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| busa Regular Member  Joined: 12/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 81 |
Probably a stupid question, but how do I get 2 lines of text(or more) in a displaybox using Micromite Plus?.. |
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Geoffg Guru  Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 3165 |
In Ver 5.3 Beta 3 and later you can display multiple lines by using the tilde character (~) to separate each line in the string. Geoff Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net |
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| busa Regular Member Joined: 12/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 81 |
Ah, thanks Geoff, it's been driving me bonkers for the last couple of hours trying to get two lines of text. Will wait for the final 5.3 version as its not a critical issue, have just been trying out the newer commands in MM+ since acquiring an Explore 100 recently. Regards |
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| Phil23 Guru Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1664 |
Not sure If I've mentioned this before, but would it be possible to have a parameter to suppress the frame around DisplayBox etc? If you were considering a border width parameter it could be included in that as width=0. Reason being in some instances the display can become crowded. This code for example:- [Code] Font 4 Gui Frame 99,"Temperatures",MM.HRes/80,MM.VRes*3.5/16,MM.FontWidth*15,MM.FontHeight*8,RGB(White) Gui Caption C_TmpAmb,"Air ",MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*5/16,LB,RGB(Cyan) : Gui Displaybox D_TmpAmb,MM.HRes*7/40,MM.VRes*4/16,MM.FontWidth*6,MM.VRes/16,,0 Gui Caption C_TmpCur,"Water ",MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*6/16,LB,RGB(Green) : Gui Displaybox D_TmpCur,MM.HRes*7/40,MM.VRes*5/16,MM.FontWidth*6,MM.VRes/16 Gui Caption C_TmpInp,"Input ",MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*7/16,LB,RGB(Blue) : Gui Displaybox D_TmpInp,MM.HRes*7/40,MM.VRes*6/16,MM.FontWidth*6,MM.VRes/16 Gui Caption C_TmpOut,"Output ",MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*8/16,LB,RGB(Red) : Gui Displaybox D_TmpOut,MM.HRes*7/40,MM.VRes*7/16,MM.FontWidth*6,MM.VRes/16 Gui Caption C_TmpDif,"Diff ",MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*9/16,LB,RGB(Magenta) : Gui Displaybox D_TmpDif,MM.HRes*7/40,MM.VRes*8/16,MM.FontWidth*6,MM.VRes/16 [/code] Would view much cleaner without the individual frames, & just one frame around the lot. Much like I've done in a pure Basic graphics example. [Code] Text MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*5/16, "Air Temp = ", LB,,, RGB(Cyan) Text MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*6/16, "Water Temp = ", LB,,, RGB(Green) Text MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*7/16, "Input Temp = ", LB,,, RGB(Blue) Text MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*8/16, "Output Temp = ", LB,,, RGB(Red) Text MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*9/16, "Temp Diff = ", LB,,, RGB(Magenta) Text MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*10/16, "Solar Volts = ", LB,,, RGB(Cyan) Text MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*11/16, "Flow Rate l/m ", LB,,, RGB(Yellow) Text MM.HRes/40, MM.VRes*12/16, "Energy Watts ", LB,,, RGB(255,165,0) Text MM.HRes*17/40, MM.VRes*5/16, Str$(TmpAmb,4,1), RB,,, RGB(Cyan) Text MM.HRes*17/40, MM.VRes*6/16, Str$(TmpCur,4,1), RB,,, RGB(Green) Text MM.HRes*17/40, MM.VRes*7/16, Str$(TmpInp,4,1), RB,,, RGB(Blue) Text MM.HRes*17/40, MM.VRes*8/16, Str$(TmpOut,4,1), RB,,, RGB(Red) Text MM.HRes*17/40, MM.VRes*9/16, Str$(TmpOut-TmpInp,4,1), RB,,, RGB(Magenta) Text MM.HRes*17/40, MM.VRes*10/16, Str$(SlrVlt,4,1), RB,,, RGB(Cyan) Text MM.HRes*17/40, MM.VRes*11/16, Str$(FlowRate,4,1), RB,,, RGB(Yellow) Text MM.HRes*17/40, MM.VRes*12/16, Str$((FlowRate*60*(TmpOut-TmpInp)*.00117*1000),4,1), RB,,, RGB(255,165,0) [/code] Cheers Phil |
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| Geoffg Guru Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 3165 |
Would GUI CAPTION do that for you? Geoff Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net |
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| busa Regular Member Joined: 12/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 81 |
Hi Geoff, What is the expression syntax for using the tilde character (~) to separate each line in the string. I have not been able to find any reference to it in the MM+ manual. Regards EDIT: For example I am trying to get this line of code to show on two lines in a display box, new line starting with 'and'. ctrlval(display) = "The current temperature is " + str$(temp!) + "`C"~"and the relative humidity is " + str$(humidity!) + "%". EDIT no2: Doing it like this only gives the word 'and' on the second line. ctrlval(display)="The current temperature is " + str$(temp!) + "`C~and the relative humidity is " + str$(humidity!) + "%" |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9063 |
@ PHIL23 - I use Caption for this exactly as Geoff suggests. It does mean that you have to manually adjust the position of the text, but that is no real biggie as you only need to set it up once. @ BUSA - You are building your string SLIGHTLY wrong from what I can see. ctrlval(display) = "The current temperature is " + str$(temp!) + "`C"~"and the relative humidity is " + str$(humidity!) + "%". Try: ctrlval(display) = "The current temperature is " + str$(temp!) + "`C~and the relative humidity is " + str$(humidity!) + "%". You have extra double-quote marks in the string. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Phil23 Guru Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1664 |
Seem to recall trying GUI CAPTION, & from memory I needed to pull some trick to have the values update. It certainly didn't behave dynamically they what I thought it might. |
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| busa Regular Member Joined: 12/02/2015 Location: AustraliaPosts: 81 |
Thanks Grogster but all that happens is in the edit to my last post. Just the one word (and)on the second line |
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