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RE: [ECS] State value of named event? Dan Hoehnen Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:16:04 -0500

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Bill,

I am planning to add item name capability to ACE soon.  Michael tried it and
said it worked from ACE using a name instead of a number, so I'm going to
add it to the button config window.

> Mark,
>
> Is there a way to determine the state value of a named event?
>
> Say I have 35 events, are the internal state values in the range of 0 to
> 34, 1 to 35, or something else?
>
> The reason I'm asking is due to ACE usage.  ACE will (aparently) not
> allow you to set an event-call item to a named value; I want to see if
> it will work setting an event-call to a numeric value.
>
> For sake of discussion, back to 35 events.  1 event is a "called" event,
> named "Inside Lights OFF".  It is determined to have a state value of
> 30, so both of the following would work equally well:
>
> Do     Event-Call     Set     Inside Lights OFF
>
>              or
>
> Do     Event-Call     Set     30
>
>
>
> I'm trying to see if ACE will work with the latter; I know it doesn't
> work with the first.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Walters
>

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