Help finding attribute in scope

[DwarF]

I need some help figuring out how to find an Attribute that I belive should be in scope. In this snippet (netflix_test.txt) you can see where there is a keypad to enter a piece of data (id). It is in a menu level attribute called SearchString. This is used as the variable name for a TextInput to write data to it. However, when I try to save the property using this attribute, it always saves what the original "entry" value was (GetProperty('plugins/netflix/NetFlixID_01')).
NetFlix Setup -> (ID field) *

The save button is calling SaveProperty('plugins/netflix/NetFlixID_01', SearchString)

I appriciate that it's not clean. I got tired of trying to keep it clean when I had to do it over 100 times trying to figure this out.

Thanks for any guidance,
DwarF

[Opus4]

Put the reference widget for the jump to the "NetFlix Setup" menu as a child of the SetProperty widget below the Save item. I can't remember whether there were any docs on this, but I like to keep a single Process chain & a single UI chain as children of an Item (button) widget -- you don't need to have both, though.

The single Process chain doesn't have to be non-branching, but only one Process action would be below the button, such as:

Button
 |-Action (parent for optional Process chain)
 |  |-action widget chain
 |  |-action widget chain (optional, could be more than 1)
 |-Action (parent for optional UI chain)
 |  |-UI chain
 |  |-UI chain (optional, could be more than 1)

I hope that makes sense.

- Andy

[DwarF]

Actually, the jump back to setup works fine. It is the SetProperty that is not writing the value I want. I am trying to write the value in the TextInput to the property. It is instead writing the default value (the one I set from the NetFlixID_01) when the menu is begun. It looks like a scope issue to me. Can you get it to SetProperty('plugins/netflix/NetFlixID_01', SearchString) ?


TIA,
DwarF

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by DwarF

Actually, the jump back to setup works fine. It is the SetProperty that is not writing the value I want.

I know that. Did you try the solution I suggested?

(If you use breakpoints, you will see that SetProperty() isn't getting executed in the file you uploaded.)

- Andy

[DwarF]

Sorry Opus4, I didn't try before responding. I had a full day and didn't get time till just now. It works beautifully.

Thank you for the advice.