User Input to String Variable

recon22

Hello,

I've created a simple program to convert coordinate systems and am stuck on how to save user data entered into 3 different textfields to their respective string variables(basemap,zone,block)

I've seen the delegate solution but have trouble comprehending what is occurring. Is there a simple solution to this by creating a function?

SOLVED-> Also, I've tried to set the default keyboard to only show the phone pad but it is still showing the default keyboard.

Here is my code :-------

import sys
import os
import time
import utm
import simplekml
import console

#run the GUI

import ui
tf = ui.TextField()
tf.keyboard_type = ui.KEYBOARD_NUMBER_PAD

#def text_field_action(sender):
#	v = ui.load_view('UTM2KML.pyui')
#	tf = v['basemaptext']
#	tf.action = text_field_action
def getInput(view):
	textfield = view["textfield name"]
	input = textfield.text
	return input
	
	
def mainscreen():
	BASEMAP = getInput("basemaptext")
	BLOCK = getInput("blocktext")
	ZONE = getInput("zonetext")

def	createbutton(sender):
#basemap
#block
#zone
	BASEMAP = getInput("basemaptext")
	BLOCK = getInput("blocktext")
	ZONE = getInput("zonetext")


	#The syntax is utm.to_latlon(EASTING, NORTHING, ZONE NUMBER, ZONE LETTER).
	BLOCK = "00"
#converts the strings to ints
#BASEMAP = int(BASEMAP)
	ZONE = int(ZONE)
	if BLOCK == "":
		EASTING = BASEMAP[0:-3] + BLOCK[0:-1] + "0000" 
		NORTHING = BASEMAP[2:] + BLOCK[1:] + "0000"
		EASTING = int(EASTING)
		NORTHING = int(NORTHING)
    
	else:
		EASTING = BASEMAP[0:-3] + BLOCK[0:-1] + "000" 
		NORTHING = BASEMAP[2:] + BLOCK[1:] + "000"
		EASTING = int(EASTING)
		NORTHING = int(NORTHING)
    
#print(EASTING)
#print(NORTHING)
	int(EASTING)
	int(NORTHING)
	int(ZONE)

#Return (LAT,LONG)
#print("Latitutde, Longitutde in Decimal Degrees")

#print(utm.to_latlon(EASTING,NORTHING,ZONE,'N'))
#split and reverse for the kml conversion
	location = str(utm.to_latlon(EASTING,NORTHING,ZONE,'N'))

	lati = location.split(',')[0]
	longi = location.split(',')[1]
	kmllocation =(longi.strip("()"),lati.strip("()"))
#Create the kml file
	kml = simplekml.Kml()
	kml.newpoint(name="WAYPOINT", coords=[(kmllocation)])
#save kml location
	kml.save("Waypoints.kml")
	console.open_in("Waypoints.kml")
	

v = ui.load_view('UTM2KML').present('fullscreen')
#v.present('fullscreen')

JonB

can you add triple backquotes before/after your code? makes the formatting work out:

``` 
Your code

```

Does your pyui have textfields that you want to enter into? or do you want to use dialog inputs? your code seems to try to use dialogs instead textfields.

ui programming works a little differently than pure sequential programming. your main logic needs to come within the actions or delegates. A simple textfield_action would check all three textfields to see if there are valid values, then would use the data and update some other part of the ui to show the result. or maybe you have an "enter" button on the ui. you can either have your textfield_action refer to your root view directly (global), or else get there via sender.superview, at which point you can access the other subviews

zone=int(sender.superview['zonetextfield'].text)

etc

JonB

your main problem seems to be

getInput(view):

is not doing what you think it is -- it should be taking in a textfieldname argument, instead of hard coding "textfield name". you also are not actually passing it the view, so you have to decide whether to use globals, or not

getInput(textfieldname):
    return v[textfieldname].text

or

getInput(v,textfieldname):
    return v[textfieldname].text

but then of course you need to call it with the first argument being the root view.

JonB

your other problems: you dont actually define textfield_action anywhere. and, you load the view at the start, then load it again before you present it. load it once. set your actions, then present the same object.

import ui

def text_field_action(sender):
   print('textfield data changed')

v = ui.load_view('UTM2KML.pyui')
tf = v['basemaptext']
tf.keyboard_type = ui.KEYBOARD_NUMBER_PAD
tf.action = text_field_action
 [...]
v.present()

note that here you would load the view Once, set attributes on the actual textfields in the view, not new instances that you then dont use.

note that the numeric pad only works for iphone, not ipad. see a recent thread by cvp for a workaround,

recon22

@JonB

Hello Jon, I do have a create button when pushed converts the entered text and creates a KML.

How can I tie the two together?

JonB

your create button looks almost okay, if you fix the other problems mentioned.

you have a choice to either directly reference the global v, and access your textviews from there, or else use sender.superview (sender is the button, so supeview is the view that contains it, so depending on how nested your views are you may need to go "up" more until you can traverse "down". Either approach works, though with the global approach you have to be careful whn presening as panel since you might later run another script that clears globals.

recon22

Thank you beautiful people! Your suggestions worked! I'm working on limiting the characters entered and auto hiding the keyboard when trying to the character limit!

JonB

see https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/4951/real-numeric-pad-on-ipad