# Set String

Sets an edit box control contained in a cell to a specified string. The edit box must be of the type EditString.

## Set String Inputs

Syntax: SS<CellName> <Text>

Note: The Set String command requires a space between the cell ID and text string arguments.

## Set String Outputs

Status Codes | Description
--- | ---
1 | The command was executed successfully.
0 | Unrecognized command.
-1 | Invalid cell name.
-2 | The input string is longer than the specified maximum string length in the EditString function Functions are tools that are available in Spreadsheet for processing and analyzing acquisitions or other results. You can add functions to your Spreadsheet job to create tool chains and produce results for specific applications. or the cell does not contain an EditString 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 String Example

1. Assume cell B2 is populated as follows:

   B2 = EditString(20)

   The cell B2 is published with the name StringIn.

   The EditString control currently contains the text Before SS. The spreadsheet looks like this:

2. To change this text to After SS using the Set String Native Mode command, issue the command SSStringIn After SS, 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 EditString control has been successfully changed from Before SS to After SS: