On Saturday, September 11, 2004, at 01:31  AM, Brian Heibert wrote:

> Here's some code in my program
>
> long if cmd$ = "SHUTDOWN"
> SHUTDOWN
> end select
>
> How can I get user input from my edit field like if they say
> SHUTDOWN then put any text here
>
> So I can get the text after SHUTDOWN and use it
>
> Brian

You already know how to get text from an edit field. If you need a 
portion, use MID$, LEFT$ and RIGHT$

Robert