iLogic Parameter Issue - Inventor 2018.2.3

[MattH_Work]

Can someone check this.

Open the attached Part (or create your own)

Using the following code, create an external rule

Run the rule

If Parameter("Thickness") = 6 Then
	MessageBox.Show(Parameter("Thickness"), "Thickness")
End If
	
If Parameter("Width") = 10 Then
	MessageBox.Show(Parameter("Width"), "Width")
End If 

How come "Width" generates a MsgBox, but "Thickness" does not .

Note that the code works in an internal rule as expected

If Thickness = 6 Then
	MessageBox.Show(Thickness, "Thickness")
End If
	
If Width = 10 Then
	MessageBox.Show(Width, "Width")
End If

If I change the code to the following (adding  .ToString)  then the code works

If Parameter("Thickness").ToString = 6 Then
	MessageBox.Show(Parameter("Thickness"), "Thickness")
End If
	
If Parameter("Width").ToString = 10 Then
	MessageBox.Show(Parameter("Width"), "Width")
End If

It seems that the way Inventor reports/records a number to ther user is different to how it keeps the number internally

Regards

MattH

[bradeneuropeArthur]

Hi,

They are both defined as "object" that is why you need the .tostring!

If Parameter("Thickness") = 6 Then ' output as object
	MessageBox.Show(Parameter("Thickness"), "Thickness")
End If
	
If Parameter("Width") = 10 Then ' output as object
	MessageBox.Show(Parameter("Width"), "Width")
End If