UserInterface.AddTextEntry(String, String, String, Variable, Variable, Variable, String, String) Method

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Description

Adds a numeric text entry to the UserInterface using the String representation of the target Variable-value destination to determine where to store the user-specified value.

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Method Signature

UserInterface.AddTextEntry(	String valueDestination,
	String elementLabel,
	String defaultValue,
	Variable doPerformRangeValidation,
	Variable rangeMinimum,
	Variable rangeMaximum,
	String formatString,
	String units)

Arguments

valueDestination
Description:	A String that represents either an object or a writeable property of an object where the value will be stored.

elementLabel
Description:	The label shown to the left of the input element.

defaultValue
Description:	The default value for the text entry. Must match the type of valueDestination.

doPerformRangeValidation

Description:

Determines whether numeric range validation is active. If active, the user will be required to satisfy the specified range before continuing. If a property has system wide limits, they will be enforced regardless of the value of this property.

Valid Values:

Value	Label
0	false
1	true

rangeMinimum
Description:	The minimum acceptable numerical value for this text entry.

rangeMaximum
Description:	The maximum acceptable numerical value for this text entry.

formatString
Description:	A printf style format string used to format numeric data before it is presented to the user.

units
Description:	A unit string to be shown to the right of the Text Entry. If the valueDestination has a unit string specified then it will be used instead of this value.

Return Value

Type:

number

The return value is not used.

Syntax

myVariable1 = myUserInterface1.AddTextEntry(myString1, myString2, myString3, myVariable2, myVariable3, myVariable4, myString4, myString5);