Text field not retaining value after post

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#1

I have a script that runs a shell script. It submits, runs the shell script, then I used orderOut to hide the window. After 10 sec (ie), the window returns (makeKeyAndOrderFront) and you fill out the form and post again. Only this time when I post, it tells me those fields are empty. Below is the code that is relevant. Bindings are used on each text field. What gives?

on postUpdate_(sender) -- when you click button postUpdate		
	try -- to catch errors
		progressBar's startAnimation_(true)

		--set variables
		set userId to userId's stringValue() as string
		set projectName to projectName's stringValue() as string
		set logEntry to logEntry's stringValue() as string
		
		-- check if fields were left empty
		if logEntry = "" then
			display dialog "You must enter project notes."
			return
		end if
		if projectName = "" then
			display dialog "You must enter a project name."
			return
		end if
		if userId = "" then
			display dialog "You cannot submit until you define a user."
			return
		end if
		
		-- do shell script here

		progressBar's stopAnimation_(true)
		postWindow's orderOut_(sender) -- release window
	on error thisError -- if error, show error.
		display dialog thisError
	end try
end postUpdate_

Thanks for the help.

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#2

You don’t say or show what your text fields are bound to – the use of stringValue() to get values suggests they’re not bound at all, which might cause what you’re seeing.

#3

Sorry, they are bound to shared user defaults, which is why I’m so lost. The field still contains text so it shouldn’t return as empty.

#4

Solved my problem. I knew I was doing something stupid. I was assigning a variable to a form but the variable and form both have the same name so when I would tell it to set the variable to string value of the form, it was just returning empty because the variable didn’t have a string value and I guess it didn’t know to look elsewhere.

I simply renamed all of my IB outlets to variable name + Form to differentiate them and all is well.

Thanks Shane for having me look a little deeper.