GetInput(msg As String, title As String, optional defaultValue As String) As String

Show a dialogbox to ask user for input.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
msg	String	Window caption, like: Check for Birthdays
title	String	Caption of the input field, like: Number of days ahead
defaultValue	String	Optional parameter If set, value will be shown to the user in the input field

Returns:

Type	Value	Description
String	user input	Returns the value, input by the user Return an empty string on cancel

Available in:

WindowMain	WindowLink
YES	YES

Used in:

XojoScript Name	GUID
Set new BirthdaysTimeSpan property	B73607E5-3D47-40D2-9B16-6ADDDA94FD4E

Hint: You can find references to XojoScripts which make use of this function by sending the following SQL statement to the database:

Select id,GUID, ScriptName,ScriptCode from im_scripts where ScriptCode Like '%GetInput%'

Example XojoScript:

Dim currentValue As String = Str(GetPropertyInt("BirthdaysTimeSpan"))

Dim numDays As String = GetInput("Number of days ahead","Check for Birthdays",currentValue)

If Val(NumDays) > 0 Then

Call SetpropertyInt("BirthdaysTimeSpan",Val(numDays))

End If