Dialog data entry and variable assignment

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi,

I’m having trouble understanding how to enter a number in a dialog box, then assign that to a variable, and then have that be the number of times an action is to be carried out.

Can anyone offer some advice or refer me to a tutorial that might cover this?

Thanks,

Bowjest

#2

Hi,

try this


repeat
	set theNumber to text returned of (display dialog "Enter a number" default answer 1)
	try
		set theNumber to theNumber as integer
		exit repeat
	on error
		display dialog "I said: Enter a NUMBER" buttons {"Try Again!"}
	end try
end repeat

repeat theNumber times
	-- do something
end repeat
#3

Thanks, Stefan, I’ll give that a try! :slight_smile:

#4

Stefan,

I’ve had to tinker a bit, but this is working great now!

Thanks so much for your help. I can now automatically carry out a really mundane set of keyboard commands that would otherwise take me ages to complete. :slight_smile:

Bowjest