This should be, what you are looking for aztec:

Code:

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define EventString_count, 3;	//Number of instructions

font font_EventInput = "arial",1,20;
string str_EventInput;

text txt_EventInput
{
	pos_x = 0;
	pos_y = 0;
	layer = 15;
	font = font_EventInput;
	strings = 2;
	string = "Instruction: ",str_EventInput;
}

text txt_EventInput_strings
{
	strings = EventString_count;
	string = "help","talk","trade";	//these are the posible instructions
}

function func_CompareStrings(StringIn)	//Compare the strings
{
	var counter;
	while(counter < EventString_count)
	{
		if(str_cmpi(StringIn,txt_EventInput_strings.string[counter])){return(counter);}
		counter += 1;
	}
}

function func_EventInput(PosX,PosY)
{
	var InkeyReturn;
	var InstructionID;
	
	txt_EventInput.Pos_x = PosX;
	txt_EventInput.Pos_y = PosY;
	
	txt_EventInput.visible = on;
	
	InkeyReturn = inkey(str_EventInput);
	if(1 < InkeyReturn < 27)
	{
		InstructionID = func_CompareStrings(str_EventInput);
	}
	
	txt_EventInput.visible = off;
	
	if(InstructionID == 0)	//if the input was help,
	{
		wait(1);					//do something
	}
	if(InstructionID == 1)	//if the input was talk,
	{
		wait(1);					//do something
	}
	if(InstructionID == 2)	//if the input was trade,
	{
		wait(1);					//do something
	}
}

function func_MdlEventInput_event()
{
	if(event_type == event_click)
	{
		func_EventInput(mouse_pos.x,mouse_pos.y);	//Place the text at the mouse position
	}
}

action func_MdlEventInput()	//Example Action
{
	my.enable_click = on;
	my.event = func_MdlEventInput_event;
}

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