On Sep 10, 2004, at 10:31 PM, 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

Brian,

It is not clear to me what is really being asked here. The FB Shutdown 
is essentially another way to quit a program. If you are looking to 
shutdown the mac itself, this is not the way to do it.  Assuming a quit 
of the program is the goal, why not just set the quit flag that is used 
in the main event loop to _ztrue? After the code falls through the main 
event loop (which would typically be the end of the program) call 
another FN (like the one shown below as an example) to capture 
window/edit field data that needs to be saved.


do
handleevents
until gFBquit

fn doEndOfProgramCleanUpStuff // check windows and edit fields etc.

end.





>
> So I can get the text after SHUTDOWN and use it
>
> Brian
>
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