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  <bookmark_value>InputBox function</bookmark_value>
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<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>
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<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>

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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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