How to prompt user to enter input using MessageBox in MFC

Question

Hi,

Using MessageBox, how to prompt user to enter input (like number)in MFC?

Answer 1

Hi,

According to you issue, I wonder if you want to show a Message box to prompt user to enter input? If so, you could create a modal dialog box to prompt user to enter input.

Here is the code:

CMyNewDlg  *pDlg = new CMyNewDlg;  
	pDlg->Create(IDD_DIALOG1, this);  
	pDlg->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);  

And you could also try to use AfxMessageBox:

AfxMessageBox(_T("Please enter input."));  

If I misunderstood your meaning, please explain your issue in more detail.

Best Regards,

Jeanine

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Answer 2

MessageBox does not provide any facility to have arbitrary user input - you can only use its allowed set of buttons.

As Jeanine says, you would need to have a modal dialog box of your own design to enter your data.

Answer 3

Do you need something like this: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1643/CInputBox ?