How to display a variable value in a dialog box and how to read user input?

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From: Tony Bansten on 20 Jun 2008 11:59

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Sorry for this newbie question, but how do I display a variable value from a *.vbs script
in a dialog box and - secondly - how to read a user input from a dialog entry field
into a *.vbs script variable?

Tony

From: Richard Mueller [MVP] on 20 Jun 2008 12:25

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Tony wrote:

> Sorry for this newbie question, but how do I display a variable value from
> a *.vbs script
> in a dialog box and - secondly - how to read a user input from a dialog
> entry field
> into a *.vbs script variable?
>

You can use the MsgBox function to display anything. You can concatenate the
value of a variable into a string to display. For example:
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strValue = "Error"
strMessage = "Value of variable strValue: " & strValue & "."
Call MsgBox(strMessage, vbOKOnly + vbInformation, "My Script Title")
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Look up the MsgBox function in vbscript help. I run most scripts at a
command prompt using cscript. The MsgBox function pops up a box with the
message, but you can also echo to the command line with Wscript.Echo
statements. For example:
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strValue = "Error"
strMessage = "Value of variable strValue: " & strValue & "."
Wscript.Echo strMessage
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To get input from the user, use the InputBox function. For example:
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strValue = InputBox("Enter a value", "My Script Title")
Wscript.Echo "The user entered the value: " & strValue
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Again, check the help files for more syntax help, or search on "MsgBox" and
"InputBox".

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From: kimiraikkonen on 20 Jun 2008 18:21

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On Jun 20, 6:59 pm, tonyt...(a)hotmail.com (Tony Bansten) wrote:
> Sorry for this newbie question, but how do I display a variable value from a *.vbs script
> in a dialog box and - secondly - how to read a user input from a dialog entry field
> into a *.vbs script variable?
>
> Tony

Hi,
I might not understand your issue well however, do you want to use a
kind of class like Input Box to get and evaluate values from user?

Dim value As String
value = InputBox("Ask sth", "prompt")

' Show in MsgBox
Msgbox(value)

HTH,

Onur

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