Please read my mind!

[meng]

I am designing a module and configuring the auto-report of the main map window. Instead of reporting $pieceName$ as requested, it is reporting the value of a Dynamic property called “strength” (a numeric value), except when the piece is masked, and it then sends “?” instead . $oldPieceName$ and $newPieceName$ don’t seem to work either.

What am I doing wrong? Isn’t pieceName simply the name specified by Basic Piece?

[Brent_Easton]

Hi Meng,

I am designing a module and configuring the auto-report of the main map
window. Instead of reporting $pieceName$ as requested, it is reporting the
value of a Dynamic property called “strength” (a numeric value),

Can’t really tell without seeing your module. My guess is that you are displaying Strength in a text label on top of an active layer that has a blank name specified with neither the ‘is prefix’ or ‘is suffix’ option clicked and so the layer name is replacing the piece name.

except when the piece is masked, and it then sends “?” instead .

“?” is the correct value when a piece is masked.

$oldPieceName$ and $newPieceName$ don’t seem to work either.

I’m not sure why you would think they would work, they are not on the drop-down list of available items?

What am I doing wrong? Isn’t pieceName simply the name specified by Basic
Piece?

Add a text label and display $BasicName$ and $PieceName$ when the piece is on the board.

Regards,
Brent.

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Brent Easton
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University of Western Sydney
Email: b.easton@uws.edu.au

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[meng]

@Brent Easton

Hi Meng,
Can’t really tell without seeing your module. My guess is that you are displaying Strength in a text label on top of an active layer that has a blank name specified with neither the ‘is prefix’ or ‘is suffix’ option clicked and so the layer name is replacing the piece name.

Hence request to read my mind. I think you got the answer though, or close, my layers are all named, and the name is replacing the piece name (it’s linked to strength).

I’m not sure why you would think they would work, they are not on the drop-down list of available items?

Because they’re on the drop-down list for items modified within a map. True, they aren’t on the drop-down list for just moving items around - hey, can’t blame me for experimenting!

Add a text label and display $BasicName$ and $PieceName$ when the piece is on the board.

Okay, that did it.

Thanks!

[Brent_Easton]

I’m not sure why you would think they would work, they are not on the

drop-down list of available items?

Because they’re on the drop-down list for items modified within a map.

I realised later that you meant the ‘Report Action’ trait, not the auto-reports in the Map component. I have added an RFE for 3.2 to change where possible the items on the drop-down lists in all report formats to match the standard BasicPiece property names. The oldnames will still work, but will not appear inthe drop-down list.

Cheers,
Brent.

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