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- From: rbotimer@max.ct.gmr.com (R Douglas Botimer)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: ? in paramaters field
- Keywords: prompt parameters
- Message-ID: <95362@rphroy.ph.gmr.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 13:53:05 GMT
- References: <1992Dec20.1047.31559@channel1>
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- In article <1992Dec20.1047.31559@channel1> richard.wyble@channel1.com (richard
- wyble) writes:
- :On 12-20-92 2:59pm, Jeremy Mathers wrote re: RUNNING ZIP/ZOO/ETC FROM
- :---
- : > What is the 50 word synopsis of whether it is possible to run any of the
- : > compression programs effectively from an icon? Is there a way to click
- : > on an icon and have it prompt you at runtime for the program parameters?
- :
- :You may certainly run them from an icon. You may also "run" a .cmd
- :file from an icon. You may also write a REXX program and "run" it from
- :an icon.
- :
- :However, is there not a way to use a "?" in the parameters field of an
- :object, causing it to prompt at run-time? (I am at a DOS machine
- :without recourse to references, so I must posit this as a question.)
- :
- :---------------------------------------------------------------------
- : richard.wyble@channel1.com Richard J. Wyble - Worcester, MA
- :---------------------------------------------------------------------
- :
-
- You can use brackets "[]" in the parameters field to prompt for input. The
- brackets alone pops up a dialog box. You can put a prompt string between the
- brackets, e.g. "[What is your name?]" prompts for your name.
-
- Doug
- : * DeLuxe2 1.25 #12515 * Message written Sun, 12-20-92, at 7:18pm
- :--
- :Channel 1 (R) Cambridge, MA
-