# Subflows. Inputs and outputs not matching between machines

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflows-inputs-and-outputs-not-matching-between-machines/15147>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [5 September 2019 11:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflows-inputs-and-outputs-not-matching-between-machines/15147 "2019-09-05T11:09:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [5 September 2019 21:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflows-inputs-and-outputs-not-matching-between-machines/15147/21 "2019-09-05T21:10:12Z")

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Possibly a browser caching issue rather than node-RED.

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [5 September 2019 21:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflows-inputs-and-outputs-not-matching-between-machines/15147/22 "2019-09-05T21:19:00Z")

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Yes, and shame on me for not realising this . . .

No, I'll take that back, because:

This line in particular:  
`msg1 = {payload: '<font color = \"red\"><i class="fa fa-bullseye fa-2x"></i></font>', host: host, topic:device + "/Off-line",device_ID:device, background:"brown"};`

Ok, that is the final version.

This is a few of its earlier attempts:

`msg1 = {payload: '<font color = \"red\"><i class="fa fa-bullseye fa-2x"></i>,</font>', (etc)`

`msg1 = {payload: '<font color = \"red\"><i class="fa fa-bullseye fa-2x"></i>,</font>>', (etc)`

`msg1 = {payload: '<font color = \"red\"><i class="fa fa-bullseye fa-2x"></i></font>>', (etc)`

Each of the lines when I deployed the node/flow I saw changes on the screen.

So when I finally got it right, why would it then suddenly cache the output unlike what it had been doing before?

Kind of rhetorical.  
But it just seems there is/was something else at play there as well.

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [6 September 2019 05:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/subflows-inputs-and-outputs-not-matching-between-machines/15147/23 "2019-09-06T05:16:06Z")

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Just touching base on this.

I am slowly going through my flows and editing the required stuff.

Here is an example from a button:  
`<font color = \"white\"> <i class="material-icons md-48">calendar_today</i></font>`

All I had to do was add the two `\` around the `font color = "white"`

Weirdly (or maybe better: UNKNOWN TO ME) the font colour is BLUE.

So, as is I see this:  
 ![Screenshot%20from%202019-09-06%2015-13-30](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/6/685a259ec9d9d88886732cc639cc004e74d017b5.png)

And when I make it this:  
`<font color = "white"> <i class="material-icons md-48">calendar_today</i></font>`

I see this:  
 ![Screenshot%20from%202019-09-06%2015-14-03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/f/f88130e06366f33349086a877d79d08d763f3ac2.png)

Ok. I give up.

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