Gui help

[KingDavid]

OK, so I had an old topic to help me, sorry but I doubt most have the time to just use Blockland all the time and guess the topic expired. (Add a button)

After a bit of thinking I've decided to make the addon primarily gui edited. This will make it easier for you guys to explain it and for the users to use it.

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[Thorfin25]

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new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl() {
profile = "BlockButtonProfile";
horizSizing = "right";
vertSizing = "bottom";
position = "0 0";
extent = "91 38";
minExtent = "8 2";
enabled = "1";
visible = "1";
clipToParent = "1";
command = "function();";
text = "Button";
groupNum = "-1";
buttonType = "PushButton";
bitmap = "base/client/ui/button2";
lockAspectRatio = "0";
alignLeft = "0";
alignTop = "0";
overflowImage = "0";
mKeepCached = "0";
mColor = "255 255 255 255";
};

Or if you use the GUI editor just add a new control, and search for GuiBitmapButtonCtrl

[KingDavid]

That's not what I need I have the gui editor, and I know how to use it.

I think he wants to dynamically add tabs, like google chrome's window tabs.

[Zeblote]

Well how about a link to the old topic or an explanation what you want

Oh the quote goes to the old topic
Well
Now you still have to give a detailed explanation of what you actually want

[Thorfin25]

Well you have a small GUI there, why not just make the tabs, then throw in code to make them visible and set text when someone adds a new one?

[Ninjaman 4]

You could dofunction YourGui::addButton(), and make the new button's position use the previous one's and += it by 30 or something.

[KingDavid]

Yeah those are good Ideas. Is there a way to have the button specs. I've worked with tabs before and I understand how to make things "visible". Thanks

[Thorfin25]

Yeah those are good Ideas. Is there a way to have the button specs. I've worked with tabs before and I understand how to make things "visible". Thanks

By have are you trying to pull the information, or alter the information?

[KingDavid]

I guess "pull". Do I have to have the script for the gui button prewritten, then call it when needed? If so, then where do I put it and what do I type.

You could dofunction YourGui::addButton(), and make the new button's position use the previous one's and += it by 30 or something.

 How would I get the previous' pos?

[Thorfin25]

I'd just do a $TabsSpace then on a new one + w/e to it, and do guiControlName.position=($TabsSpace@" number");

[RarwMuffinz]

I recommend installing torque 3D and using their built in GUI editor. It's allot less buggy and packed with more features then blocklands

[Fluff-is-back]

The way I would do this would be as follows.

%newTabPos = (%numTabs * (%tabWidth + %spacing) SPC %YPos; //Where %numTabs = current number of tabs, %tabWidth = the width of the button tab, %spacing = the separation of each tab, %YPos = the Y position of all tabs
GUIWindow.add(newButton); //Adds a predefined button named newButton to the GUI's windowCtrl
newButton.position = %newTabPos; //Shifts the button to the correct position
%numTabs++; //Increases %numTabs by 1

[KingDavid]

Ahh, that makes sense I'll put the code in order. Thanks blockheads.

[KingDavid]

Ok, I got the last thing to work. I usually try to search something before I ask, but I can't get this to work.

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if(%client.isOwner)
{
Edit.setVisible(1);
}
else
{
Edit.setVisible(0);
}I have also tried

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if(getTrustLevel(%client,%obj) >= 3)

[Thorfin25]

Ok, I got the last thing to work. I usually try to search something before I ask, but I can't get this to work.

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if(%client.isOwner)
{
Edit.setVisible(1);
}
else
{
Edit.setVisible(0);
}I have also tried

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if(getTrustLevel(%client,%obj) >= 3)

isOwner of what? I don't think that's a default thing so that will have to be defined. And is %obj ever defined when you tried it?