Reading dialog box button & input

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#1

I need a dialog box that can accept input with OK and Cancel buttons (and buttons to act as “default” and “cancel”). I need to be able to detect the text input or the CANCEL or blank input. I dont know why I am having so much trouble with this (I can’t detect the cancel, blank part):

Set Answer to display dialog “Enter something” buttons {“Cancel”,“OK”} default button “OK”
Cancel button “Cancel” default answer “”

If Button returned of Answer is “OK” then
display dialog “1”
set TextReturned to text returned of result
Else
display dialog “2”
End if

If TextReturned of result is not “” then
.
.
.
End if

#2

Hi Jack,

try something like this, pressing the Cancel button causes an error number -128


try
	set Answer to display dialog "Enter something" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 2 default answer ""
	set theText to text returned of Answer
	if theText is "" then error number -128
	display dialog theText
on error number n
	if n = -128 then
		display dialog "blank"
	end if
end try

Note: the parameter Cancel button is only needed, if the name of the button is different.
The default name is “Cancel”

#3

Just a variant of the StepanK response :wink:


try
	set Answer to display dialog "Enter something" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 2 default answer ""
	set theText to text returned of Answer
	if theText is "" then (*
Here a blank response is treated as Cancel 
but you may do what you want *)
		error number -128
	else
		display dialog theText
	end if
on error number n
	if n = -128 then
		display dialog "blank"
	end if
end try

Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mercredi 13 août 2008 17:16:04)

#4

Thanks guys. I’ll try these tonight when I get home.

#5

Thanks again guys. Worked great :slight_smile:

#6

Alternatively:

display dialog "Enter something" default answer ""
set theText to text returned of result