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I want to grab the value of a "slider" and put it into a database. I have looked through the docs and find only minimal references to the "Slider" control.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

you are looking for "thumbposition" and "scrollbar"
Abbreviations (lazy me): thumbpos and sb

Getting:
...
put the thumbpos of sb "your scrollbar here" into tValueToStore
...

Setting:
...
set the thumbpos of sb "your scrollbar here" into tStoredValue
...

Best

Klaus

jpottsx1 wrote:I want to grab the value of a "slider" and put it into a database. I have looked through the docs and find only minimal references to the "Slider" control.

a slider, with the value in a field.

Once you're able to get the value of the slider, then after it's not a problem to write it to a database.

Thanks for the direction, but I've encountered a new snag.

When I use the following code;

on scrollbardrag
put the thumbpos of sb "mysb" into pTaskName
put "INSERT into tasks (task) VALUES ('" & pTaskName & "')" into tSQL
revExecuteSQL sDatabaseID, tSQL

## Refresh the task list
showTasks
end scrollbardrag

I genererate new entries whenever I drag the mouse over the card, not just when I move the slider. Any ideas on this?

Jeff

jpottsx1 wrote: I genererate new entries whenever I drag the mouse over the card, not just when I move the slider. Any ideas on this?

Very strange !

You put this script into the scrollbar "mysb", right ? Or in the card ? I guess you might have another scrollbar on the card ?

What about sDatabaseID, you put a "global sDatabaseID" within the script ?

I had the script on the card and it was causing the problem.

I fixed the problem with putting the following code;
on mouseup
put the thumbpos of sb "mysb" into pTaskName
end mouseup

for the slider, then I put the following code in the button to create a record;
on mouseUp
put "INSERT into tasks (task) VALUES ('" & pTaskName & "')" into tSQL
revExecuteSQL sDatabaseID, tSQL

## Refresh the task list
showTasks
end mouseUp

All works fine now, thanks for the help.