topic Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value in GDL

REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Bruce — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 20:45:38 GMT

I have a custom label (not marker) for use on our windows. Part of the content is the home story, which uses:

n = REQUEST ("Home_story", "", index, story_name)

to get the info.

This works perfectly in plan, but in elevation it will always return story 0 as the value. The odd thing is that I can get the correct value with Autotext either reading the General Parameter, or a Property with the expression of "Home Story Name". This tells me the window will gather the correct information in elevation, but the GDL REQUEST command doesn't work properly.

I have also tried REQUEST("Home_story_of_opening",...) with the same results. I've tried this in v22 and v23 (but not v24 yet).

Any clues??

Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Bruce — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 10:12:18 GMT

Anyone? Anyone?

Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Piotr Dobrowolski — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 11:21:50 GMT

It does not work for roof windows...unfortunately(I hope it did - I have a huge roof windows GDL project ongoing), but I successfully implemented it in roof window markers.
I made a slope marker as a roof window marker - with the functionality to show not show on stories.
Labels though are not sensitive to this request.

Piotr

Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Bruce — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 22:24:46 GMT

I solved it by creating a property that will retrieve the home storey of the window, then have the label interrogate that property. A bit of a hack, but it works.

Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Minh Nguyen — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:11:50 GMT

Hi Bruce,

I sent your question to the developers, and here is what I was told:

This request works in elevation only if it is used in the 3D script of a library part placed on the floor plan. For Door/Window labels there is an other request "Home_story_of_opening"

Please let me know if this helps you with the issue!

Best regards,
Minh

Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Bruce — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:55:50 GMT

Thanks Minh. You will see in my first post that I also tried "Home_story_of_opening" with similar results, i.e. it will just return the 0 story value.

Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Minh Nguyen — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 07:33:54 GMT

Hi Bruce,

Please find the PLA below. Our developers tested it with both AC23 and 24, and it worked correctly. Could you share with us a PLA sample with the label included for further checking?

https://graphisoft.sharefile.com/d-s87a745395f64c728

Thank you very much!

Best regards,
Minh

Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Bruce — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 04:54:27 GMT

Hi Minh,

Thanks for that. I must have only tested "Home_story" in 23, not "Home_story_of_opening", as that clearly works in 23. However, a couple of points regarding "Home_story_of_opening":

1. This doesn't work in 22 (our project is in 22 and isn't going to be migrated...so I have used a property, which works).
2. This doesn't return negative stories. Negative stories are returned as 0 (I haven't tested this in 24, only 23).

Thanks again.

Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Minh Nguyen — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:43:15 GMT

Hi Bruce,

Thank you for the comment! I believe they are both defects, however, AC22 will not receive any further updates, therefore the chance for porting the fix back to AC22 is very small, unfortunately

Regarding negative story, I entered it as a defect in our database (please refer to it as DEF-1883). Hopefully it will not be too difficult to implement a fix!

Thank you once again for your big help and for spotting the defects! Have a great day!

Best regards,
Minh

Re: REQUEST ("Home_story"...) returns incorrect value

Bruce — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:15:07 GMT

Thanks Minh - appreciated.