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GDL VALUES Command error Key Word

TLOTrike — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:51:56 GMT

I am having a bit of bother with an old GDL object I made years ago.

Its a simple object with various screw and fixing types. Each type is on a Fragment. I have added to Fragment 16 a new screw type and I have added it to the Parameter section of the object so the User can choose whichever fixing type they want.

Problem is I am getting the following error...

Keywords can't be used as variables at line 1

Below are the VALUES but I'm not spotting which one is a "key word"

VALUES "fixtype" "screw" , "expansion bolt" , "bolt head", "bolt side elev", "BG-screw-40mm", "BG-screw-25mm", "MF Panhead", "Screw rawlplug", "Tek Screw", "Self Tap", "Pop Rivet", "Hex Head", "Insulation Dowel", "Self Tap Hex Head", "MF Pan Head Elev", IF fixtype="screw" THEN Gosub 1 Etc...

Anyone able to spot where it is going wrong?

Thanks

Graeme
Windows 11 ArchiCAD 28.3.0 (earliest version used ArchiCAD 3.4)

Re: GDL VALUES Command error Key Word

Yves — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:03:25 GMT

Salut,

"MF Pan Head Elev" !!!!,

Re: GDL VALUES Command error Key Word

TLOTrike — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:06:55 GMT

Salut,

I've tried changing the variable name to "fixtyp" but no luck. I've also reverted the object back to only use 15 FRAGMENTS but again it is still not liking it.

I blame Windows 11 which I upgraded to yesterday 🙂

Re: GDL VALUES Command error Key Word

Yves — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:54:48 GMT

You must remove the last comma "," after the "MF Pan Head Elev"

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runxel — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:55:51 GMT

You have a trailing comma in the end of your "VALUES" command.

This the list spills over to the "IF", which of course is a reserved keyword. This is also why this is still counted as line 1.

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TLOTrike — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:32:54 GMT

Thanks, sorted now 👍

Plus I also discovered the limit of 256 characters was breached as well so had to shorten the names to make it happy again.

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runxel — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:35:00 GMT

No need, after a comma you can go into the next line without trouble. I would even recommend that.

Nobody likes long lines.

And if you need to go to a new line somwhere where a comma is not allowed, you can just use the backslash instead.

Re: GDL VALUES Command error Key Word

greg_lupo — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:47:06 GMT

You can use Array as a list of values. Ir clear to read and manage count and order. Also If You'd like to change list conditionally

dim names[]:i=1 names[i] = "screw" :i=i+1 names[i] = "expansion bolt" :i=i+1 names[i] = "bolt head" :i=i+1 names[i] = "bolt side elev" :i=i+1 names[i] = "BG-screw-40mm" :i=i+1 names[i] = "BG-screw-25mm" :i=i+1 names[i] = "MF Panhead" :i=i+1 names[i] = "Screw rawlplug" :i=i+1 names[i] = "Tek Screw" :i=i+1 names[i] = "Self Tap" :i=i+1 names[i] = "Pop Rivet" :i=i+1 names[i] = "Hex Head" :i=i+1 names[i] = "Insulation Dowel" :i=i+1 names[i] = "Self Tap Hex Head" :i=i+1 names[i] = "MF Pan Head Elev" :i=i+1 VALUES "fixtype" names