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I started with a blank app.

I want two buttons on the app. When you click the one called Plan, it will set a variable called varButtonPlan to true and the variable called varButtonDesign to false. When you click the other button called Design, it will do the same, but with varButtonPlan as false and varButtonDesign as true.

To the screen, I added two buttons useing this code in OnSelect

varButtonPlan

Set(varButtonPlan, true);
Set(varButtonDesign, false)

varButtonDesign

Set(varButtonPlan, false);
Set(varButtonDesign, true)

To see if it worked, I added two text labels, one with each variable.

Works perfect!

I want to create these buttons in a component to add them to screens as needed.

I created them the exact same way in the component; however, when I added the component to the screen, the buttons did not work.

I tried to initialise the variables with the following code and tried this on both App - OnStart and Screen - On Visible. It still did not work.

Set(varButtonPlan, false);

Set(varButtonDesign, false)

Any ideas on why the buttons are not working when coming from a component?

Thanks,

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mmbr1606 14,629 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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hey @EricSara77

can u try this:

For the Plan button Set(OutputPlan, true); Set(OutputDesign, false); For the Design button Set(OutputPlan, false); Set(OutputDesign, true);

Assuming your component is named MyComponent

Set(varButtonPlan, MyComponent.OutputPlan); Set(varButtonDesign, MyComponent.OutputDesign);

app onstart:

Set(varButtonPlan, false); Set(varButtonDesign, false);

Let me know if my answer helped solving your issue.

If it did please accept as solution and give it a thumbs up so we can help others in the community.

Greetings

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EricSara77 61 on at

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Thanks for this @mmbr1606
Just looking to clarify where to enter this

Set(varButtonPlan, MyComponent.OutputPlan); Set(varButtonDesign, MyComponent.OutputDesign);

And confirming that I have the following correct.

For the Plan button Set(OutputPlan, true); Set(OutputDesign, false); For the Design button Set(OutputPlan, false); Set(OutputDesign, true);
This will be on the OnSelect for each button

and
Set(varButtonPlan, false); Set(varButtonDesign, false);
this will be on app start as you have detailed.

Cheers,

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mmbr1606 14,629 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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you can put this in the onvisible of screen:

Set(varButtonPlan, MyComponent.OutputPlan); Set(varButtonDesign, MyComponent.OutputDesign);

Let me know if my answer helped solving your issue.

If it did please accept as solution and give it a thumbs up so we can help others in the community.

Greetings

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Hi @mmbr1606
I feel I am doing this wrong.
I have the component, and it is called SideMenu I have set the Plan button as per the screenshot

Then, on the Screen / OnVisable, I have it how I think you said to.
Then on the App I have it how I thin you said to

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