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+ <topic id="textsbasicshared03010201xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+ <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">InputBox Function</title>
+ <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03010201.xhp</filename>
+ </topic>
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+<body>
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+<section id="inputbox">
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148932">
+ <bookmark_value>InputBox function</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
+
+<h1 id="hd_id3148932" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03010201.xhp" name="InputBox Function">InputBox Function</link></h1>
+<paragraph id="par_id3151262" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Displays a prompt in a dialog at which the user can input text. The input is assigned to a variable.</paragraph>
+</section>
+<paragraph id="par_id3151100" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The <emph>InputBox</emph> statement is a convenient method of entering text through a dialog. Confirm the input by clicking OK or pressing Return. The input is returned as the function return value. If you close the dialog with Cancel, <emph>InputBox</emph> returns a zero-length string ("").</paragraph>
+
+<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functsyntax"/>
+<bascode>
+<paragraph id="par_id3159201" role="bascode" localize="false">InputBox (Prompt As String[, Title As String[, Default As String[, xpostwips As Integer, ypostwips As Integer]]]) As String</paragraph>
+</bascode>
+
+<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functparameters"/>
+<section id="parameters">
+<paragraph id="par_id3153311" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>prompt</emph>: String expression displayed as the message in the dialog box.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3145315" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>title</emph>: String expression displayed in the title bar of the dialog box.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3154307" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>default</emph>: String expression displayed in the text box as default if no other input is given.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3147573" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>xpostwips</emph>: Integer expression that specifies the horizontal position of the dialog. The position is an absolute coordinate and does not refer to the window of %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3156024" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>ypostwips</emph>: Integer expression that specifies the vertical position of the dialog. The position is an absolute coordinate and does not refer to the window of %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3153897" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">If <literal>xpostwips</literal> and <literal>ypostwips</literal> are omitted, the dialog is centered on the screen. The position is specified in <link href="text/sbasic/shared/00000002.xhp#twips" name="twips">twips</link>.</paragraph>
+</section>
+
+<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functvalue"/>
+<paragraph id="par_id3145090" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">String</paragraph>
+
+<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#functexample"/>
+<bascode>
+<paragraph id="par_idm1341285584" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleInputBox</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_idm1341284352" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sText As String</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3154367" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> sText = InputBox ("Please enter a phrase:","Dear User")</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_id3151042" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox ( sText , 64, "Confirmation of phrase")</paragraph>
+<paragraph id="par_idm1341279568" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
+</bascode>
+
+</body>
+</helpdocument> \ No newline at end of file