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4birds · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 167

I built an inputbox so that whatever text is entered will then be placed in another script. However, if I open the inputbox script enter nothing and decide to close it or cancel, it'll still run the notepad and send "empty" text to the pertaining script messing up the whole thing.

How do I build this thing to once cancel has been pressed or it is manually closed, it won't run the notepad and send the empty data?

Here's the code

SoLong&Thx4AllTheFish · Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 4999

See the help file for InputBox it gives the example you need.

4birds · Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 167

nope, that didn't do the trick. Yes, it brings up the message box "you pressed cancel" but it still runs the script which will input empty data into the script.

Firewolf91 · Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Posts: 134 Location: PA

did u want to exit the script on cancel?
or just exit the input box and return to something else?

if you'd like to exit the script on cancel, then:

SoLong&Thx4AllTheFish · Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 4999

Also read:
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Block.htm
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/IfEqual.htm

If you have more than one line of code that needs to be
run for if/else you must use {}

Firewolf91 · Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Posts: 134 Location: PA

what hugov said.

the code (3 lines) under the ELSE will probably need to be enclosed in { } if not used like i have above.
the reason i didn't have braces was because if cancel was pressed, it exits the script. thus the rest of the code will not be processed. if you are not exiting the script, you will want braces around the code under the else.

use it how you want, this is just an example based off the code snippet u provided us, Flight4birds.

but it is good habit to get into to enclose all code in braces under else/if's etc...don't leave them out like i did, regardless. Smile