Can't set variable on an object

[Tom Kennedy]

I have a text box that I want to go to and set a variable's value to the value of the text in an edit box. When I step through the code the variable does not retrieve the value and has a '?' when viewed with the data viewer. Also when the goto object code is executed, the value of the text is framed with a dark rectangular box.

I created a new text box with all the characteristic of the first text box (that I could think of) and this text box will let me set the variable value to the value of the text box. Also when the goto object code is executed, the text box acts like it will let you change the value (no dark rectangular box.

I have searched high and low to see what difference there is between the two text boxes. Any ideas?

[comment]

A file showing this would be helpful.

[Vaughan]

By text box you mean a field?

If you mean a text box as in a text object on a layout, I doubt you can be it's text content into a variable.

[Tim Anderson]

You can get the text from a text object on the layout using:

GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( "textObjectName" ; "content" ).

If this object is something like

let( $wTitle="TheTitle";1)

and you evaluate (GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( "textObjectName" ; "content" ))

then you will create a variable $wTitle with a value of 'theTitle'.

Hope this helps

[Vaughan]

Tim, that's excellent!

[Tim Anderson]

Glad it helped

[Kiele]

Hi All,

Could someone please point to a demo of this procedure, or post a sample file of this.

Thank you for your assistance in advance,

Kiele

[Vaughan]

Here's all I did: go into layout mode, put text object on layout, give object a name; go into browse mode, call function in data viewer. If you don't have FMP Advanced, make a script with a custom dialog that displays the function.