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Getting user input the easy way

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When you don't feel like creating a Form just to get a simple input from your users, try using the "InputBox()" function. For example, if you want to get user's name to a string variable named "strName" try the following code:

strName :=
  InputBox(
    'Input',
    'Your name: ',
    'no name' );

Listing #1 : Delphi code. Download inputbox (0.19 KB).

Applicable Keywords : Delphi, Delphi 1.x, Delphi 2.x, Delphi 3.x, Functions, User Interface

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