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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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