Hi George
I had a use for your code from the workshop in AUM 66.
Following the tutorial I found that I could enter a string,
but after entering it I could only get the flashing cursor, it
was supposed to wait until another string was entered or the string "end" to terminate. What I found was the code used str_cpy to set the string back to "". I found this command reset the string, which originally was declared to have 20 characters, back to 0 characters. It would therfore never terminate because it would not accept strings of any length.
Here is the code I got to work. ps I have also modified the on_key command to be in main.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#include <acknex.h>
#include <default.c>
var string_handle;
STRING* string_str = " "; // the string can store up to 20 characters
TEXT* string_txt =
{
pos_x = 20;
pos_y = 200;
string (string_str); // player's input will be stored inside this string
flags = VISIBLE;
}
function write_strings() // writes and appends strings
{
// string_txt.visible = ON; // make the text visible (displays the cursor as well)
string_handle = file_open_append("strings.txt"); // open this file for appending (create it if it doesn't exist)
while (1)
{
inkey (string_str); // store the input inside the string named string_str
if (!str_cmpi(string_str, "end")) // if the player didn't type "end" yet
{
file_str_write (string_handle, string_str); // the string is written inside the "strings.txt" file
file_asc_write (string_handle, 13); // write the following string on a separate line
file_asc_write (string_handle, 10); // using asc(13) = carriage return + asc(10) = line feed
str_cpy(string_str, " "); // reset the input string - makes the input look better
}
else // the player has typed "end"
{
break; // so we exit the "while" loop
}
}
file_close (string_handle); // close the file, we won't be needing it from now on
sys_exit(NULL); // shut down the engine
}
void main()
{
on_f3 = write_strings;
}
Edit the spaces betwwn the quotes should be longer, dont know why its being truncated in this script
