# 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<TagName|Cell> <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 tag 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 Tag.
-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: