Function InputString

editor/EditLineDialog.cpp:109–118

Gets a string from the user Parameters: buf - buffer the string is written to. should be initialized to default value maxsize - the length of buf title - the title for the input window prompt - the prompt for the input box Returns: false if cancel was pressed on the dialog, else true If false returned, buf is unchanged

// Returns:	false if cancel was pressed on the dialog, else true
//				If false returned, buf is unchanged
bool InputString(char *buf, int maxsize, char *title, char *prompt, CWnd *wnd) {
  CEditLineDialog dlg(title, prompt, buf, 0, wnd);

  if (dlg.DoModal() == IDOK) {
    strncpy(buf, (char *)dlg.GetText(), maxsize);
    buf[maxsize - 1] = 0; // strncpy doesn't terminate if string is too long
    return 1;
  } else
    return 0;
}

// Gets a number from the user
// Parameters:	n - filled in the with return value