# Text Box and Numeric Text box Object Scripting

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 10, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-box-and-numeric-text-box-object-scripting/1523 "2010-02-10T16:12:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![robin.abdul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@robin.abdul](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robin.abdul)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-box-and-numeric-text-box-object-scripting/1523/1 "2010-02-10T16:12:42Z")

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Hi,

I have done some VB scripting in other HMI and SCADAS  
I am new to the Phython Scripting,

How do I move the value between objects

for instance,

I have an Object Numberic\_Text\_box\_1 in window1, root container  
and I have an Object Numeric Text\_box\_2 in Window2 container

in vbscripting usually we use createobject…  
but what about ignition, isn’t it possible to retrieve obj value from other windows / containers

your insight will be appreciable

regards

abdul

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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-box-and-numeric-text-box-object-scripting/1523/2 "2010-02-10T16:54:46Z")

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Normally you need to pass data from a parent window into a sub-window. If this is indeed what you are doing, in Ignition you would normally pass the data from the parent window to the sub-window when opening it using parameters. You input the parameter names and values in the Navigation dialogue of a button (for example) - the names used should match dynamic property names in the sub-window root container. These dynamic properties are set to the values passed in on opening.

You can then animate objects in the sub-window using these dynamic properties.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-box-and-numeric-text-box-object-scripting/1523/3 "2010-02-10T17:57:47Z")

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You can do this directly through scripting. This covered quite thoroughly in the user manual. See Scripting \> Python \> Python in Ignition \> Working with Components

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**Author:** ![robin.abdul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@robin.abdul](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robin.abdul)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-box-and-numeric-text-box-object-scripting/1523/4 "2010-02-10T18:35:58Z")

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Thanks Carl,

I would try