post prompt questions

[bm1983]

All im looking to find here is something to help me get the ball rolling. I will need to just have the code that will ask a question. once i get that part, i should be able to add more and fill in all my details...

 

thanks

[Guest]

A quick search on post question brought this thread up, only asked less than a month ago

 

Linky

 

hth

[bm1983]

perfect thanks john

[Rob @ Target Machine]

First declare any variables that will be used in the question by initializing them:

 

newprogname : 0

 

or formatting them:

 

fmt O 4 newprogname

 

then define the question:

 

fq 5 newprogname "Enter program name //sprogname$//"

 

you can show a variable's value in the question by enclosing it within // // double fwd slashes.

 

Then you can use it later within a postblock like this:

code:

---

pgetprogname                                     

q5

sprogname$ = ucase(newprogname)

---

q5 asks the question

your input goes into newprogname

newprogname is assigned to sprogname$

 

If you need any more MP Script help, ask your reseller for the V9 post reference guide -- it is a priceless tool/ref. You really should get a copy if you want to understand post editing.

 

[ 12-31-2008, 09:04 PM: Message edited by: mastercamguru ]

[Rob @ Target Machine]

Sorry, I left out the relavent declaration for this example:

 

Define or initialize a string:

 

newprogname should be snewprogname when used as a string and needs to be declared to use it in a statement.

 

snewprogname ""

 

This declares a string variable and initializes it to a null string value.

[bm1983]

Thanks mastercamguru. I will give it a try when i get some free time!