Script issue: Checkbox is returning false, even when checked

[Rogerio5C09]

Hi all,

Could anyone please help me to figure out how to fix the below script? Checkbox is returning false, even when checked.

var myWindow = new Window("dialog");

myWindow.orientation = "column";

var test = '';

var button = myWindow.add("button", undefined, "Run");

var checkbox = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "Checkbox");

button.onClick = function() {test = '0'; myWindow.close()};

myWindow.show();

if (test != '') main(test);

function main(){

if (checkbox == true)

    {

    alert("Checkbox returned true");

}else{

    alert("Checkbox returned false");

}

}

[brian_p_dts]

You need to check checkbox.value

[m1b · Accepted solution]

I recommend you keep the checkbox value in a variable that you declare outside the ScriptUI Window scope. Then you make an event listener "onClick" that updates it whenever user clicks the checkbox.

Here's one way to code it:

var myCheckBoxValue = false;

var myWindow = new Window("dialog");
myWindow.orientation = "column";

var test = '';
var button = myWindow.add("button", undefined, "Run");
var checkbox = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "Checkbox");

checkbox.onClick = function () { myCheckBoxValue = this.value };
button.onClick = function () { test = '0'; myWindow.close() };
myWindow.show();

if (test != '') main(test);

function main() {

    if (myCheckBoxValue == true) {
        alert("Checkbox returned true");
    } else {
        alert("Checkbox returned false");
    }
}

 - Mark

[FRIdNGE · Accepted solution]

It seems enough:

var myWindow = new Window("dialog");

    var button = myWindow.add("button", undefined, "Run");
    var checkbox = myWindow.add("checkbox", undefined, "Checkbox");
    button.onClick = function() { myWindow.close() };
    myWindow.show();

if ( checkbox.value == true ) alert("Checkbox returned true")
else alert("Checkbox returned false")

(^/)  The Jedi