5.7.1 Text box input item

You can create a text box in an item, which allows you to use a user-input string as the parameter of a command or the like.

Example: Sending user input to standard output

Open the Action dialog box from the Item Design View, specify the information described in the following table in an item, and then register the item.

Table 5‒11: Information specified for the input item "Text box"

No.	Specifics of where each piece of information is defined			Information to be specified
	Main window	Where to transition to	Location where the information is specified
1	Item Design View +--Action dialog box	Basic settings	Command	cpaecho
2			Parameter	${JDS:msg}
3			Execution type	Do not show the window
4		Input item settings +--Define input items dialog box	Variable name	msg
5			Label	Message to be output
6			Input type	Text box

The following figure shows what the dialog box looks like when the created item is to be used in a job.

Figure 5‒11: An item having a text box input item

The string entered in the Message to be output text box is sent to standard output.

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