Text input

[[M1...]]

Hello.

A simple PCM question perhaps:

I´m trying to create a dialogue where the operator needs to input a value to put in the protocol header. It is not allowed to be empty.

I tried something like this:

 

list=inquireText("Type a value")
setRecordHead("u_k0009_text",list)
if list
message("Value is empty, try again")
endif

Edited January 31
wrong spelling

[[Mi...]]

Play with this. Similar task - different header value. Also has a loop and cancel if they try to leave it blank 3 times.

It's a more complicated, but it clears the value at the start, and traps the operator to force them to fill it out or the program can't run. Can't trust people lol

//Asks for employee numbers and puts it in the header data. Requested by QA Supervisor, only for QA CMMs
setRecordHead("vda_signature","")
loopCount = 0
repeat 
	setRecordHead("vda_signature",inquireNumber("Please Input your Employee ID to continue"))
	loopCount = loopCount +1
until  ((getRecordHead("vda_signature") <> "0") and (len(getRecordHead("vda_signature")) > 2)) or (loopCount == 3)

if (loopCount >= 3) and ((len(getRecordHead("vda_signature")) < 3)) then
	message("You must enter your employee number to continue, program will stop")
	cncBreak()
endif

Instead of (len(getRecordHead("vda_signature")) > 2) you could have getRecordHead("vda_signature") <> "" which means "Does not equal blank" since the first line sets it to blank....

[[M1...]]

Thank you. Will try 🙂

[[M1...]]

Michael, I tried both variants and your first suggestion was great. Thanks 👍

[[Je...]]

if getRecordHead("u_OperatorNumber") == "" then
	repeat
	operator = ""
	operator = inquireText("Operator Number")
	setRecordHead("u_OperatorNumber",operator)
	until (operator) <> ""
	endif

//----------------------SHIFT--------------------------
if getRecordHead("u_Fixture") == ""
	repeat
	shift= ""
	shift = inquireList("CNC Fixture ID","1","2","3")
	setRecordHead("u_Fixture",shift)
	until text(shift) <> ""
	endif

 

[[M1...]]

Thanks Jeffrey 🙂

[[Ri...]]

I think I have tried both Jeffs and Micheals methods in the past from one of my posts.

Then the operators just started putting in dashes and or dots. 😑

[[Mi...]]

To prevent people being people you'd have to do selections from lists where you can, or use other languages to take advantage of regular expressions or check input vs a database...

A lot more involved, the need easily prevented by a Supervisor going out and questioning unacceptable inputs.

[[Je...]]

 

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inquireList prevents that. 

With inquireText() - Thats not really a program problem.  Thats a training problem.  Good luck with that. 😂

[[Ri...]]

True story. 😂