>I am building a simple tool to search giant text files
>
>both the "answer" and "ask" commands seem to be "dead"
>
> if fld "searchString" is empty then
> answer "Enter a search string!" with "OK"
> exit MouseUp
> end if
>
>If the field String is empty I don't get any dialogue box popping up.
>
>Also
>
>Ask "Enter a string to search for." with "OK"
>put it into tSearchString
>put tSearchstring
>
>no dialogue box opens up and I get this in the message box:
>
>" ask plainEnter a string to search for."
>
>I must be missing something here.
>
Are you by any chance working on a standalone and not having used the
Resource mover to move the Ask Dialogue and the Answer Dialog before
you made the standalone?
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