > result =3D obj->promptusertext('...', answer, title=3D'...')
>
> > ...
>
> > 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:
>
> =A0 =A0http://www.dfanning.com/programs/textbox.pro
>
> You use it like this:
>
> =A0 =A0answer =3D TextBox(Label=3D'What is your favorite color?', $
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Title=3D'Type your favorite color', Cancel=3Dcancelled)
> =A0 =A0IF cancelled THEN RETURN
>
> You can read more about how it is created here:
Hi David,
I tried that program TextBox. I can compile it but can no trun.
Following is the error message.
Attempt to call undefined procedure/function: 'TEXTBOX'.
Execution halted at: $MAIN$
Did I miss something?
Thanks!
>
> =A0 =A0http://www.dfanning.com/widget_tips/popup.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
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> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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