Updating many Variable Text Fields.

- try saving the data in a struct!
for your example try
- write a function that is sending the struct-entries from nActualPosition to nActualPosition+nNumberOfLines. e.g. from 3 to 23 when 3 is your position and you have 20 lines.
- maybe the actual position is an array of integer when you have more than one Touchpanel
- think about parsing a .csv file for the input of the data. edit your data in Excel, export as csv, ftp it to the netlinx master and parse it in the DEFINE_START section

i'd make another array for volume state/mute state/ and so on

Don't let the fact that Excel handles them confuse you; a csv file is nothing more than a comma-delimited data list. Each record takes a line, and each field in the record is separated by commas.

Some general rules about updating text fields:

Don't send a lot of stuff at once. Broadcasting a list, for example to an entire array of panels can really bog things down. If you really must send a lot of data to a lot of panels, break it up with a timeline so the devices can catch up. A few tenths of a second delay is practically undetectable by your user, but will give your devices much needed time to process.

Don't send to a panel that is off line or not currently displaying the data. Use an array of flags to determine whether a panel needs the update before sending it.

Only send data that has actually changed. Track the last version of a string, and compare it to the current before updating it.

Don't put your variable text feedback in mainline.