Command

Create a signal that contains text instead of a number.

/SIGNAL_FOLDER=TEST

/SIGNAL_NAME=HELLO

/TEXT_DATA=Hello World!

/TEXT_FILE_NAME=

! /PROMPT_ON_EMPTY=TRUE

;

It is possible to specify EITHER TEXT_DATA or TEXT_FILE_NAME but not both.

/TEXT_FILE_NAME refers to a the full pathname of a file on disk that will be read as a text string (e.g. an RTF file).

if /PROMPT_ON_EMPTY==TRUE

and the text box and filename edit box are empty

the user is prompted for input.

Example: Given the dialog

The resulting signal in the workspace is:

Syntax Issue

Consider the following:

/TEXT_DATA=08/09/2017 by WSS Speed = 0.4

A forward slash (/) is a special character for pipeline commands that indicates that a parameter_name follows immediately afterwards.

If an equals sign (=) follows Visual3D confirms that a parameter was specified.

Two equals signs (==), however, does confirm that a parameter was specified.

Visual3D searches for an equals sign after each slash because this logically indicates that the user has specified a parameter.

Text_Data is assigned the string 08/09

Visual3D finds an equals sign after the next slash, so interprets the rest of the string as a new parameter

/2017 by MJT using Modify_Speed_Metric_Ver01 Speed = 0.4

It doesn't do anything with this parameter because it doesn't recognize it.

Solution

remove the = sign

/TEXT_DATA=08/09/2017 by WSS Speed 0.4

or specify two equals signs

/TEXT_DATA=08/09/2017 by WSS Speed == 0.4