The way to use item label in Combiner object...

I want to set the label of the combined item of combiner to be dependent on the flow item from port 2.
One palette comes from the port 1 and twenty flow items with same labelname from port 2 and then they are packed.

When the packed item palette exit, the label of the packed pallette should be set to be same with the twenty flow items label from port 2.
For example, if the label of twenty flow items from port 2 is 1, the label of the packed item should be 1. If twenty items are 2, the packed item should be 2.

How can I control it?

Please help me.

Hi,

Are all 20 flow items from port 2 going to have the same label value?

If they are then this code on the OnExit trigger will do the job:

treenode pallet = item;
treenode firstItemInPallet = first(item);
double palletLabel = getlabelnum(firstItemInPallet,"labelName");
setlabelnum(pallet,"labelName", palletLabel);

You could also simplify that down to this:

setlabelnum(item,"labelName", getlabelnum(first(item),"labelName"));

which will do exactly the same thing.

Originally Posted by mark.gormley

Hi,

Are all 20 flow items from port 2 going to have the same label value?

If they are then this code on the OnExit trigger will do the job:

treenode pallet = item;
treenode firstItemInPallet = first(item);
double palletLabel = getlabelnum(firstItemInPallet,"labelName");
setlabelnum(pallet,"labelName", palletLabel);

You could also simplify that down to this:

setlabelnum(item,"labelName", getlabelnum(first(item),"labelName"));

which will do exactly the same thing.

Thanks Mark. That's it.

I will try to do it.