Input object property

[Evelina Tapia]

David,

thank you for the reply! InputBox$() works beautifully! I am now
trying to figure out how and to what stimulus to assign several
different inputs (e.g. green color to first slide on trial 1 and to
second slide on trial 2 etc) but I'll work on this puzzle alone --
hopefully successfully :)

Evelina

On Jun 27, 1:57 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> Evelina,
>
> Stock reminder:  1) I do not work for PST.  2) PST's trained staff
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> strive to respond to all requests in 24-48 hours -- this is pretty
> much their substitute for proper documentation, so make full use of
> it.  3) If you do get an answer from PST Web Support, please extend
> the courtesy of posting their reply back here for the sake of others.
>
> That said, here is my take...
>
> As I understand it, you want to enter a color as text or numbers
> during runtime, and then use that color for some text on a
> Slide.  Not sure why you want to do this (there is probably an better
> way to achieve your ultimate end), but here are my thoughts.
>
> First, the MsgBox() function does not work for inputting text, it
> takes only button responses.  For text input you will need to use
> either InputBox$() or AskBox$() -- see those topics in the E-Basic
> Help facility.  You may then use the input text to set a color.  You
> may use some well-known color names, or RGB values -- I don't know
> where this is documented, I had to use Find in the E-Basic Help with
> "color" or "rgb" to find some glancing documentation in topics such
> as StimDisplay.ForeColor.  Anyway, it looks like you may indeed use
> strings such as "255,255,255" for RGB values.
>
> I would pass on the value through an attribute reference.  So,
> sometime before my Slide, I would have inline code such as
>
> c.SetAttrib "ForeColor", InputBox$("Enter color:")
>
> Then, for the text sub-object on my Slide, I would set its ForeColor
> property to "[ForeColor]".  That would do it (I know, because I just
> tried this out and it worked).  Of course, make sure to set the color
> attribute at a high enough Context level -- for more on this see
> Chapter 4 of the User's Guide that came with E-Prime.
>
> Finally are a few general suggestions about using InLines:
>
> (1) Work through Chapter 4 of the User's Guide that came with E-Prime.
>
> (2) If you don't already have some computer programming experience,
> then take a course on Introduction to Computer Programming.
>
> (3) Work through the book "VBA for Dummies".
>
> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
> "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over
> public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."  (Richard Feynman,
> Nobel prize-winning physicist)
>
> At 6/26/2011 10:43 PM Sunday, you wrote:
>
>
>
> >Hello,
>
> >I want to be able to input a color in which words on slides are
> >displayed at the beginning (or middle) of an experiment. I thought of
> >using the message box but I am not sure how to pass on the input from
> >the message box to the appropriate level at which the object in
> >question is stored.
>
> >Also, is it even possible to successfully input and use colors as RGB
> >values (e.g. 133,123,142)? If not, what would be the best way to be
> >able to have the flexibility to input desirable RGB values?
>
> >I have limited experience with InLines so I'll be grateful for any
> >suggestions :)
>
> >Evelina- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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