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Date:	Sat, 4 Jan 2003 21:20:04 PST8
From:	<leganii@surfree.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: ASK.exe ?

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>Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
>From: Peter Skye
>To: scoug-help@scoug.com
>Subject: SCOUG-Help: ASK.exe ?
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> .......
>
>I need an ASK command that I can use in a non-REXX command file.

OK, this runs *in* a *non-REXX* command file:

--
/* ReXX */

/* ASK.CMD
04 Jan. 2003
per question by Peter Skye

USAGE: ASK answers "The question: "
*/

PARSE ARG answers question ;

question = Strip( question ) ;
question = Strip( question, 'BOTH', '"' ) ;

/* May desire to comment this out if you load RexxUtils on boot or
elsewhere: */
CALL LoadThem ;

CALL CharOut 'STDOUT', question, ;
DO UNTIL 0 < index
theone = SysGetKey( 'NOECHO' ) ;
index = Pos( theone, answers ) ;
END ;
CALL CharOut 'STDOUT', theone, ;

CALL Value ERRORLEVEL, index, 'OS2ENVIRONMENT' ;

EXIT index

LoadThem:
CALL RxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs' ;
CALL SysLoadFuncs
RETURN ;
--

>
>ASK (or some similar name) typically has a syntax like:
>
> ASK CHOICES "Message"
>
>and the program displays "Message" on the screen and then waits for the
>user to enter one of the characters in CHOICES. The entered character's
>position in the CHOICES string becomes the Return Code (ERRORLEVEL)
>returned by the ASK.exe program.
>
>For example,
>
> ASK YNQ "Answer Y(es) or N(o), Q to Quit"
>
>would display this on the screen:
>
> Answer Y(es) or N(o), Q to Quit _
>
>and the user may enter Y, N or Q resulting in a Return Code of 1, 2 or
>3.
>
>I found ASKIT on Hobbes but it requires two of the screen lines in a
>command line window -- one for the message and one for the response --
>and I'd much prefer to have a single-line solution.
>
>Anybody know where I can find such a program?
>
>- Peter
--

Regards,
Dallas E. Legan II / leganii@surfree.com / dallasii@kincyb.com

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