I believe i need some more help if anyone can spare it.
I finished the code that Semar gave me above. Now my problem is getting the input box to appear when whatwaspicked=notebook. I dont know why it wont display any input box. Some help would be really appreciated.
Here is the code.
I finished the code that Semar gave me above. Now my problem is getting the input box to appear when whatwaspicked=notebook. I dont know why it wont display any input box. Some help would be really appreciated.
Here is the code.
Graphics3D 640,480,16,2 SetBuffer BackBuffer() type_bracket=1 type_arrow=2 light=CreateLight() camera=CreateCamera() PositionEntity camera,0,0,-1.5 Global Status Global Input_Text$ ;store the text input of the user Global Input_Finished = False ;flag to indicate when the user is done with the input Const S_NORMAL = 1 Const S_INPUT = 2 Status = S_NORMAL Function input_box() Local av=GetKey() ;gets the ascii value of a pressed key If av>0 Then ;a key has been pressed ;first check if the user has pressed enter If av=13 Then input_finished=True Return ;exit the function EndIf ;we have to convert the ascii value, which is an integer, to the corresponding string character using command Chr, and update the input text input_text=input_text + Chr(av) EndIf End Function ;the notebook notebook=CreateCube() ScaleEntity notebook,.15,.15,.000001 EntityOrder notebook,-1 PositionEntity notebook,-1.3,.8,0 tex4=LoadTexture("notebook.jpg") EntityTexture notebook,tex4 EntityPickMode notebook,2 Cls ;code logic here If whatwaspicked=notepad Then ;make input box available status=s_input ;set the status variable input_tex$=" " ;reset the tex variable input_finished=False ;reset the value of the integer flag EndIf Select statue Case S_NORMAL ;display everything but the input box ;check the keyboard as usual Case S_INPUT ;displays everything + input box ;Check the keyboard for input box Input_Box() ;check to read user input ;displays an input box rectangle Rect 100,100,150,80 ;display the text inside it. Text 110,110,input_text$ End Select