Freeform text entry field

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Wed, 08/13/2014 - 11:19 am

Hi,

I am creating a user/operator interface and I would like to include a free form text entry field for comment/notes that would stored to the wave note field.

In my quest to keep the interface simple and not have pop up windows from a notebook, is there anyway to embed a simple multiline text entry control into a trap/panel?

Andy
I used an input field on the panel here ...

http://www.igorexchange.com/project/LogBook

The text gets captured to a notebook. I also allow for interpretation of "escape codes" from the input string to allow "dynamic text".

FWIW, a comparable albeit rather dated tool to what you want may also be here by example ...

http://www.igorexchange.com/project/XMLNoteTools

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J. J. Weimer
Chemistry / Chemical & Materials Engineering, UAHuntsville

August 13, 2014 at 01:15 pm - Permalink

I would embed a notebook into the panel with
NewNotebook/F=0/N=NB0/W=(1,2,3,4) /HOST=mainPanel

The Notebook help pages are also a recommended read for that, especially the autoSave option might be relevant for your case.
In the main panel setup a window hook and handle the modified event to store the changed notebook contents to the place you want.

August 13, 2014 at 01:26 pm - Permalink

See File->Example Experiments-Feature Demos 2->Notebook in Panel.

Also:
DisplayHelpTopic "Notebooks as Subwindows in Control Panels"

August 13, 2014 at 01:35 pm - Permalink