conditionals in text box?

[damage]

i know there's scripting plugins, but would it be feasible to just have simple conditionals in text boxes?

for example, i have a value that comes in via the xap plugin, either 1 or 0, but i don't want to display 1 or 0. i want to display On or Off. so if i put this in the text box, i get what i want:

if plugin>xap-Xlobby>text>xyz == 1 then On else Off

or maybe something like this

(plugin>xap-Xlobby>text>xyz==1,On,Off)

thoughts?

[S Pittaway]

it would be nice, but you can already do whatever you wont via a simple plugin....

personally, i would rather steve spent time adding things to the core that can not be done anyother way.

i know
that its a pain if you dont program, but if you tried it the kind of thing you want to do is only a few lines of c# (or vb?) code.

you can get the compiler free from microsoft, so it doesent have to cost anything to try (apart from a decent sized download of course)

and there are plenty of examples knocking showing basic plugins...

[P3rv3rt B3ar]

besides, xPErT already contains huge load of if statements, if not that particular one, it could be still achieved with small change in logic...

[damage]

it would be nice, but you can already do whatever you wont via a simple plugin....

personally, i would rather steve spent time adding things to the core that can not be done anyother way.

i know
that its a pain if you dont program, but if you tried it the kind of thing you want to do is only a few lines of c# (or vb?) code.

you can get the compiler free from microsoft, so it doesent have to cost anything to try (apart from a decent sized download of course)

and there are plenty of examples knocking showing basic plugins...

that's great but i don't want to spend my time learning how to write a plugin. i'm trying to build a skin. it would seem this would be a core feature of xl for skin building and would help put it closer to the usability you get w/ a mainlobby or charmed quark controller. it would definitely have a greater appeal to the majority of xl users who probably aren't coders.

don't get me wrong. i like to code stuff, but it's so much overhead to have to code up a plugin to do a simple conditional. at least, if it were in xl, there would be a standard way to do things. and it would be easier to support and find documentation on.

[lar282]

i know there's scripting plugins, but would it be feasible to just have simple conditionals in text boxes?

for example, i have a value that comes in via the xap plugin, either 1 or 0, but i don't want to display 1 or 0. i want to display On or Off. so if i put this in the text box, i get what i want:

if plugin>xap-Xlobby>text>xyz == 1 then On else Off

or maybe something like this

(plugin>xap-Xlobby>text>xyz==1,On,Off)

thoughts?

I have a red and green image for my lamps. It's a textbox with this in it
plugin>xap-xlobby>Image>BioRum.Slang
and then a image in the xap plugin directory called
biorum.slang.OFF.png
biorum.slang.ON.png


the devicemap.xml contains info about them
<device>
<name>biorum.slang</name>
<source>ERSP.X10.*</source>
<state>OFF</state>
<text></text>
</device>


alot nicer than on or off.

//Lasse

[damage]

i know there's scripting plugins, but would it be feasible to just have simple conditionals in text boxes?

for example, i have a value that comes in via the xap plugin, either 1 or 0, but i don't want to display 1 or 0. i want to display On or Off. so if i put this in the text box, i get what i want:

if plugin>xap-Xlobby>text>xyz == 1 then On else Off

or maybe something like this

(plugin>xap-Xlobby>text>xyz==1,On,Off)

thoughts?

I have a red and green image for my lamps. It's a textbox with this in it
plugin>xap-xlobby>Image>BioRum.Slang
and then a image in the xap plugin directory called
biorum.slang.OFF.png
biorum.slang.ON.png


the devicemap.xml contains info about them
<device>
<name>biorum.slang</name>
<source>ERSP.X10.*</source>
<state>OFF</state>
<text></text>
</device>


alot nicer than on or off.

//Lasse

that was just an example i gave. i thought about doing what you did except i have about 500 devices that i want to show on off status for (x10, relays, digital inputs, alarm panel, sprinkler, motion sensors, etc) that would mean i would need 1000 images. each device needs 1 image for on and 1 for off.

[lar282]

500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
puh, then u do need a plugin


//Lasse

[S Pittaway]

[damage]

500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
puh, then u do need a plugin
//Lasse

why?

[cmhardwick]

but even with 500, you could do it with just 2 images if each device only has ON and OFF. You could then use a text over the On or Off image to identify the actual device.

Just a thought

[damage]

but even with 500, you could do it with just 2 images if each device only has ON and OFF. You could then use a text over the On or Off image to identify the actual device.

Just a thought

nope because my system talks to xl via xAP. the xAP plugin creates devices from xAP messages and requires a separate on & off image for each device. and each dimmable light will require 10 different images, one for each level of dim.