I have to have some thing input to the variable to be able to have it to type. Denver Dale -----Original Message----- From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 1:20 PM To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Input Box Dale, first, your code is a bit backward, & 2nd, as Travis points out, you're not saving the result to a variable. Here's how the code should look. Can u tell me why? Script save () var string sName let sName = "" ;initializes variable to empty string let sName= InputBox ("name of book", "What is the name of the book?", sName) delay (3) TypeString (sName) EndScript On 6/4/14, Travis Roth <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You are not saving the result of inputbox to a variable. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale Alton > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 1:13 PM > To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jawsscripts] Input Box > > Hello all, > > > I am a fairly inexperienced scriptor and am having difficulties with > the InputBox function. I thought I had this down but it isn't working for me. > What have I done incorrectly? > > Script save () > > var > > string sName > > InputBox ("name of book", "What is the name of the book?", "") > > let sName = "" > > delay (3) > > TypeString (sName) > > > > EndScript > > Thank you, > > Denver Dale > > > > __________ > > View the list's information and change your settings at > http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > > __________ > > View the list's information and change your settings at > http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > -- Jackie McBride Author of the Upcoming Book “Beyond Baffled: the Technophobe’s Guide to Creating a Website” www.brighter-vision.com Where Visionaries & Technology Unite Jaws Scripting training www.screenreaderscripting.com __________ View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts __________� View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts