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How to Reference Self.Name

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Building a PA Canvas screen.
 
I saw a search come back stating that Self.Name was valid, but I don't see it in my environment.  Is this Self.Name a real function? 
 
I can do a workaround calling the tooltip something meaningful related to the text input, and I'm not looking to return the text VALUE, just the name of the control for a variable.
 
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    Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture
    53,960 Moderator on at
    Hi
     
    Sorry, not sure what you mean by you don't see Self.Name
     
    Self.Name is an expression that can be used within ANY of the Properties of a Control.
     
    It references itself, not other controls
     
    ToolTip
    Self.Name
     
    Would make your tooltip the name of the control.

    But you said you want it as a Variable, that part doesn't make sense.
    You want to set it where?

    Just to be clear though, Set is a behavioral function, so you can only put it into things like
    OnSelect
    Reset

    So it would NOT set your variable except in those.
    But if you want it in the tooltip, then you just need to do what I said up there.

    Self.Fill.Color is another example of using Self

    Again, it can only be used to reference properties of the control, whos property HAS this expression/Function in it. 
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    Ravindra Jadhav Profile Picture
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    Not understand your question please share some more info
    You can use self.text property 
     

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