Button and Object interaction

Ignition
1

I am creating my first project, and I am stuck on a concept.

I have an animated flame that I want to control with a button. When the user clicks on the button, I want the flame to go on or off.

Now, my brain says that this button should control the visibility of the graphic, however, doing research, I see that you cannot bind to the visibility property of an object.

So, how would I go about getting this to do what I want to do.

Using version 7.6.2 on Windows 7

2

I understand.

Upgrade your Ignition. The ability to bind to the visible property was added in Ignition 7.6.3. It should work for most components in Ignition 7.6.3.

Nick

3

Another way of doing this is with a Python script.

Something like the following in the actionPerformed event handler of the button that turns the flame on or off:

flame = event.source.parent.getComponent("Flame Component")
if flame.visible == True:
    flame.visible = False
else:
    flame.visible = True