Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Have a look at

db/dbConvert.c: getMenuString()

this is a non-public routine but it's simple and you can extract
the relevant code/idea from there.

HTH
- Till

On 12/13/2012 02:12 PM, Zhang, Dehong wrote:

Hi,

I am writing a custom record to deal with a particular hardware.  This
hardware has a few different operation modes, which are represented
with a set of name strings, not numbers.  We can talk to it to get or set this
mode, with strings.

The problem is, when a choice is made, we get a menu choice number.
Then I will need to find the corresponding name string, to write to the
hardware; on the other direction, when I query the hardware to find its
current mode, I get back a string.  Then I need to find the corresponding
choice number to set the button properly.

All these name strings are defined in the menu definition.  How can I
access them inside the record support?  Without having to declare
an array of strings, beside the menu definition?

Thanks much for your advices!  Best regards,
Dehong

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