Tree Control value adding an unexpected suffix

[niNickC]

Hello,

I'm wondering if someone has seen this before.

If I add a child item with the same string as a parent to a tree control, when I read from the control, it adds a '_1' despite displaying correctly.

This has obviously broken my app. I can't think of an easy workaround since the child item may well end in _1 in my context.

Any ideas?

[thols · Accepted solution]

That's how a tree control works. You are reading the tag, not the string of the left cell. Create an output from the "Edit Tree Items.Add to End" and you will see the tag that the item gets. Usually what you do is you gather the items with their tags and reference the tags to get the values out. I suggest looking at e.g. Tree Map for a simpler usage of a tree.

[niNickC]

Thanks for this.

I don't really want to refactor this particular module... I guess I can just read the text from the active cell rather than the tag (which is what is present at the terminal).