EA.Element.Runstate setter does not work

[Geert Bellekens]

The setter for EA.Element.Runstate doesn't seem to work.
No Code below results in
"Runstate = " where I would expect "Runstate = 123"

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option explicit

!INC Local Scripts.EAConstants-VBScript

sub main
dim selectedElement as EA.Element
set selectedElement = Repository.GetTreeSelectedObject()
selectedElement.Runstate = "123"
Session.Output "Runstate = " &selectedElement.Runstate
end sub

main
Anyone know why? The manual simply says it's a string and it is read/write, so I would expect this code to work.

Geert

[qwerty]

Maybe you just forgot the Update?

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[Geert Bellekens]

Maybe you just forgot the Update?

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I tried it with update as well to make sure, but that doesn't (and shouldn't) make a difference.
I don't need to save to the database for the field to contain the value "123"
If I do the same with another field such as name, Header1, ... then I get the results I'm expecting.

I suspect that Runstate is one of these string fields that accepts only some kind of structured string (key/value pairs or something like that), but if that is the case then it should at least be documented in the manual.

Geert

[KP]

Something like:

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@VAR;Variable=att1;Value=12;Op==;@ENDVAR;
(Go to an Object/Instance element and press Ctrl+Shift+R, then look in t_object.RunState)

[Geert Bellekens]

Something like:

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@VAR;Variable=att1;Value=12;Op==;@ENDVAR;
(Go to an Object/Instance element and press Ctrl+Shift+R, then look in t_object.RunState)

Any chance to add that info to the documentation?

Thanks

Geert

[qwerty]

Exposing Runstate in that way is - well, no words for that. Either you make it accept three parameters (name, operator, value) or you just leave it away since one could directly mangle the database with that format anyway.

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