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a MessageBox-type command for inputting string?

Started by synth_cat Jan 16, 2007 at 2:44 PM 4 replies 650+ views

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Jan 16, 2007 at 2:44 PM

Hello all, I am currently working on my handmade world maker tool (win32 app) for my game, and I am interested in finding a way to input a string to help speed up the process of choosing files to load. Is there a one-line command like MessageBox() that will do this for me? What I basically want to happen is that when the user selects "Load" within my program, a Windows box will appear with a space for typing in a string and an "OK" button (or something like that.) -synth_cat

Dancin_Fool

Jan 16, 2007 at 2:50 PM

You could use the actual windows open file dialog, you should be able to find the source code on msdn. It's quite easy to use from what I remember, just fill out a struct with the parameters and then fire it off to the function.

LessBread

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LessBread

Jan 16, 2007 at 2:54 PM

Have you considered using the File Open Dialog? You can find a tut here. See also GetOpenFileName.

Kwizatz

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Kwizatz

Jan 16, 2007 at 3:10 PM

In VB there is InputBox, but I doubt thats part of the system dll's, it should be easy to create a Dialog resource and use that in case GetOpenFileName doesn't cut it for you.

synth_cat

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synth_cat

Jan 16, 2007 at 3:11 PM

Thanks, guys. I guess that using the 'Open' dialog would actually be the best idea for this - just a matter of implementation.

synth_cat

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synth_cat

Jan 16, 2007 at 5:46 PM

Just finished working GetOpenFileName and GetSaveFileName into my code. These are great; exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

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