I have absolutely no idea why this isn't working

[TrampolineGames]

I have this code:

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#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>

int main(){
    sf::RenderWindow App(sf::VideoMode(1024, 768), "Game");
App.UseVerticalSync(true);
   
    //Loads the game font and images
    sf::Font GameFont;
    if (!GameFont.LoadFromFile("calist.ttf")) {
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    sf::Image TextBoxImage;
    sf::Sprite TextBox;
    if (!TextBoxImage.LoadFromFile("Blue.png")) {
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    TextBox.SetImage(TextBoxImage);
    TextBox.SetColor(sf::Color(0, 0, 255, 155));
    TextBox.SetPosition(0, 490.f);
    TextBox.Scale(1.6f, 1.6f);
    const sf::Input& Input = App.GetInput();
    bool DrawText = false;
    bool Next = Input.IsKeyDown(sf::Key::Return);
   
    //Loads the game Text
    sf::String dia1a ("That piece of trash over there is Joey.", GameFont);
   
    //Game Loop
    while (App.IsOpened())
    {
        App.Clear();
        App.Draw(TextBox);
        App.Display();
    //Dialogue for level 1
sf::Event Dialogue1;
        while (App.GetEvent(Dialogue1)) {
            if (Next = true){
                DrawText = true;
            }
            if ((DrawText = true)) {
                App.Draw(dia1a);
                App.Display();
        }
    }
    //Close Game    
        sf::Event GameClose;
        while (App.GetEvent(GameClose)) {
            if (GameClose.Type == sf::Event::Closed)
                App.Close();
            }
        }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Which is supposed to display a line of text when I hit enter. The text should also stay on the screen because of DrawText. However, whenever I hit any key, or move the mouse at all, the text flickers for a while and then stops whenever I stop doing what I'm doing. If someone could please help me that would be much appreciated.

[Relic]

At a quick glance:

You are drawing the text inside the event-processing while loop. While there are events in the queue the text is visible.

The line:
if (DrawText = true)
should be:
if (DrawText == true)
or simply:
if (DrawText)

The variable Next is useless. You initialize it once before getting in while loop. After that it knows nothing about the actual Return key state.

Two sequential event-processing loops look rather odd.

[eXpl0it3r]

Like Relic said, use just one event processing loop and for programming style indent your text right!
So there you go:

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#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>

int main(){
    sf::RenderWindow App(sf::VideoMode(1024, 768), "Game");
    App.UseVerticalSync(true);
   
    //Loads the game font and images
    sf::Font GameFont;
    if (!GameFont.LoadFromFile("calist.ttf")) {
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    sf::Image TextBoxImage;
    sf::Sprite TextBox;
    if (!TextBoxImage.LoadFromFile("Blue.png")) {
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    TextBox.SetImage(TextBoxImage);
    TextBox.SetColor(sf::Color(0, 0, 255, 155));
    TextBox.SetPosition(0, 490.f);
    TextBox.Scale(1.6f, 1.6f);
   
    // Realtime keyboard input
    const sf::Input& Input = App.GetInput();
    bool DrawText = false;
   
    //Loads the game Text
    sf::String dia1a ("That piece of trash over there is Joey.", GameFont);
   
    //Game Loop
    while (App.IsOpened())
    {
        // Event processing
        sf::Event EventHandler;
        while (App.GetEvent(EventHandler)) {
            // Close event
            if (EventHandler == sf::Event::Closed) {
               App.Close();
            }
        }
       
        // Check whether Return is pressed or not
        if(Input.IsKeyDown(sf::Key::Return)
            DrawText = true;
        // Reset it, otherwise it gets constanty drawn
        else
            DrawText = false;
       
        // Clear screen
        App.Clear();
       
        // Draw text if DrawText is true
        if(DrawText)
         App.Draw(TextBox);
         
        // Display everything
        App.Display();
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

And try to stick to the following plan:
- Process events / check inputs
- Run thought the game logic (reposition etc.)
- Draw you objects

eXp

[TrampolineGames]

Thanks everyone, I got it to work...but I'm sure I'll be posting in this forum a lot over the course of this project ^_^