How to get inserted value in Edit box in Dashboard?

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Martin K5 asked May 02 2024 at 11:47 AM Jeanette F commented May 15 2024 at 4:47 PM

How to get inserted value in Edit box in Dashboard?

Hi,

I would like to ask, how can I get the inserted value in Edit box in GUI. I know how it can be done in dashboard, but the same approach doesn't work in GUI.

I can get the edit boxe's reference and when using the "getviewtext()" function, an empty String/value is returned although the value is inserted.

Thank you

Software Version:

FlexSim 23.2.3

gui edit inserted value

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Answer 1 · 2024-05-03T11:12:14Z

Dhakshna answered May 03 2024 at 11:12 AM Logan Gold commented May 08 2024 at 7:21 PM

Hi @Martin K5, As you mentioned, using getviewtext() will return the value entered in the edit box. You have to pass the reference of the edit box as a parameter.

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Martin K5 commented · May 07 2024 at 6:35 AM

Hi,

thank you for your replay. When I try to replicate this approach, only an empty string is returned. I also tried running your model and the same happens.

Does anyone know why is that?

Thank you.

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Logan Gold ♦♦ Martin K5 commented · May 08 2024 at 7:21 PM

Hey @Martin K5, I was able to input text in the GUI of the example model and get that text returned in the Script window. After opening the example model, the GUI canvas did not open along with the GUI Builder Tools window. So I first had to open the canvas through the Toolbox by double clicking on "GUI 1".

Since the canvas opens in editing mode, I also had to click on it and push F5 on the keyboard to change it to the regular viewing mode. But once in viewing mode, I could type in any text in the edit field of the GUI and run the script to have that text returned.

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