findgui() function

[Relinquish]

Any chance of getting a findgui() function? It returns a reference to the GUI control with the name given.

I'd like to have a class that draws on whichever DrawingPanel control I pass it, but as far as I can tell, there's no way to pass a reference to it or get it from the name. Unless I'm doing something wrong.

I've tried

PHP Code:

with (@guiname) drawstuff();
(@guiname).drawstuff();
guiname.drawstuff(); 


Am I missing anything?

[Chompy]

GuiControls are objects, so yes

GuiName.drawStuff();
Should work, unless you're doing something wrong in the script itself..

Post some part of your script?

[DustyPorViva]

with ("guiname") {
blah...
}
or, the same thing Chompy said.
The quotations aren't necessary, but needed if you have spaces in the gui name(which you shouldn't), and the gui name is case sensitive, so make sure you do the name exactly as the gui name is when created.

[Relinquish]

Echoes nothing (guiref is treated as a string)

PHP Code:

DrawText(("TextTip"));

function DrawText(guiref) {
  echo(guiref.position);
} 


Echoes nothing (guiref is treated as a string)

PHP Code:

DrawText("TextTip");

function DrawText(guiref) {
  echo((@guiref).position);
} 


Echoes nothing (I'm not sure what it's getting, I'm assuming nothing)

PHP Code:

DrawText("TextTip");

function DrawText(guiref) {
  with (guiref) echo(this.position);
} 


TextTip is the name of a GuiDrawingPanel.

[DustyPorViva]

echo(TextTip.position);

[Relinquish]

You don't understand the original problem.

I want to be able to pass the function which GUI control I want it to draw on; it's dynamic, not static.

[Skyld]

I am not entirely sure I understand what you are trying to do, but in order to pass a GUI object to a function:

PHP Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE

function moveMyControl(temp.obj)
{
  // Check if temp.obj is an object
  // This will usually be your GuiControl object reference

  if (temp.obj.type() != 2)
  {
    return false;
  }

  // Check if it has a child this.drawingpanel

  if (temp.obj.drawingpanel == NULL)
  {
    return false;
  }

  // Perform your action in the scope of the control

  with (temp.obj)
  {
    this.position = {20, 20};
  }

  return true;
}

function onCreated()
{
  new GuiWindowCtrl(TestControl)
  {
    position = {40, 40};
    extent = {100, 100};

    text = "My Window";
  }

  // Provide a direct object reference

  this.moveMyControl(TestControl);

  // Alternatively use the (@ "") syntax to pass an object reference from a string name

  this.moveMyControl((@ "TestControl"));
} 


Now let's say each control has a child object, you can probably do something like this:

PHP Code:

//#CLIENTSIDE

function drawAction(temp.obj)
{
  // Check if temp.obj is an object
  // This will usually be your GuiControl object reference

  if (temp.obj.type() != 2)
  {
    return false;
  }

  // Perform your action in the scope of the control

  with (temp.obj.drawingpanel)
  {
    this.drawimagerectangle(...);
  }

  return true;
}

function onCreated()
{
  new GuiWindowCtrl(TestControl)
  {
    position = {40, 40};
    extent = {100, 100};

    text = "My Window";

    this.drawingpanel = new GuiDrawingPanel();
  }

  // Provide a direct object reference

  this.drawAction(TestControl);
} 


[Relinquish]

Very messy/inconvenient, but it works, thanks.

[Admins]

(@guiname).drawstuff() is the prefered method, but guiname must be correctly written

[zokemon]

I'm not sure if there is anything that holds priority with variable names over GUIs but if there is (for example say that you had a NPC named ChatBar that held priority over the GUI), such a function might be useful.