Scilab - gui - many unknown variables error messages - scilab

Question

Still trying to understand the logic of Scilab, I created a small calculation tool for a mechanical element. The main problem I have is finding the right order (or syntax) for the calculation code... I get a lot of "unknown variable" errors and I don't understand why?
I tried to change the order of definitions for the functions, declare the variables as global, etc. but nothing seems to help.
The code for the calculation is not long and also not complicated, but the gui was built using guibuilder, so the uicontrols definitions are probably much longer than they need to be.
Could somebody help me make this code working, as I would learn and understand a lot by this example, althought it contains more than one "problem zones"?
Here what I've done:
G = 78500;
table_titles = ["" "Wire diameter" "Wp" "Tau alwd" "M alwd" "Angle alwd"];
f=figure('figure_position',[910,163],'figure_size',
[903,537],'auto_resize','on','background',[33],'figure_name','Graphic
window number %d');
//////////
delmenu(f.figure_id,gettext('File'))
delmenu(f.figure_id,gettext('?'))
delmenu(f.figure_id,gettext('Tools'))
toolbar(f.figure_id,'off')
handles.dummy = 0;
handles.sl_dwire=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized','BackgroundColor',
[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','on','FontAngle','normal','FontName','Tahoma',
'FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight','normal',
'ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment','left','ListboxTop',
[],'Max',[12],'Min',[0],'Position',
[0.0058208,0.77875,0.124375,0.06875],'Relief','default','SliderStep',
[0.1,1],'Style','slider','String',"Wire diameter",'Value',
[6],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible','on','Tag','sl_dwire',
'Callback','sl_dwire_callback(handles)')
handles.ed_dwire=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized','BackgroundColor',
[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','off','FontAngle','normal','FontName','Tahoma',
'FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight','normal',
'ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment','left','ListboxTop',
[],'Max',[1],'Min',[0],
'Position',[0.0058208,0.71875,0.124375,0.06875],'Relief',
'default','SliderStep',[0.01,0.1],'String',"wire diameter: " +
msprintf('%2.1f',handles.sl_dwire.Value) + "mm",'Style','text',
'Value',[0],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible','on','Tag',
'ed_dwire','Callback','auto')
handles.sl_wangle=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized','BackgroundColor',
[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','on','FontAngle','normal','FontName','Tahoma',
'FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight','normal',
'ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment','left',
'ListboxTop',[],'Max',[180],'Min',[5],'Position',
[0.0090625,0.5191667,0.25625,0.0645833],'Relief','default',
'SliderStep',[0.1,1],'String','Working angle','Style','slider','Value',
[50],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible','on','Tag','sl_wangle',
'Callback','sl_wangle_callback(handles)')
handles.ed_wangle=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized','BackgroundColor',
[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','off','FontAngle','normal','FontName','Tahoma',
'FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight','normal',
'ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment','left',
'ListboxTop',[],'Max',[1],'Min',[0],'Position',
[0.0090625,0.4591667,0.25625,0.0645833],'Relief','default',
'SliderStep',[0.01,0.1],'String',"Working angle: " +
msprintf('%2.1f',handles.sl_wangle.Value) + "°",'Style','text',
'Value',[0],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible','on','Tag',
'ed_wangle','Callback','auto')
handles.sl_activel=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized',
'BackgroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','on','FontAngle','normal',
'FontName','Tahoma','FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight',
'normal','ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment','left',
'ListboxTop',[],'Max',[1000],'Min',[10],'Position',
[0.0090625,0.365,0.25625,0.0645833],'Relief','default',
'SliderStep',[0.1,1],'String','Active length' ,'Style','slider',
'Value',[10],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible','on','Tag',
'sl_activel','Callback','sl_activel_callback(handles)')
handles.ed_activel=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized',
'BackgroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','off','FontAngle','normal',
'FontName','Tahoma','FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight',
'normal','ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment','left',
'ListboxTop',[],'Max',[1],'Min',[0],'Position',
[0.0090625,0.305,0.25625,0.0645833],'Relief','default',
'SliderStep',[0.01,0.1],'String','Active length: ' +
msprintf('%2.1f',handles.sl_activel.Value) +
"mm",'Style','text','Value',[0],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible',
'on','Tag','ed_activel','Callback','auto')
handles.ax_graph= newaxes();handles.ax_graph.margins = [ 0 0 0 0];
handles.ax_graph.axes_bounds = [0.4274266,0.0619266,0.3995485,0.5191743];
handles.tab_param=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized','BackgroundColor',
[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','on','FontAngle','normal','FontName',
'Tahoma','FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight','normal',
'ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment','left',
'ListboxTop',[],'Max',[1],'Min',[0],
'Position',[0.4308126,0.1690826,0.3950339,0.2178899],'Relief',
'default','SliderStep',[0.01,0.1],'String',string(table_param),'Style',
'table','Value',[0],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible',
'on','Tag','tab_param','Callback','tab_param_callback(handles)')
handles.sl_sfactor=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized',
'BackgroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','on','FontAngle','normal',
'FontName','Tahoma','FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight',
'normal','ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment','left',
'ListboxTop',[],'Max',[1],'Min',[0],
'Position',[0.0058208,0.6525688,0.124375,0.06875],'Relief','default',
'SliderStep',[0.01,0.1],'String',"Safety factor",'Style',
'slider','Value',[0.58],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible','on',
'Tag','ed_sfactor','Callback','sl_sfactor_callback(handles)')
handles.ed_sfactor=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized',
'BackgroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','off','FontAngle','normal',
'FontName','Tahoma','FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight',
'normal','ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment',
'left','ListboxTop',[],'Max',[1],'Min',[0],'Position',
[0.0058208,0.5925688,0.124375,0.06875],'Relief','default',
'SliderStep',[0.01,0.1],'String',"Safety factor : " +
msprintf('%2.1f',handles.sl_sfactor.Value),'Style',
'text','Value',[0.58],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible','on',
'Tag','ed_dwire','Callback','auto')
handles.popm_wtype=uicontrol(f,'unit','normalized',
'BackgroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'Enable','on','FontAngle','normal',
'FontName','Tahoma','FontSize',[12],'FontUnits','points','FontWeight',
'normal','ForegroundColor',[-1,-1,-1],'HorizontalAlignment','left',
'ListboxTop',[],'Max',[1],'Min',[0],'Position',
[0.0058208,0.8618349,0.124375,0.0639450],'Relief','default',
'SliderStep',[0.01,0.1],'String',gettext("SL/DL|SM/DM|SH/DH"),'Style',
'popupmenu','Value',[2],'VerticalAlignment','middle','Visible','on',
'Tag','popm_wtype','Callback','popm_wtype_callback(handles)')
//////////
// Callbacks are defined as below. Please do not delete the comments
as it will be used in coming version
//////////
function sl_sfactor_callback(handles)
sf=handles.sl_sfactor.Value;
handles.ed_sfactor.String="Safety factor: " + msprintf('%3.2f',sf);
endfunction
function sl_dwire_callback(handles)
wd=handles.sl_dwire.Value;
Wp = %pi*wd^3/16;
Ip =%pi*wd^4/32;
Kt = G*%pi*Ip/(180*L);
Talwd = sf * calcform;
Malwd = Wp * Talwd;
alphaalwd = Malwd / Kt;
x=0:0.1:alphaalwd*1.5;
plot(x,Kt*x);
handles.ed_dwire.String="Wire diameter: " +
msprintf('%2.1f',wd) + "mm";
endfunction
function popm_wtype_callback(handles)
//Write your callback for popm_wtype here
if selected == 1 then
calcform =(1845 - 700*log10(wd));
elseif selected == 2 then
calcform =(2105 - 780*log10(wd));
elseif selected == 3 then
calcform = (2220 - 820*log10(wd));
end
endfunction
function sl_wangle_callback(handles)
handles.ed_wangle.String="Working angle: " +
msprintf('%2.1f',handles.sl_wangle.Value) + "°";
endfunction
function sl_activel_callback(handles)
//Write your callback for sl_activel here
handles.ed_activel.String="Active length: " +
msprintf('%2.1f',handles.sl_activel.Value) + "mm";
L=handles.sl_activel.Value;
endfunction
function tab_param_callback(handles)
//Write your callback for tab_param here
table_values = string([ wd Wp Talwd Malwd alphaalwd]);
table_param = [table_titles; [table_values]];
endfunction
I expect the code to dynamically update the graph and the parameters table according to the positions of input sliders and popup-menu.
Again, it would be very helpful if somebody could help me get this code working, as I would get answers for a lot of my questions concerning programming with scilab.
Thank you very much in advance!

Answer 1

First of all, your code is not directly executable, caused by the linebreaks. Please add ... after each line of a statement. This improves also the readability.
As mentioned by #luispauloml, you try to use variables, which exist just inside of another function. For example you try to reach table_param, which is just alive in tab_param_callback(handles).
To get rid of this, you have to define the output for the function:
function [table_values, table_param] = tab_param_callback(handles)
table_values = string([ wd Wp Talwd Malwd alphaalwd]);
table_param = [table_titles; [table_values]];
endfunction
Now you can call this function to get the variable:
string(tab_param_callback(handles))
I corrected just this case and added the dots as explained. For the other variables, it can be done analogously. Furthermore, I moved the function definition to the beginning of the code. Because if your scrips crashed in the middle, the compiler has no chance to read the function definitions.
Please find the code in this file .
I hope this helps. Good luck!