# Text Field Fallback

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-fallback/2290>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 22, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-fallback/2290 "2010-10-22T15:07:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![alex.ferrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@alex.ferrell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alex.ferrell)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-fallback/2290/1 "2010-10-22T15:07:56Z")

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I am having trouble with a text input field with the text bound to a string tag in my PLC. In certain cases the text that is entered is not accepted by the PLC logic, so it over-writes the string value back to what it was immediately after being updated by Ignition. However, the field on the screen is still showing the old value. If I change the value again in the PLC it updates on the screen. When I test this in the designer it works perfectly, but when I save and launch the project it is not working correctly.

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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:** [November 4, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-field-fallback/2290/2 "2010-11-04T20:36:46Z")

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This is a cross-post. We’ll follow up on the [other thread](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=5697).