How to set the paragraph of a page from a button

[abcnormal]

Hi,
I have this issue I am trying to figure out.

I have created a page, that serves as a template for all the other pages.
In that page, called "Mal" I have placed a paragraph called currentpagetext.
I use "Mal" as a page that all other pages inherit page properties and objects from.The plan is that it should show the current page the user is on.
Like if you click on the News button, it should read News. If you click on the product button it should read Product.

I try to use the following code in the button for News on the "Mal" page.
Page.Jump("Nyheter");
pic="AutoPlay\\Images\\blank.png";
Image.Load("productImage",pic);
Paragraph.SetText("currentpagetext","News");

I have also tried with a global variable, but when I try to update the Paragraph.SetText, it comes back with an error message saying that I can only use text in this function.

I made some functions in my global functions like this:

function setcurrentpage(pagename)
currentpage= pagename;
end

function getcurrentpage()
return currentpage;
end
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If I try to change my button code to:
Page.Jump("Nyheter");
pic="AutoPlay\\Images\\blank.png";
Image.Load("productImage",pic);
setcurrentpage("News");
text=getcurrentpage();
Paragraph.SetText("currentpagetext",text);

then the error message appear.

What am I doing wrong here?

[abcnormal]

Anybody out there with a brilliant idea on how to fix this?
Any help would be helpfull here.

[Intrigued]

how about a simple example project that duplicates the problem you are having (share such with us). It may draw some responses.

[abcnormal]

Here is an example of what I am trying to get to work.
I have added one page "mal" where the objects are located.
I have also added two pages, "news" and "products".
I have two approaches to the problem, one with a global variable, and one with setting the values in the button.

I can not figure this one out, and I intend to use it widely, to save coding.

Please give me your insights on this problem. Thanks.

[Intrigued]

Global Functions (change to):

function set_currentpagetext(text)
Page.Jump(text) -- Include double-quotes around what you type in!
end

function get_currentpagetext()
return Application.GetCurrentPage();
end

On Show:

Paragraph.SetText("currentpage", get_currentpagetext())

[abcnormal]

Is there no other way to do this?

How can I create a global text value, and edit it from buttons?

If I have a global variable called page,

on any page I have a button I want to be able to change the global variable from the button.

(I have approx. 150 products I need to get on this project, and I really do not want to create one page for every product. I want to create one page for all the products, and then use the global variable to find the correct product.

This is why I wanted to write to a variable instead of getting data from Application.getcurrentpage(). Because that will not help me in the product issues.

Is there a way to write to a global text variable, or do I need to store on HDD?

[yosik]

You should use a Table instead.
Write your 150 elements in your table and just read from it at runtime, populating the paragraph object, title, etc...of this page of yours.

Good luck
Yossi

[fossil]

if you create a textfile call "News" and one for "Products" on your HDD

I think it would be possible to use the TextFile.ReadToString method and read it back from textfile "News" and "Products" into the paragraph.

[Intrigued]

Is there no other way to do this?

How can I create a global text value, and edit it from buttons?

If I have a global variable called page,

on any page I have a button I want to be able to change the global variable from the button.

(I have approx. 150 products I need to get on this project, and I really do not want to create one page for every product. I want to create one page for all the products, and then use the global variable to find the correct product.

This is why I wanted to write to a variable instead of getting data from Application.getcurrentpage(). Because that will not help me in the product issues.

Is there a way to write to a global text variable, or do I need to store on HDD?

There is always another way.