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updatewidget

Updates the widget. For BUTTONs and TEXTFIELDs the caption is updated. Usefull, if the caption is bound to a variable. For KNOBs this is the data value, bound to the KNOBs. The knob turns into the updated value of the variable. There are two special , reserved widgetnames:

  • {pageclocks}: Updates all clock widgets on the current page
  • {pagewidgets}: Updates all widgets on the current page
This action will not modify the error code You also could use a short form, where the widgetname is added directly to the string. eg. string="updatewidget Message Wait@Page_Wait_For_Device"
Attribute Description
string updatewidget
widgetname Name of the widget to update could be on of the following: "{pageclocks}", updates all clock widgets widgetname: the name of the widget on the current page widgetname@pagename the name of the widget on a given pagename for widgetname and pagename a "*" could be used to either cover all widgets or all pages e.g.: *@* updates all widgets on all pages
option some widgets supports a second update option. For widgets with text this could be "second" to set the second caption
ignoremissing Dont raise an error if widget is missing
A short example: 
<action name="update wait message" string="updatewidget" widgetname="Message Wait@Page_Wait_For_Device" />
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