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Input String Dialog Action

Event Function: Input string Dialog

The Input String dialog creates a dialog box that allows a user to enter a string and have that result written to a cell.

Using the Events tab

Under Enter Example

Run Skip Condition

If desired, enter skip conditions for the event. When the "Run Skip Condition" is evaluated to be true, the action is not performed.

Cell Number

Destination cell for the input

"C6"

Number of Chars

Maximum character size of the string

"256"

Title

Title that appears at the top of the dialog box

"User input"

Prompt

Prompt that appears in the dialog box

"Enter in Client contact name"

Default

Default String to be used

"Bob Smith"

Syntax (if entering it in the Equation bar)

ACTION("InputStringDialog", expr1, expr2, expr3, expr4, exp5)

Where

expr1 = entry under Cell Number

expr2 = entry under Number of Chars

expr3 = entry under Title

expr4 = entry under Prompt

expr5 = entry under Default

How the example will appear in the Equation bar

ACTION("InputStringDialog", "C6","256","User Input", "Enter in Client contact name", "Bob Smith")

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