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IupGetText

Definition: include pGUI.e

string result = IupGetText(string title, text, integer maxsize=10240)
Description: Shows a modal dialog to edit a multiline text.

title: for the containing dialog ("IupGetText Text" in the example below). text: the initial value of the text. maxsize: maximum size for the edited string. If set to 0 will be the current length of text, if set to -1 the dialog will be read-only and only the OK button is displayed (since 3.29). (since 3.17)

Returns: the modified text or "" if cancelled.
pwa/p2js: Not supported.
Notes: The default of 10240 characters is about 250..300 lines of average length.

The dialog uses a global attribute called "PARENTDIALOG" as the parent dialog if it is defined.
It also uses a global attribute called "ICON" as the dialog icon if it is defined.
Example:
See Also: IupMessage, IupListDialog, IupAlarm, IupSetLanguage