MsgProcGetValue

Syntax

MsgProcGetValue(field);

field

A string specifying the name of a field in the current Process.

Description

Retrieves the value of a specified field in the current Process.

Returns

str_fieldval

The value of the field. If the field does not exist, an empty string is returned.

Examples

In the following examples, the Process contains the blocks blkA, blkB, and blkC structured as shown in the figure below.

Example 83

Returning the value of field idType in the second instance of blkA.

The following script returns the value of the field idType in the second instance of block blkA:

$fieldValue=MsgProcGetValue("blkA:2/idType");

 

Example 84

Returning the value of field idType in the second instance of blkB in the first instance of blkA.

The following script returns the value of the field idType in the second instance of block blkB in the first instance of block blkA:

$fieldValue=MsgProcGetValue("blkA:1/blkB:2/idType");

 

Example 85

Returning the value of field idType in the second instance of blkB in the N:th instance of blkA.

The following script sample includes a counter to specify the N:th instance of block blkA:

...

$counter = 1;

$fieldValue=MsgProcGetValue("blkA:" + $counter +"/blkB:2/idType");

$counter++;

...