Moving Component Position with a Tag

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to move a component to fixed coordinates (x=100, y=100) when a tag (or property) named Vendor becomes True.

I know that it is a simple code, but I don't know why it's not working.

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The script you’ve shown is only checking that the property which changed is Vendor. Not that its value changed to True.

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Thank you for the help! What would be the correct command or approach to recognize when the property becomes true?

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if event.propertyName == 'Vendor':
    if event.newValue:
        system.gui.transform(event.source, 100, 100)
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Thanks! It is still not working.

I tried to print the event.newValue, but I don't see anything in the console, so the command is not being executed.

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To give a little bit more context, the object that I am trying to move is a Valve template. I don't know if this information is needed.

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Add a line to print what property changes are firing. If you don't see Vendor print then that is your problem.

print event.propertyName
if event.propertyName == 'Vendor':
    ...
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It is not printing anything, so maybe I'm doing other things wrong.

I have the custom property "Vendor", and a few template properties, so it should print at least something right?

I am looking at the Output Console, but maybe I need to look somewhere else?

I am sorry, I am just getting expertise in scripting in Ignition.

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It should definitely print something in the output console.

Show us how you have set up your template, and how you set up your custom property.

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Also, if you're testing property change events in the Designer, you must activate 'preview mode' -- property change events are not fired while in design mode.

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Thanks Everyone for the help! It worked.

I had another script that was causing the problem, so this script never executed.

And indeed, I didn't know that I needed to activate the preview mode.

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