Re: [foxboro] Getting the DESCRP into SN0001
- From: David Johnson <drjohn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:10:18 -0500
Steve,
My hat is off to you. All these years, and I guess I have never
attempted to read a string variable into sequence code. Amazing, I
guess the STRING performs a type casting on the result of the
external reference.
Thanks!
David
At 02:58 PM 8/15/2006, you wrote:
>David - You have to specify that the variable retrieval is a string. So
>
>SN0001 := :SET_CALENDER:LOAD_CAL8.DESCRP
>
>should be
>
>SN0001 := STRING :SET_CALENDER:LOAD_CAL8.DESCRP;
>or
>SN0001 := STRING :'the_block';
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve Shimp
>Maintenance & Systems Engineer
>ExxonMobil Paulsboro Lube Plant
>phone: 856.224.5059 cell: 609.820.8501 fax: 856.224.5030
>email: steve.shimp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 08/15/2006 03:48:59 PM:
>
> > Hey Everyone,
> >
> > I am running some pretty innocent looking sequence code, but it blows
> > up when I try to read the DESCRP of a REAL block in
> > SN0001. Initially I was trying something like this.
> >
> > the_block := ":SET_CALENDER.LOAD_CAL",OPER_INPUT,".DESCRP"
> > SN0001 := :'the_block';
> >
> > this faulted with an error of 2301
> > so I tried this
> >
> > SN0001 := :SET_CALENDER:LOAD_CAL8.DESCRP
> >
> > same error.
> >
> > but it's there and works when I do an
> > /usr/fox/bin/tools/omget SET_CALENDER:LOAD_CAL8.DESCRP
> >
> > Any ideas why I can't assign this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
>
>
>
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