How to Work with Processes > Working with the Control Operations Processes Group

Process Purpose

Each control has a temporary memory space in which the value of the control is stored (not the same as the variable associated to the control). This value can be something that the operator has keyed in but did not validate (no Enter or OK was pressed, at that point).

The "Get Value" process is used to get that temporary value from that specific memory space. It can only be used to get the value from controls which are in the same screen as the process one.

See "Get Value" Process Uses

When you add a process, you are required to define its settings. This occurs in the process's properties window which is displayed automatically after having added the "Get Value" process.

If any subsequent edition is required, double-click the process to open its properties window and enter the necessary modifications.

Fill in the boxes below. The options available in the "Control Name" box (A) depend on the controls displayed on the screen that includes the process.

Control
Control Name	Select the control to be controlled from the drop-down OR click to select the variable with the intended value.
Store Value into Variable
Variable	Click and select the variable that will store the value that is taken from the control.

If required, click (on the upper right corner) and enter info about this process in the resulting text box. These notes will be displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window (in the "Notes" field) and in the "Developer Report".

After filling in the required options, click to conclude or to abort the operation.

The added process is displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window.

"Get Value" Process Uses

This table displays the values that can be retrieved from each control - a control's default value or the value previously set with the help of the Set Value process (see Working with Set Value Process). Once the operator interacts with the control, the "Get Value" process retrieves the current value validated by the operator.

	Get Value process
Display Text	Allows you to retrieve the value (text and/or numeric) added to the Display Text control.
Display Header	Allows you to retrieve the value (text and/or numeric) added to the Display Header control.
Display Line	N/A
Display Shape	N/A
Input Keyboard	Allows you to retrieve the value (text or numeric) added to the Input Keyboard control.
Input Barcode	Allows you to retrieve the value (text or numeric) added to the Input Barcode control.
Input Date	Allows you to retrieve the value added to the Input Date control (in the control's output format).
Input Time	Allows you to retrieve the value added to the Input Time control (in the control's output format).
Input Spin	Allows you to retrieve the value (numeric) added to the Input Spin control.
Combo Box	Allows you to retrieve the value added to the Combo Box control. For instance, when using text/variables, it gets the value that was added to the Combo Box's "Text to Display" field.
Input List	Allows you to retrieve the highlighted position of the Input List control.
Input Cash	Allows you to retrieve the value (numeric) added to the Input Cash control.
Button	Allows you to retrieve the value (text and/or numeric) added to the Button control.
SoftKey	Allows you to retrieve the value (text and/or numeric) added to the SoftKey control.
Menu Button	Allows you to retrieve the highlighted position of the Menu Button control.
Menu Text	Allows you to retrieve the highlighted position of the Menu Text control.
Signature Capture	N/A
Display Image	N/A
CheckBox	Allows you to retrieve the CheckBox control's state (the "Checked" or "Unchecked" state value).
Radio Button	Allows you to retrieve the highlighted position of the Radio Button control.
Gauge	Allows you to retrieve the position (value) added to the Gauge control.
Slider	Allows you to retrieve the position (value) added to the Slider control.
File Browse	Allows you to retrieve the highlighted position of the File Browse control.
Advanced List Box	Allows you to retrieve the highlighted position of the Advanced List Box control.
Grid	Allows you to retrieve the highlighted position of the Grid control.
Video Player	Allows you to retrieve the URL or local folder path of the video defined in the Video Player control.
Web View	Allows you to retrieve the URL or local folder path of the HTML file defined in the Web View control.

Use the right-click in MCL-Designer's input boxes to access some related options as well as the general "Cut", "Copy"; "Paste"; "Search" actions (active/inactive according to the current context).

Ex: If you right-click the "Variable" input box (included in a "Conversion's" properties window), you are provided with general editing/search actions and other more specific options such as "Variable Select" (see "Variable Select"); "Variable Insert" (see "Variable Insert"); "Insert Special Character" (see To Insert Special Characters into a Control's Text Input Field) and "Localization Select" (see Localization List).

If you right-click another input box, it may provide other possibilities.