RequestString v1.1
Adam Dawes
22nd June 1995
What is RequestString?
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RequestString is a little utility designed to complement the Commodore
utilities, 'RequestChoice' and 'RequestFile', primarily of use in AmigaDos
shell scripts.
The program simply displays a requester containing text of your choice, and
asks the user to enter a string. The string will then be printed to stdout
(so it's very convenient to redirect the output of RequestString to an
environment variable).
Using RequestString
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The parameters for RequestString are as follows:
RequestString
[default=] [pubscreen=] [INVISIBLE]
Title: The name that will be given to the window that opens
containing the string requester. (Required)
Body: The text contained within the string requester. (Required)
Default: If specified, this text is automatically entered within
the text gadget when the window opens.
PubScreen: Allows you to specify a public screen for the requester to
open upon.
Invisible: If this switch is present, the text displayed within the
test gadgets is not shown. This is very useful when asking
a user to enter a password, etc. Be careful when using both
'Invibisle' and 'Default=' at the same time, as it can be
very confusing if you don't know what's already been
entered in to the gadget!
Requirements
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RequestString requires Kickstart 2 or greater, and also the ReqTools
library by Nico François.
Legal stuff
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RequestString is freeware. It may be distributed however and wherever you
like.
I accept no responsibility for any damage done to your system, directly or
indirectly, as a result of using RequestString. You use the program
entirely at your own risk.
History
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v1.0 (39.0)
Initial release.
v1.1 (39.1)
Added 'Default=' keyword.
Added 'Invisible' switch.
Added 'PubScreen=' keyword.
Reduced executable size by 3k.
Contacting the author
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Please do write to me if you like RequestString or if you have any problems
with it or suggestions for a new version. I can't promise to reply quickly
if you write via snail-mail, but I will always reply to email messages. I
can be contacted at:
InterNet
ad32@brighton.ac.uk
FidoNet
Adam Dawes@2:441/93.5
SnailMail
Adam Dawes
47 Friar Road
Brighton
BN1 6NH
England