Control command for user input

[Kyle FM]

Hi Bernd

We would like a new control command to prompt for user input in a dialog box with input field. The value entered by the user will be set as the value for a variable with a given name.

We would use this for things like:

• Setting the name of a recording

• Setting the name of a file that is downloaded from FTP

• Creating a shortcut in the user commands to set the streaming title for a specific streaming server

• ....

Parameters:

• Name of the variable that will be set with the value from the input box

• Title of the dialog box

• Text of the dialog box below the title

Some edge cases to consider:

• When clicking cancel or closing the dialog the value should be set to 0/false, so a EXEC_COMMAND2 can be used to only continue when an actual value has been entered

[radio42]

A new v4.4.1.6 is available in which I added a new EXEC_VAR_SET_DIALOG command!

It sets an internal user variable with the text input of a user dialog.
Parameter: name|title|prompt[|text]
name: the name of the user variable to set;
title: the title of the dialog;
prompt: the prompt text above the editor;
text: the optional text input value.
Use the ${VAR:name} macro or EXEC_VAR_GET to retrieve it. If the dialog is canceled or no data is entered the user variable is removed.