How do I store user input data and access it for my reports?

[powerbox]

Hello,

Im using: RunState.Root.Locals.StationInfo.StationID = Step.Result.Response expression in my Meassage Popup sequence, to obtain the station ID at runtime, and save it to my report. So far, this works.

Problem:

My goal is to buld an exectible thats deployed to other machines, wich will prompt a one time entry of the Station ID and used on all reports. e.g. even if I restart the execitable, for the program to look for this saved ID and place it in the report.

Where do I store the ID? How do I go about accessing it and inserting it to new reports?

[Daniel-E]

Powerbox,

This seems like the ideal use case for a StationGlobal variable. These variables are intended for station-specific settings which retain their values between executions.

Perhaps you could have code which says: If StationGlobals.ID is not set, display a box to set it. Otherwise, do not display the dialog.

[powerbox]

Thanks Daniel,

If I save the user input to my e.g. StationGlobal.ID variable, how do I get it from there to the Station ID field of my report?

[Daniel-E · Accepted solution]

By default, the data in the StationInfo container should be appearing in the report, so you can just have a statement similar to:

RunState.Root.Locals.StationInfo.StationID = StationGlobals.CurrentStationID

You would have this statement at the point in your sequence when you want to decide whether a prompt should be displayed to enter the ID if it does not exist.

Hope that helps, let us know if you have any more questions about it!