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Mar 25, 2026 2:37 PM UTC
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How do I display variable values in the panel?

I'm trying to display the values of A and B at the bottom of the panel as a hint.
AValue and BValue are the variables being read.

This is how it currently looks; how can I modify it to display the variable values?

Thanks.

    with (theDialog.dialogColumns.add()) {
        staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: "[A  B]:" });
    }
    with (theDialog.dialogColumns.add()) {

        staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: 'AValue BValue' });
    }

 

    14 replies

    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    Mar 25, 2026 5:19 PM UTC

    Hi ​@dublove , If you are using the built in dialog class you can use dropdowns.add():

     

    makeDialog();

    var dd; 
    function makeDialog(){
        //the list to display (an array of strings)
        var dlist = ["A", "B"] 

        var theDialog = app.dialogs.add({name:"Choose an Item", canCancel:true});
        with(theDialog){
            with(dialogColumns.add()){
                    with(dialogColumns.add()){
                        //the lists lable
                        staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Choose A or B: "});
                    }
                    with(dialogColumns.add()){
                        //the dropdown
                        dd = dropdowns.add({stringList:dlist, selectedIndex:0, minWidth:80});
                    } 
            }
        }
        if(theDialog.show() == true){
            //the selected item
            dd = dlist[dd.selectedIndex]
            main();
            theDialog.destroy();
    	}
    }


    function main(){
        alert("Chosen Item: " + dd);
        //Do something with the result
    }

     

     

     

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      dublove
      dubloveAuthor
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      Mar 25, 2026 5:22 PM UTC

      ​@rob day 

      I don't want a drop-down list.
      I just need to display the value of `lo`—just display it; I won't be modifying this value later.
      It's a static reference.

      just like this:

      I've included a code sample in another reply below.

       

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      rob day
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      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      Mar 25, 2026 6:08 PM UTC

      If you are not looking for user interaction why not use a simple alert?

       

      var item = app.activeDocument.selection[0]; //当前　选中项
      var cpp = item.parentPage.marginPreferences.columnsPositions;
      lo = cpp[cpp.length - 1];
      alert("[typeArea Column]: "+ lo)

       

       

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      Manan JoshiCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      Mar 25, 2026 3:07 PM UTC

      The editbox has a text property use that to set the text of the statictext field.

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      dublove
      dubloveAuthor
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      Mar 25, 2026 4:15 PM UTC

      I can't find any examples to refer to.

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      Manan JoshiCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      Mar 25, 2026 4:46 PM UTC

      Lets say if the editbox is referenced by editOne and editTwo variable then the value can be accessed via

      editOne.text

      So the final code might become something like

      staticTexts.add({ staticLabel: editOne.text + " " + editTwo.text });

       

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