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Re: [ECS] Touchscreen-K-Text Kevin Trainor Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:33:04 -0600

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Mark:

Thanks for your input.  Just how do I access the command portion and the
text portion of the touchscreen-k-text item?  Are you saying that I should
treat the touchscreen-k-text item as a multiline text item where the command
is in the first line (T1) and the text is in the second line (T2)?

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Gilmore" <omnip@usit.net>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [ECS] Touchscreen-K-Text


> Kevin,
> To do this, you would need to have an Event create the desired
> command as in a TEXT Item, then "load it" into a TOUCH-TEXT
> Item via the T1<-T1 or T2<-T1 operators.
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://omnipotencesoftware.com
> 423-745-0026
> Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST
>
>
> > Kevin Trainor wrote:
> >
> > All:
> >
> > I am trying to use the Touchscreen-K-Text item type to display text on
> > my Leopard.  As usual, I am having difficulty figuring out the coding
> > conventions.  Sometimes I think that I am absolutely ECS learning
> > disabled.  But, back to my question:
> >
> > I can't see how to change the command string within an item of this
> > type on the fly.  I had assumed that I could set up one item and then
> > write text like this:
> >
> >     setup command 1
> >     setup text string 1
> >     display item
> >     setup command 2
> >     setup text string 2
> >     display item
> >     etc.
> >     etc.
> >     etc.
> >
> > But, I can't see how to do this.  The SET operator for this type seems
> > to allow you to specify either DISPLAY or an item name.  I assume that
> > this covers the "setup text string" and "display" functions above.
> > But, I can't see how to assign a new value to the command string.  I
> > guess that I could create an item for each command string.  And,
> > perhaps this is the way that it is done.
> >
> > So, I'm a bit lost here.  I would appreciate guidance from anyone who
> > has done this.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Kevin
>

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