Defining the location of dialog box

[gilis]

Thank you both, I've tried Michiel solution but regardless the values
I used (from 20, 30 to 2000,5000) the ask box remained in the same
position in the display. I would be happy to hear your advise on how
to solve this issue.

On Sep 26, 8:40 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> Gilis,
>
> Michiel already answered the question as
> posed.  I would add that you could accomplish
> much the same end by using an input mask with an
> increased Max Count and adding an Echo Client,
> which could provide a more seamless look, but
> admittedly that does take rather more finesse than a simple InputBox.
>
> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>
> At 9/26/2011 09:57 AM Monday, Michiel Spape wrote:
>
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> >Hi Gilis,
> >Interesting question, but it seems like it's already answered in the helpfile:
> >InputBox[$](prompt [, [title] [, [default]
> >[,[xpos],[ypos] [,helpfile,context]]]])
> >So:
> >Dim a as string
> >a = inputbox("what is a", "myTitle", "null", 2000, 5000)
>
> >...Will display an inputbox at x,y = 2000,5000.
> >Careful, x/y is defined in twips. Twips?
> >Twentieths of a point. Learn something new every day!
> >Best,
>
> >Michiel Spapé
> >Research Fellow
> >Perception & Action group
> >University of Nottingham
> >School of Psychology
> >www.cognitology.eu
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: e-prime at googlegroups.com
> >[mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gilis
> >Sent: 26 September 2011 14:44
> >To: E-Prime
> >Subject: Defining the location of dialog box
>
> >Dear all,
>
> >In my experiment people are asked to insert text through a dialog box
> >(askbox)-the issue is that they have to enter the text while the image
> >stimuli are still visible so it appear that the askbox always covert
> >part of the stimulus that should be seen. My question is how can I
> >define the location of the dialog box in the display.
>
> >Many thanks
> >Gilis

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