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#1

set dialogResult to display dialog ¬
“What is your name?” buttons {“Cancel”, “OK”} ¬
default button “OK” cancel button ¬
“Cancel” giving up after 60 ¬
default answer " "
if button returned of dialogResult is “OK” then
say “hi”
say text returned of dialogResult
end if]
set dialogResult to display dialog ¬
“What is your name?” buttons {“Cancel”, “OK”} ¬
default button “OK” cancel button ¬
“Cancel” giving up after 60 ¬
default answer " "
if button returned of dialogResult is “OK” then
say “hi”
say text returned of dialogResult
end if

#2

can sumone tell me how the

works?

#3

Hi,

use this syntax

{applescript}
– code
{/applescript}

and replace the braces {} with squared brackets []


-- code
#4

oh hahaha i dint try that way thanks man =]

#5 

set dialogResult to display dialog ¬
    "What is your name?" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} ¬
    default button "OK" cancel button ¬
    "Cancel" giving up after 60 ¬
    default answer " "
if button returned of dialogResult is "OK" then
    say "hi"
    say text returned of dialogResult
end if]
set dialogResult to display dialog ¬
    "What is your name?" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} ¬
    default button "OK" cancel button ¬
    "Cancel" giving up after 60 ¬
    default answer " "
if button returned of dialogResult is "OK" then
    say "hi"
    say text returned of dialogResult
end if
#6

Hi May;

In the header of the form for entering a message here you’ll see an AppleScript button. Select your script and click the button to make the script downloadable.

Instead of repeating a script, you might try using a repeat loop, and it’s a good idea to test for unexpected results:


repeat 2 times
	set dialogResult to display dialog ¬
		"What is your name?" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} ¬
		default button "OK" cancel button ¬
		"Cancel" giving up after 60 ¬
		default answer " "
	if button returned of dialogResult is "OK" then
		if text returned of dialogResult is " " then
			say "No name?"
		else
			say "Oh, hi" & text returned of dialogResult
		end if
	end if
end repeat
#7

thanks that helps a lot i have not learned how to use loops as of yet but i might looking to finding more about how they work. do u know any good sites that i should try?

#8

Maybe you should check in a different way if the user has entered no name:

property ALPHABET_26 : "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

StringIsEmpty(" ,#") --> true
StringIsEmpty("Jack Smith") --> false
StringIsEmpty(" ") --> true
StringIsEmpty("Ã ") --> true (maybe implement special characters?)

on StringIsEmpty(aString)
	set characterIsInString to false
	
	repeat with aChar in ALPHABET_26
		if aString contains aChar then
			set characterIsInString to true
			exit repeat
		end if
	end repeat
	return not characterIsInString
end StringIsEmpty
#9

There are a lot of good tutorials here http://macscripter.net/viewforum.php?id=31 that show lots of ways to do things. You should start by reading through some of them.