Make apple script ask for information

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
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#1

I am trying to make an apple script connect to a telnet device which I have figured out, but what if I wanted a window to come up to ask me to specify an address and it would use what I imput?

like:

tell application “Terminal”
activate
do script “telnet server address that I imput” in front window
end tell

I am not sure if this is possible, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Nate

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#2

Welcome. :slight_smile:

Try something like this:

display dialog "Enter telnet server address:" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Connect"} default button 2
set serverAddress to text returned of result

tell application "Terminal"
	activate
	do script "telnet " & quoted form of serverAddress
end tell

Alternatively:

choose URL showing {Telnet hosts}
set serverAddress to result

tell application "Terminal"
	activate
	do script "telnet " & quoted form of serverAddress
end tell
#3

Wow that is fantastic! Thank you so much!

Nate