ask "This is a strictly functional dialog box" with "and is dull and boring!"
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ShowDialog XCMD Type 2
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ShowDialog XCMD Type 2: Editable Text Entry
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The HyperCard "ask" dialog is functional for providing information to the user and then retrieving information from the user but is not a pretty sight. (Where's the icon?) Additionally, it would be handy to have an "ask" dialog that could return two strings, for, say, a search and replace dialog box, à la any word processor, and a checkbox so you could perform some BOOLEAN operation.
ShowDialog XCMD Type 2 provides a mechanism for the display of such interactive dialog boxes.