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DarkBASIC Discussion / Help with Input boxes in a Do Loop

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thinkdigital
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Posted: 9th Nov 2003 23:31
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Say, I'm making this 3d level-making program, and I need to know how to make the Input appear soild. In the Do Loop, I make an input box, and it flashes and disappears. How do you make it appear soild until the user is finished typing?

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Jess T
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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 04:06
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probably use the BackBuffer commands or somethign like that, and you have to refresh the "input" box each loop with the new backbuffer text...

I'm not too sure though, ive never needed to do it...

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waffle
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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 17:04
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a cool method i like to use starts with a background image.
The theory is this:

1 - make a HUD where you wish the user to type

2 - read keypresses and store them ina variable after
handling what special keys are used (back space, tab, enter)

3 - display the text using text commands over the HUD

when you no longer need user input, hide the HUD and clear the text.

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