Set Float

Sets an edit box control contained in a cell to a specified floating-point value. The edit box control must be of the EditFloat type.

Set Float Inputs

Syntax: SF<CellName> <Value>

Note: The Set Float command requires a space between the cell ID and value arguments.

Set Float Outputs

Status Codes Description
1

The command was executed successfully.
0

Unrecognized command.
-1

Invalid cell name.
-2

The command could not be executed. For example, the specified cell may not contain an edit box control, or the edit box control was not created by the EditFloat function.
-3 Unable to set a read only cell.
-4

Wrong argument type.
-6

User does not have Full Access to execute the command.

Set Float Example

  1. Assume cell A2 is populated as follows:

    A2= EditFloat(0,10)

    The cell A2 is published with the name FloatIn.

    A2 currently contains a value of 3.5.

    The spreadsheet looks like this:

  2. To change the value to 13.5, issue the SFFloatIn 13.5 command, as shown in the following Telnet client window:

    The In-Sight vision system responds with 1, indicating that the command was successfully executed, and the EditFloat control has been successfully changed from 3.5 to 5: