::GetEvalValue

This command returns the evaluated value of an mdl3StateEntry widget. If an equation evaluates to an invalid result (for whatever reason) ‘Error Evaluating’ is returned. In other words, this command returns the same value as is displayed in the widget after enter is hit and the entry is inactive.

Syntax

::model::mdl3StateEntry::GetEvalValue path

Application

This command returns the evaluated value of an mdl3StateEntry widget. If an equation evaluates to an invalid result (for whatever reason) ‘Error Evaluating’ is returned. In other words, this command returns the same value as is displayed in the widget after enter is hit and the entry is inactive.

The return value for GetEvalValue is subject to change based on the use of model::mdl3StateEntry::SetEntryValue. Please see the documentation for SetEntryValue for more details.

Description

Inputs

path
The full path to the mdl3StateEntry of interest. The path argument is the return value of the model::mdl3StateEntry procedure used to create an mdl3StateEntry.

Context

Example

To get the evaluated value of an mdl3StateEntry widget:
modelGetClientHandle clnt
clnt GetModelHandle mdl
clnt ReleaseHandle
mdl InterpretEntity entPnt Point p_0 "\"Point 0\"" 
mdl ReleaseHandle

set dlg [toplevel .dlg]
set frm [frame $dlg.frm -padx 10 -pady 10]
grid $frm -row 0 -column 0 -sticky nesw

set lbl [ label $dlg.frm.lbl -text "X" -width 3 -anchor w ]
grid $lbl -row 0 -column 0 -sticky nws

set stEntry  [model::mdl3StateEntry .dlg.frm.stEntry entPnt "x" ]
grid $stEntry  -row 0 -column 1

set evalValue [ model::mdl3StateEntry::GetEvalValue $stEntry ]

entPnt ReleaseHandle

Errors

None.