Programatically changing ring values

[AeroSoul]

Hello

I'm trying to create my own "menu". 

In the config file from which i'm reading there'll be a section with commands and their values. What i want to do is populate a ring (or something else more appropriate)  with names of commands and their values for example:

command: speed, value: 0x4E (or in decimal 78)

I managed to change the names with property node but the values elude me. What is the proper way to do this?

Also each time the config file is read, the old values should be purged from the list and new ones added.

[GerdW]

Hi Soul,

rings have a property named "strings and values"…

[Kevin_Price]

<edit> Oops, too late -- queued up a bunch of tabs, then it took a while to getting back to them.

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In addition to the Strings[] property (which you seem to be using), there's also a "Strings and Values[]" property node that let's you set or query them as an array of clusters...

-Kevin P

[wiebe@CARYA · Accepted solution]

Note that his doesn't work with an enum control. Enum's look like rings, but there items are part of the type, and can't be changed when the control is running.

[pauldavey]

You could use a Ring or String combo for the UI Control, and a map to store the actual value. Nice thing about the String combo is that its value is the string, not just a number.

[AeroSoul]

uh, duh.. didn't see it all the way at the bottom... Thanks

Is there any way to select a "default" value (the one that shows as selected)? Currently it just displays <0> until i select something by hand.

[pauldavey]

You can right-click on any control -> Data Operations-> Set Default (something like that). Or you can use a local variable to initialize it.

[AeroSoul]

Played around a bit and you can set the value to display programmatically by using Property Node --> Value and wire one of the values you input to StringsAndValues[].

Quick demo: