How To Create a Field for Symbol (Symbol Field) in a given Form !!!

Hi Sonu,

I don't think there is one - you need to use hiCreateStringField() and then use the stringToSymbol(..) function to turn the string value into a symbol

Max

Why do you need this? It seems a little unusual...

Andrew.

Hello Andrew ,

The main idea behind is that I want to take an input from User in a field without any Double quotes (like string but without any double quotes For Example :- Chip-Level) . So , Sometimes it also have special symbol like "-" (that's why string to symbol command is not giving correct output) . I have to use this field (after storing in value) to create a text file with some information.

Hopefully , its clear now. Let me know if its still not clear.

Regards

Sonu

sorry - I overlooked this explanation of yours! In fact when typing into a string field you don't need to issue quotes - you just type something which is silently turned into a string. The quotes are in fact just the print representation of a string in SKILL. If you surrounded whatever you type in the field with quotes, those quotes become literal characters as part of the string.

It really sounds as if you're using the resulting string incorrectly - converting to a symbol sounds a really bad approach. Symbols should be used for names of objects - using them to avoid quotation marks just means you're not outputting the data correctly...

For example, if you have a string read from a field: myStr=myForm->myStrField->value and then do:

outPort=outfile("./report.txt")
fprintf(outPort "The field value is: %s\n" myStr)
close(outPort)

then it will work fine - no quotation marks will appear (unless you typed them in the field on the form). If you use %L instead of %s, then it will - but you probably shouldn't be doing that if you want the file to have strings without quotation marks!

Regards,

Andrew.

Hello Max,

I completely agree with you that for string field you didn't need to mention the double quotes (it turned into string automatically) .

But in my case I didn't want it to turn into a string. So , May be I am explaining with an example :-

For Example :- I am creating a form with my_Form as its handle and  creating a string field (with my_Field as its handle)

So , a = my_Form~>my_Field~>value

       b = stringToSymbol(a)

In want to use this Variable b to create a text view in virtuoso and append the value of variable b in a text view in virtuoso. In this Text View the value of variable should be without any quotes.

For Example :- If User enter IP-Validation in Field then the text view also contain the same value IP-Validation.

Regards

Sonu

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for the help . Yes , I agree with you that it should work fine. I will try it and let you know.

Thanks Andrew and Max for the all the help.

Regards

Sonu

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for the help . Yes , I agree with you that it should work fine. I will try it and let you know.

Thanks Andrew and Max for the all the help.

Regards

Sonu