This is a simple control to display static text within a panel.

<object class="okStaticText">
	<label>Static Text</label>
	<position>90,25</position>
	<size>60,20</size>
</object>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

This component can be updated from the scripts using its SetLabel() method, common to all controls. In order to use it, the component must be given a name, to allow finding it using FindControl() later. For example, here is how to show today’s date in a panel:

XML:

<object class="okProfile">
	<object class="okScriptCode">
		<![CDATA[
function OnInit(event)
	local dateText = okUI:FindPanel("panel1"):FindControl("date")
	dateText:SetLabel(os.date("%Y-%m-%d"))
end
		]]>
	</object>
	<object class="okInitScript">
		<functionname>OnInit</functionname>
	</object>
</object>
<object class="okPanel" name="panel1">
	<title>Panel with a static text</title>
	<object class="okStaticText" name="date">
		<position>15,15</position>
	</object>
	...
</object>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

All XML components that support Lua scripting also inherit from the Control class. Please refer to the FrontPanel Scripting documentation for more information on this class.