getlines() not returning

[Kirko]

The functions getlines() and getlinecount() are returning nothing but when I do something else like gettext() it returns correctly.
This is all in a for loop when displaying messages

PHP Code:

echo(("Message_"@temp.i).getlines());
echo(("Message_"@temp.i).getlinecount());
echo(("Message_"@temp.i).gettext());//only one to work 


Another thing I tried to do

PHP Code:

this.trueSize = thiso.catchevent(this, "onReflow", "onTest"); 


PHP Code:

function onTest(temp.obj, newwidth, newheight){
  echo(temp.obj.getlinecount()); //does echo correctly
  return temp.obj.getlinecount();
} 


but then back in the for loop this just doesnt echo anything

PHP Code:

echo((@"Message_"@temp.i).trueSize); 


What I'm trying to do is get the amount of lines there are in the text control so I can adjust the y position for the next message.

[ffcmike]

Might it be that the string isn't coercing in to an object?

You could try something on the lines of:

PHP Code:

temp.obj = makevar("Message_" @ temp.i);
echo(temp.obj.getLines()); 


[Kirko]

Still doesn't seem to work.

[ffcmike]

It seems this is just the behaviour when echo'ing an array rather than a string.

For example it outputs the line count if I do:

PHP Code:

echo(("Message_"@temp.i).getlines().size());
//13
//13
//13 


You can coerce the array to a string by doing:

PHP Code:

echo(@ ("Message_"@temp.i).getlines());
//ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH
//ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH
//ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH,ASDFGH 


[Kirko]

I tried doing what you did and got zeros like before. I seem to have bad luck with this, or I just screwed up somewhere in the script.

This is the part where it seems to be messing up, if anyone can see anything wrong.

PHP Code:

    for(temp.i = 0; temp.i < temp.messageSize; temp.i++){

        new GuiMLTextCtrl("Message_" @ temp.i){
          useownprofile      = true;
          profile.modal      = false;
          profile.fonttype   = "Arial";
          profile.fontsize   = 20;
          profile.fontcolor  = temp.textFormat ? "black" : "white";

          profile.textshadow  = true;
          profile.shadowcolor = "black";

          allowedtags = (temp.fromstaff ? {"img", "b", "font", "center"} : {"b", "img"});
             
          alpha = temp.textFormat ? 0.3 : 1.0;
          visible = true;
          resize(50, temp.y, 330, 20);

          //addtext(temp.message, true);
          text = temp.message;
          //thiso.catchevent(this, "onReflow", "onTest");
        }


        temp.obj = makevar("Message_" @ temp.i);
        temp.lines = (@("Message_" @ temp.i).getLines());
        echo(temp.lines); //echos nothing
            
            
        temp.chat_height = temp.lines <= 0 ? 25 : temp.lines * 25;
        temp.y += temp.chat_height;

      } 


Only other way I can think of fixing is getting the width of text and then getting the amount of lines by dividing the text width by Gui width.

[ffcmike]

The problem seems to be something else, lines are being echo'd fine for me when I do:

PHP Code:

temp.messageSize = 3;
for(temp.i = 0; temp.i < temp.messageSize; temp.i++){
  
  new GuiMLTextCtrl("Message_" @ temp.i){
    useownprofile      = true;
    profile.modal      = false;
    profile.fonttype   = "Arial";
    profile.fontsize   = 20;
    profile.fontcolor  = temp.textFormat ? "black" : "white";
    
    profile.textshadow  = true;
    profile.shadowcolor = "black";
    
    allowedtags = (temp.fromstaff ? {"img", "b", "font", "center"} : {"b", "img"});
    
    alpha = temp.textFormat ? 0.3 : 1.0;
    visible = true;
    resize(50, temp.y, 100, 20);
    
    text = "asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf ";
  }
  
  
  echo(@("Message_" @ temp.i).getlines());
  
  
  temp.chat_height = temp.lines <= 0 ? 25 : temp.lines * 25;
  temp.y += temp.chat_height;
  
} 


Renders 2 "asdf" per line, echo's:

"asdf asdf","asdf asdf","asdf asdf","asdf asdf"
"asdf asdf","asdf asdf","asdf asdf","asdf asdf"
"asdf asdf","asdf asdf","asdf asdf","asdf asdf"

[xAndrewx]

Looks like code from the iOS PM system...? Correct me if I'm wrong


Replace

        temp.obj = makevar("Message_" @ temp.i); 
        temp.lines = (@("Message_" @ temp.i).getLines()); 
        echo(temp.lines); //echos nothing

with

        temp.lines = (@("Message_" @ temp.i)).getLines(); 
        echo(temp.lines); 

[MysticalDragon]

It is, he works on Delteria IOS and is working on the PM Threading System. I added a temporary fix, because I could not get the lines to work either, So i did.

PHP Code:

  temp.lines = wraptext2(200,12/24," -","@Arial@@" @ temp.rawmessage);        
  temp.linecount = temp.lines.size(); 


But I will try your method as it would be more accurate.