Return the text property of an element

Classic Servoy
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Hello,

is there a way to get the text property of an element?
Looking for something like a “getText() Funktion”, for example:
forms[vFormName].elements[vElementName].getText().

Any idea?

Best regards,

Thomas Ledergerber

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By heart, you can do this for labels and buttons (maybe more)…

When you want the value of a field you have, again by heart, you can do something like controller.getDataProviderValue(element.name.getDataProviderID) …

Hope this helps

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Thank you for your fast answer …
But in this case, I would like to get the “text property” witch is set by the i18n table of the field and not the value of the field.
Would be very nice, if there would be a way …

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Hi Thomas,

If I understand you well that is easily accomplished with:

var myEleText = elements['myEleName'].text

The “setting” and “getting” are done through the property instead of through methods (the usual ugly way of Java ;-).

Best regards,
Miguel

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Hi Miguel,

thank you for your tip, I tried it, but it does not work … :frowning:
May be I miss something.
Is this working on your Comuter?

Thanks
Thomas

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I thought the .text property only worked in Servoy version 3…at least that is what I’ve experienced.