Re: misc questions

[Nick Moscaritolo <nmoscaritolo@BENTLEY.EDU>]

Ray Ontko wrote:
>
> Howdy!
>
> I'm writing an interactive program that prompts the user for input
> but also allows the input to be given on the command line.  I'm
> using INPUT to obtain the input values.
>
> Does anyone know how to supress the ":  " that appears after an
> INPUT prompt?  I can use SHOW (or DISPLAY) to display the prompt
> before INPUT, but if I do this, my prompt appears even if the
> user puts the input on the command line.  Any work arounds?
>
> Also, is there a way to allow single character input (i.e.,
> without requiring the user to hit the enter key)?
>
> Ray
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Ray,

If you use the "noprompt" qualifier after the INPUT command, it will
not prompt you. Then you can SHOW a prompt of your choice PRIOR to
the INPUT statement.

I am not aware of a way to allow single values WITHOUT a return.


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