Forums Scripts & Popups Looking for a little help with $?=""

hey guys, been using this forum for a long time to find quick answers to basic scripting, so to you regulars, thanks!

i'm not exactly sure what i should be asking here, so i'll try to describe the simple desired effect if possible.

i'd like to know if there's the possibility for a very simple linebreak in the dialog boxes created by doing something like this:
obviously i left out the important parts there, but it shows the problem with a lot of text in $?=.

mostly I've been looking for a long time if there was a way to output the text shown in the ?$= created box with linebreaks if necessary which would show a lot more closer to this when it pops up to request user input:


preemptively thanks for the replies, enjoy your holidays!

-christine

You have to use $crlf to indicate a newline, you should also use $input which is safer:
Note that commas seperate parameters so you cannot use them as text, you need to use $chr(44) with $+ like I showed for the first option

ahh! thanks a lot! that's perfect!

A little late in the game to answer this, but thought I'd toss in my suggestion as well:



The "%c" variable is not really important, all I did was make a local (temporary) variable using the 'var' command and it contained the $crlf command. It isn't really a necessary step, but it makes the parsing of a script execute quicker and there is less repetitiveness in the code.

Next up, as was previously suggested, I used the '$input()' identifier to make a much more professional-feeling input box, rather than the $?="", which I'm not even sure why it still exists. $input() carries with it a whole load of options, including: having a title for your input prompt, a much more flexible description screen, options to change the alert icon (warning, info, critical warning and so on), and you can choose what you want included, such as ok/yes/no/cancel buttons and input/password-input edit boxes.

For more help on this command, go into mIRC and type: /help $input. Good luck!

I myself use $crlf in some $input 's and have never had to use the $+ to make it work.

You don't need $+ to make it working, but not using $+ will add spaces to the text and will make the window bigger