# Value connection (stringInputEnable)

When the operator presses the Enter key, the application writes the alphanumeric string to the tag’s data source.

A write connection. Assign a tag that can support up to 82 characters (bytes). If you do not assign the Value connection, the string pop-up does not open at run time when the operator presses the button.

The stringInputEnable graphic object element's connections element contains this connection.

## See also

connections and connection elements