Text from ring control

[Rashid-Malik]

How can I extract text from a ring control without using property nodes and case structure? Can Format into String (or some other string function) be used , somehow, for this purpose?

[Ben]

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C .DOT wrote:
How can I extract text from a ring control without using property nodes and case structure? Can Format into String (or some other string function) be used , somehow, for this purpose?

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Quoting myslef from this thread "Menu Rings are just fancy numerics, Enums are probably what you want."

The bottom line is that that rings do not carry the strings with them in thier wires so there is no way to get at the string values unless you use a property node (that you ruled out in your Q).

Ben

PS I'd also recomend making the enum a type definition just to make life easier.

Message Edited by Ben on 12-02-2008 07:48 AM

[Rashid-Malik]

Thanks Ben for clearing that issue for me.

[Wiebe@CARYA]

The ring control is a numeric control. You cannot get text from it without
property nodes.

You can do this with an enum. This is possible because the text is included
in it's type. That is why you can't change an enum's text when it is
running... A ring control can be changed, and the text it displayed is not
included in it's type, so you can use the format into string trick...

Regards,

Wiebe.

[Rashid-Malik]

Thanks Wiebe@CAR…! for detailed info!