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SKILL code to get user input from the CIW

thomas1000

This should be the easiest thing to do but I cannot find it in the documentation.  What command(s) are needed to prompt and receive user keyboard input from the CIW from a SKILL routine?  I am not looking for a custom user form - more on the order of one line of code or two at the most.  I don't want to get the input from a file - I want to enter it with the keyboard.

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  • Hi Thomas,

    Here's a quick and dirty example of creating a simple form to get the user input:

    
;; this is an example of using the input value
procedure(CCFuseNum(form) printf("You entered: %L\n" form->CCFGetNumFloatField->value))

;; this is the simple form to get the number
hiDisplayForm(
  hiCreateAppForm(?name 'CCFGetNum 
    ?fields    list( list(
                 hiCreateFloatField(?name 'CCFGetNumFloatField ?prompt "Enter number:")
                 0:0 130:30 80
                 )
               )
    ?formTitle "Get Num"
    ?callback  'CCFuseNum
    ?dialogStyle 'modal)
)

    There are more arguments to the hiCreateAppForm() function to control the appearance of the form etc.
    I've made the form "modal" so that the user has to interact with the form (OK/Cancel) before moving on
    to the next task.  The form structure is global, so you can access it any time after it was called, e.g.
      CCFGetNum->CCFGetNumFloatField->value
    so you do not have to use the form callback if you do not want to.

    I hope this helps you.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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  • Hi Thomas,

    Here's a quick and dirty example of creating a simple form to get the user input:

    
;; this is an example of using the input value
procedure(CCFuseNum(form) printf("You entered: %L\n" form->CCFGetNumFloatField->value))

;; this is the simple form to get the number
hiDisplayForm(
  hiCreateAppForm(?name 'CCFGetNum 
    ?fields    list( list(
                 hiCreateFloatField(?name 'CCFGetNumFloatField ?prompt "Enter number:")
                 0:0 130:30 80
                 )
               )
    ?formTitle "Get Num"
    ?callback  'CCFuseNum
    ?dialogStyle 'modal)
)

    There are more arguments to the hiCreateAppForm() function to control the appearance of the form etc.
    I've made the form "modal" so that the user has to interact with the form (OK/Cancel) before moving on
    to the next task.  The form structure is global, so you can access it any time after it was called, e.g.
      CCFGetNum->CCFGetNumFloatField->value
    so you do not have to use the form callback if you do not want to.

    I hope this helps you.

    Regards,

    Lawrence.

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