Dynamic GUI names

[Knight]

When you create a GUI that has a dynamic name, i.e "Test_Window1_"@acct how can you call the GUI objects back as objects? For example, if you create a GuiMLTextCtrl named "MultiLine1_"@acct how can you call back the text contained in the object? Calling "MultiLine1_"@acct.text doesn't work, or at least hasn't for me, so I figure that's incorrect syntax. I've also tried calling (MultiLine1_@""@acct).text, or similar, which also appears to be incorrect syntax.

Does anyone know how this can be done?
Also a second question, when a GUI is created is it indexed in any way so that I can tell which object to call back? Because if I have multiple dynamic GUIs, it might be difficult to find which GUI to call the information for without some sort of index or similar feature to find the name of the currently selected GUI.

Thanks for the help =)

- Knight

[cbk1994]

If you create a dynamic GUI, you can use this:

PHP Code:

new GuiWindowCtrl( "Test_" @ player.account @ "_Window" )
{
  // blah
}

( @ "Test_" @ player.account @ "_Window" ).width = 200; // for example 


You can always use controls. Here's something I use sometimes:

PHP Code:

new GuiWindowCtrl( "blah" )
{
  this.isWhateverWindow = true;
}

for ( control : GraalControl.controls )
{
  if ( control.isWhateverWindow )
  {
    echo( "I found a window! It is" SPC control.name @ "." );
  }
} 


[Rave_J]

How can you check for dynamic GUI events? I've been trying to do this for awhile but there's always some sort of syntax error. For example if you have a dynamic button you can't say
function ( "Test_" @ acct ).onAction() {
Because that returns a syntax error.

[Inverness]

That's what catchevent() is for.

objectA.catchevent(objectBName, eventNameToCatch, newEventName);

PHP Code:

function blah() {
  new GuiButtonCtrl("SpecialButton" @ number) {
    //stuff
    thiso.catchevent(this.name, "Action", "ButtonAction");
  }
}
function onButtonAction(objectname) {
  echo("Button Action from " @ objectname);
} 


The new event will always have the name of the object you're catching from as the first parameter.

The following script does the exact same as the above.

PHP Code:

function blah() {
  new GuiButtonCtrl("SpecialButton" @ number) {
    //stuff
  }
  this.catchevent("SpecialButton" @ number, "Action", "ButtonAction");
}
function onButtonAction(objectname) {
  echo("Button Action from " @ objectname);
} 


[The_Kez]

Originally Posted by Inverness

That's what catchevent() is for.

objectA.catchevent(objectBName, eventNameToCatch, newEventName);

PHP Code:

function blah() {
  new GuiButtonCtrl("SpecialButton" @ number) {
    //stuff
    thiso.catchevent(this.name, "Action", "ButtonAction");
  }
}
function onButtonAction(objectname) {
  echo("Button Action from " @ objectname);
} 


The new event will always have the name of the object you're catching from as the first parameter.

I've also been curious about this for awhile. I understand the concept of how this would work, but when I create a test script to see if it actually works out it doesn't seem to produce anything. Right now I have:

PHP Code:

function newFunc( indx ) {
  new GuiButtonCtrl( "TestButton_" @ indx ) {
      profile = GuiBlueButtonProfile;
      height = 22;
      width = 67;
      text = "Test Button!";
      x = 50;
      y = 50;
      thiso.catchevent( this.name , "Action", "ButtonReceive" );
  }
}
function onButtonReceive( objectname ) {
  player.chat = objectname @ " has triggered this event!";
} 


The ButtonReceive event isn't triggered at all. With 'objectname' am I supposed to just be parsing parameters like that or do I actually need to place a specific object name in there? Otherwise I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[zokemon]

you want:

PHP Code:

thiso.catchevent( this.name , "onAction", "onButtonReceive" ); 


Inverness was getting confused with trigger().

[Inverness]

Originally Posted by zokemon

Inverness was getting confused with trigger().

Actually, no I wasn't, thanks.

I asked Stefan why you needed "on" in the catchevent parameters and he said you don't and that it was cutting it off if it was there.

[The_Kez]

Well, I added the 'on' and it works perfectly now. So, if Stefan said that you don't need on and that it was cutting it off if it was there...he maybe needs to rework that? Because it needs on for it to function properly, at least I can't get it to work without it there.

Anyways thanks for the help =)