User Input Group

HostExplorer Programming

User Input Group

3270 5250 VT

Dialog (method)—Displays a dialog box and returns a number for the button selected.

GetFilePath—Displays a dialog box and gets a file path from the user. The returned string is a complete path and file name. Not supported by Hummingbird Basic.

InputBox—Displays a prompt in a dialog box, waits for the user to input text or click a button, and returns a string containing the contents of the text box.

MsgBox (method)—Returns an integer value indicating which button the user selected.

MsgBox (statement)—Displays a message in a dialog box. If a message box requires buttons in addition to OK, use the MsgBox method instead.