Dynamic GUI names

[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.