I hate to be off-topic (again), but does anyone have any clue why the TI-89's 'Text' command accepts up to four arguments when all it does is display a string in a dialog box??

Hmmmm. I can't even figure out what the other arguments do or what type they should be. The manual for the 89 only lists Text as taking one argument. Anyone know what the 2nd-4th args do??

I actually noticed this quite a while ago; in fact, I think I posted pretty much the same message before. That post got deleted, I think. Goodness knows why.

I believe that the Text command (techinically) only has one arguement, but you can start new lines of text by putting commas between each string, therefore saving you from writing Text over and over again for each line.

nope. In a Dialog...EndDlog block, it throws an "Invalid in a Dialog...EndDlog block" error, and outside of one it only pops up the first string. oh well; that idea flopped...

What AMS are you using, I don't get the same problem. If you have an older AMS, it might be a bug.

I got the error in EVERY AMS: 1.00, 1.05, 2.01, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, and 2.08. Which are YOU using? What *exactly* are you typing???

Dialog
...
Text "Hello,","World!","","Foo:Bar"
...
Enddlog

Maybe it's me, but this isn't working. At all.
I typed:
(in program moo())
Prgm
Dialog
Title "!"
Request "",x
DropDown "",{"1","2","3"},y
Text "Hello","World!","","Foo:Bar"
EndDlog
EndPrgm

and again I get "ERROR: Invalid in Dialog..EndDlog block"

What's up with that?

He previously said that it doesn't work in a dialogbox construct. Try it alone, with the EXACT same code that he used.

Never mind, I got it also, with his exact code, on my HW2 TI-89 with AMS 2.08. (program named 'foo', main folder, with dialogbox construct.) With no dialogbox construct, displays only a blank textbox with text "Hello,". Having three args (last two numeric: 0,5) does not change anything.

What AMS are you on?

AMS 2.08 Sorry, I don't know what's wrong. It might be some program you're running screwed the OS somehow.

Well, my next question would be: Are you using a HW1 or HW2 TI-89?

Obviously HW2 if I can even use AMS 2.08

Well, HW1 can *use* 2.08, but the clock doesn't work. It's grayed-out in the menu.

Everyone, w00t! is dead, alomg with PARADE!, PYRAMID!, and SKREEEEEEEEEEEEE!. So stop using them. Time to move on.

wait, w00t! isn't dead. It's just overused. so only use it when it's appropriate.

They are all dead, I blew them up with my Tank!

Personally, I think that w00t! isn't dead, but PARADE! and PYRAMID are.

I think I started the parade thing too. :) lol

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