B.2. Dialog BoxesIn HyperTalk, there are two commands for displaying dialog boxes: answer and ask. You use answer when you want to just present information onscreen, like this: answer "Fortune cookie says: You will enjoy good health." On the other hand, when you want to use HyperCard dialog boxes to get information, you use ask, like this: ask "How old are you?" put it into theAge --The variable "theAge" now holds your dialog box response In AppleScript, however, you use the display dialog command to accomplish both tasks, like this: display dialog "Fortune cookie says: You will enjoy good health." set theAge to the text returned of (display dialog "How old are you?" ¬ default answer "") |