When switching from binary mode to project mode or working directly in project mode, you may notice that only associating an enumeration with a form object via the Form Editor is not enough anymore and it results in retreiving an empty list name. Running the command OBJECT Get list name also returns an empty result.

Example:

We assign the list "testList" to the form object "ENUM_test" via the property list:



However, when running the form and want to select a list item, the list name is missing:



And when the "OBJECT Get list name" button in the form is pressed, the OBJECT Get list name command executes but returns an empty result.

Solution: Explicitly associate the list via code

To resolve this, use the OBJECT SET LIST BY NAME command in the form method:


Now, the list name is correctly retrieved:





For more details, please check out our official documentation :

• OBJECT Get list name


• OBJECT SET LIST BY NAME