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MaintainVariable
Require: IP-Symcon >= 4.0
void MaintainVariable (string $Ident, string $Name, int $Type, string $Profile, int $Position, boolean $Retain)
Parameters
| Ident | Ident of the status variable |
| Name | Name of the status variable |
| Type | Type of status variable |
| Profile | Name of the variable profile to be used |
| Position | Position in the object tree and therefore also in the WebFront |
| Retain | Register if True, Unregister if False |
Returns
No Return
Description
If the parameter Retain == true, then the matching state variable of type type with ident Ident and name name is created.
If the Retain == parameter is false, then the state variable with Ident ident is deleted.
The value of type contains the variable type (0: Boolean, 1: Integer, 2: Float, 3: String). See also IPS_CreateVariable or IPS_GetVariable
Example
// We only have this status variable if the device type is == 5
$this->MaintainVariable("Status", "Status of Device", 3, "Myvariablesprofileforstatus", 0, $this->ReadPropertyInteger("DeviceType") == 5);