where did string value go !

[sirbooker]

hi
running HS4 V4.0.10.0

when i look at the hs3 device view is see the string value

when I look at it in HS4 I don't see it

[enigmatheatre]

I have just reported this bug today. I will link to this thread in the report.

[Michael McSharry]

It is the Status enumeration when you retrieve it. Use Feature ValueStringByRef when you set it.

hs.UpdateFeatureValueStringByRef(iRef, sPayload)
Dim sString As String = hs.GetPropertyByRef(iRef, Devices.EProperty.Status)

I have found hs.UpdatePropertyByRef(iRef, Devices.EProperty.Status, sString) to no longer work. Since there is an alternative that does work I did not report it formally.

[enigmatheatre]

It is the Status enumeration when you retrieve it. Use Feature ValueStringByRef when you set it.

hs.UpdateFeatureValueStringByRef(iRef, sPayload)
Dim sString As String = hs.GetPropertyByRef(iRef, Devices.EProperty.Status)

I have found hs.UpdatePropertyByRef(iRef, Devices.EProperty.Status, sString) to no longer work. Since there is an alternative that does work I did not report it formally.

Michael,

Thanks for the reply but this is not a scripting problem it is a HS4 problem in the UI and core
I have a script from HS3 that sets a virtual device string and this shows in the HS4 UI /devices.html page but when I go to the device Advanced Information under status graphics the Status is blank. The problem is I use replacement variables to speak the device string ( Please remember to $$DTR:143: ) and it is blank so it is not spoken.

[Michael McSharry]

Does $$DSR work for you?

[Tillsy]

Good pick up I didn't notice this missing in the GUI. However the field must still exist behind the scenes as a virtual device and event I created depends on it and still works.