Cannot CtrlSetData when Edit Field Variable is passed as a function Argument

[CT83]

Dir_Load("Target1", "GS1_TarToday", $GS1_TarToday)
;here Target1 is a dir. and GS1_TarToday is a filename.  $GS1_TarToday is the edit box in which i want to display info set by dir_load function

Func Dir_Load($cS_Group,$cS_Name,$cVData,$cSavedPath="Configurations\Default")
Local $cCurrent_Path=String($cSavedPath&"\"&$cS_Group&"\"&$cS_Name&".ct83")
Local $cFileData
If Not _FileReadToArray($cCurrent_Path,$cFileData, 0) Then
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "There was an error Reading the "& $cS_Group&"\"&$cS_Name &".ct83 File ! Please Try again! ")
EndIf
Local $cFileData1 = _ArrayToString($cFileData)
GUICtrlSetData($cVData,$cFileData1)
Endfunc

The above code is meant to set the data of the edit box to a file GS1_TarToday.ct83 in Target1 folder ( $cFileData1 ) but this code simply does nothing. No errors are returned. still the data of the edit box remains as it is, 

[j0kky]

Add an error checking line after _ArrayToString call and see what happens:

if @error then consolewrite("Error: " & @error & @crlf)

 

Edited November 25, 2016 by j0kky

[CT83]

11 minutes ago, j0kky said:

Add an error checking line after _ArrayToString call and see what happens:

if @error then consolewrite("Error: " & @error & @crlf)

 

Yip done that, Nope no errors returned and when i MsgBox the contents of variable $cFileData1 I correctly see them, in this case they are  the digits "25"

[j0kky]

See the output of:

consolewrite(GUICtrlSetData($cVData,$cFileData1) & @crlf)

Anyhow, to help you, you should post the entire code, I think there is something wrong with $GS1_TarToday

Edited November 25, 2016 by j0kky

[InunoTaishou]

Check the contents of

$cSavedPath&"\"&$cS_Group&"\"&$cS_Name&".ct83"

Perhaps it's just full of white spaces and the edit control is being set properly.

[CT83]

15 minutes ago, j0kky said:

See the output of:

consolewrite(GUICtrlSetData($cVData,$cFileData1) & @crlf)

Anyhow, to help you, you should post the entire code, I think there is something wrong with $GS1_TarToday

yeah i will post the entire code in a while  ... btw  consolewrite(GUICtrlSetData($cVData,$cFileData1) & @crlf) just returns "0" what should i be expecting?

[j0kky]

If it outputs 1 there was real a problem Now I'm quite sure the problem resides in $GS1_TarToday

[CT83]

16 minutes ago, j0kky said:

If it outputs 1 there was real a problem Now I'm quite sure the problem resides in $GS1_TarToday

Yes you are right!   and as it turns out $GS1_TarToday was the variable which stored text from $S1_TarToday and not the actual edit box   . So all the time i was trying to set a entirely different variable.  oh i am so embarrassed.  

Thanks for your help! You guys are awesome!  

Edited November 25, 2016 by CT83

[InunoTaishou]

Maybe look into better naming conventions.

$edtEdit, $sString, $aArray, etc

[CT83]

3 minutes ago, InunoTaishou said:

Maybe look into better naming conventions.

$edtEdit, $sString, $aArray, etc

 yeah i guess... newbie here 

[j0kky]

I'm glad it helped!