My questions page about making GUIs

[Gen. Hothauser]

I am in the process of making a newspaper-looking GUI for my upcoming event-based CRPG, and while making it, Blockland crashed.  When I restarted Blockland, either in correlation with or not, my saved "NewspaperGui" was not in the menu for GUI select.  I have the "NewspaperGui.Gui" saved in the base/client/ui/ folder, is this where it should be to load in the GUI select menu of the GUI maker?  If so, where?  If not, then what did I do wrong?

This would be my first serious GUI I have/am making, so I don't know much about the process of saving them and the correct place I should put them.

Answer: Everytime you work on your GUI, you have to execute it by typing exec("base/client/ui/NewspaperGui.gui"); into the console, unless it is in an addon.


Second question.

I have made a test gui to see what I need to enter to keybind the gui and such.

File directory: Add-Ons/Client_CRPG/
In that folder, I have "NewspaperGui.gui", "Client.cs", "description.txt", and "Newspaper.png"

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//NewspaperGui.gui
//--- OBJECT WRITE BEGIN ---
new GuiControl(Newspaper) {
   profile = "GuiDefaultProfile";
   horizSizing = "right";
   vertSizing = "bottom";
   position = "0 0";
   extent = "1024 768";
   minExtent = "8 2";
   enabled = "1";
   visible = "1";
   clipToParent = "1";

   new GuiWindowCtrl() {
      profile = "GuiWindowProfile";
      horizSizing = "center";
      vertSizing = "bottom";
      position = "307 121";
      extent = "410 432";
      minExtent = "8 2";
      enabled = "1";
      visible = "1";
      clipToParent = "1";
      maxLength = "255";
      resizeWidth = "1";
      resizeHeight = "1";
      canMove = "0";
      canClose = "1";
      canMinimize = "0";
      canMaximize = "0";
      minSize = "50 50";
      closeCommand = "canvas.popDialog(NewspaperGui.gui);";

      new GuiBitmapCtrl() {
         profile = "GuiDefaultProfile";
         horizSizing = "right";
         vertSizing = "bottom";
         position = "5 27";
         extent = "400 400";
         minExtent = "8 2";
         enabled = "1";
         visible = "1";
         clipToParent = "1";
         bitmap = "./Newspaper";
         wrap = "0";
         lockAspectRatio = "0";
         alignLeft = "0";
         alignTop = "0";
         overflowImage = "0";
         keepCached = "0";
         mColor = "255 255 255 255";
         mMultiply = "0";

         new GuiScrollCtrl(Text1) {
            profile = "GuiScrollProfile";
            horizSizing = "right";
            vertSizing = "bottom";
            position = "13 193";
            extent = "177 95";
            minExtent = "8 2";
            enabled = "1";
            visible = "1";
            clipToParent = "1";
            willFirstRespond = "0";
            hScrollBar = "alwaysOff";
            vScrollBar = "alwaysOff";
            constantThumbHeight = "0";
            childMargin = "0 0";
            rowHeight = "40";
            columnWidth = "30";
         };
         new GuiScrollCtrl(Text2) {
            profile = "GuiScrollProfile";
            horizSizing = "right";
            vertSizing = "bottom";
            position = "209 193";
            extent = "177 95";
            minExtent = "8 2";
            enabled = "1";
            visible = "1";
            clipToParent = "1";
            willFirstRespond = "0";
            hScrollBar = "alwaysOff";
            vScrollBar = "alwaysOff";
            constantThumbHeight = "0";
            childMargin = "0 0";
            rowHeight = "40";
            columnWidth = "30";
         };
      };
   };
};
//--- OBJECT WRITE END ---
function Open_NewspaperGui.gui(%toggle)
{
if(%toggle)
{
if(NewspaperGui.gui.isAwake())
{
canvas.popDialog(NewspaperGui.gui);
}

else
{
canvas.pushDialog(NewspaperGui.gui);
}
}
}

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//Client.cs
exec("./NewspaperGui.gui");

    $remapDivision[$remapCount] = "Blocky999";
    $remapName[$remapCount] = "NewspaperGui.gui";
    $remapCmd[$remapCount] = "Open_NewspaperGui.gui";
    $remapCount++;


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//description.txt
Title: CRPG GUIs
Author: Blocky999
Guis for my CRPG

I'm following this as a tutorial.

I started up Blockland, keybound it to "Alt R", started a game, pressed the keybind, nothing happened.  I entered the console and nothing was displayed.  What am I doing wrong?

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[Vaux]

To get the GUI to be able to be selected in that list execute the .gui file in the console.
exec("base/client/ui/NewspaperGui.gui");

I also suggest reading http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=67198.0 for more info if you haven't already.

[Gen. Hothauser]

Alright, thank you, I'll check that in the afternoon.

And thanks for the link, I believe I have already seen it, but then again a lot of these look the same.

[EDIT]

Do I need to execute the .gui file every time I make a change to it, or is it a one-time execution?

[Greek2me]

Do I need to execute the .gui file every time I make a change to it, or is it a one-time execution?

Every time you start Blockland, unless it is packaged in an add-on. (in which case you do not need to do so at all).

[Vaux]

Executing the GUI is basically loading it.
exec GUI -> work on it -> save file (I usually overwrite)

But, yes, basically every time you load blockland.

EDIT: Greek, you ninja!

[Gen. Hothauser]

Alright, thank you guys both.  I'm gunna lock the topic until I have another question.

I'm also trying to start a new trend with these question threads, with the OP including the answer in the post with the question for easy access by others in the future.

[Zeblote]

Also, the gui editor uses .save("filename"); on the gui, I found that blockland has heavy problems to save files if the file name already exists.
It sometimes doesn't write anything at all!
So when you work on a more complex gui you should be saving it to blahgui1.gui, blahgui2.gui etc unless you like your work being lost for no reason

[Gen. Hothauser]

Ok, thanks

[Gen. Hothauser]

Bump for second question.

[Greek2me]

Change every instance of Open_NewspaperGui.gui with just Open_NewspaperGui. Functions cannot contain periods.

[Kadon]

For future reference, when you define a function, it's name cannot contain any special characters(underscores are an exception to this rule), it's name also cannot start with any numeric characters.

[Gen. Hothauser]

Ok thanks, I'll try that in the morning.

[Zeblote]

Why is the gui in base/client/ui
Put it in your add-on

[Gen. Hothauser]

Why is the gui in base/client/ui
Put it in your add-on

That was with my first question, look at the second question below the divider.

[Gen. Hothauser]

Change every instance of Open_NewspaperGui.gui with just Open_NewspaperGui. Functions cannot contain periods.

What about If statements and canvas.pop/pushdialog?