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Apprentice Joined: 10 May 2011 Posts: 111

Hello,

Was wondering if it is possible to stack buttons vertically instead of having them spread horizontally across the popup window?

Also wondering if I can make a custom popup bar that I can click on with buttons in various places (think of a hyperspace layout map).

Thanks!

Jeremy

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

I'm pretty sure you can't do that with #YESNO buttons. It's old code from Zmud that hasn't been updated.

Depending on what you want to do with this "popup bar", you might be able to get something like it. Can you explain a little more what you had in mind?

Apprentice Joined: 10 May 2011 Posts: 111

Ah, okay.

Well, here's what I'm working with:

Coruscant Sector ( 75, 0 )
Mytaranor Sector ( -151, 13 )
Kanz Sector ( -10, -20 )
Corellian System ( 120, -25 )
Tatoo System ( -175, 78 )
Wroona System ( -31, 61 )
Perave System ( -200, 0 )
Ryloth System ( -253, 17 )
Bright Jewel System ( -100, 35 )
Raioballo Sector ( -48, 24 )
Alderaan System ( 50, 68 )
Hutt Space ( -100, 70 )
Adega System ( -229, 115 )
Chommell Sector ( -221, 78 )
Meridian Sector ( -100, -39 )
Kuat System ( 27, 111 )
Anoat Sector ( -243, -62 )

As you can see, a list of planets that are built on an x,y grid system. What I'm wanting to do, is to make a grid with the coordinates plotted onto it. And when I type in a command, it pops up onto my screen, then I just click where I want to travel to, and it starts the preparation syntaxes and such, then executes the travel to that system. Mainly, this is to help me see what planets are closest to which and such. Kind of like the galaxy map in SWTOR.

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Ah. Hm. I don't think there is any way to set the X and Y coordinates of a button arbitrarily, but perhaps someone else will chime in with better information.

I can think of a way to do this with MXP hyperlinks on an ordinary text window, however. It would involve sorting the systems by Y coordinate, looping through them, and using %format() statements to position each one. You could send this formatted text to a window, which you could set up as a flyout.

Apprentice Joined: 10 May 2011 Posts: 111

Would you mind helping me out with that? I wouldn't even mind if it popped up on the main screen at this point. I just need a visual reference for this.

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Is the set of systems (and their locations) a constant? In other words, will you always be displaying the same set of systems, in the same locations? Or will the systems displayed ever change?

If you just want to display the same set of systems permanently, the easiest way is to just figure out how you want them displayed. Try laying them out in a Word document, in Courier font. Once you have them laid out in Word, it will be very easy to display this permanently in a window. Then, to make each system name a clickable link, put some MXP code around it. For instance, replace the text

Apprentice Joined: 10 May 2011 Posts: 111

The systems/locations themselves always stay the same, but I was thinking of changing it's center based on which planet I'm orbiting at the time. Or atleast a different color for the world. New windows are... well.. new to me. Is there different scripting needed to ensure that the info is sent to the main window after finishing selection?

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

doing things from a different window changes the context of the script so it's possible that something available to your main window won't be available to the other window. Usually this only affects things like the SQL database connections (lack of connection + SQL attempt = access violation) or access to the map (meaning the %room/%zone/%map related functions return null), but other possibilities may include access to regular variables and other settings you created.

However, if all you are doing is sending commands then you can take Rahab's code above and replace TRAVEL COMMAND HERE with :windowname:TRAVEL COMMAND HERE.

Apprentice Joined: 10 May 2011 Posts: 111

Ah, okay. And the windowname is just what's up on top of the window? Or is there a separate ID with it? How do I find it?

Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

It's the name of the window in the package editor. Chances are it is just what's on top of the window, that's the default, but it is possible to change the caption.

EDIT: Just tested it and it works with captions too, but you're still better off using the actual name of the window - if there's ever name conflicts, names take precedence over captions.

Apprentice Joined: 10 May 2011 Posts: 111

Can you help me with the command for bringing up the new window?

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Here's a complete setup.

Suppose you have created the following layout for your system map:

Apprentice Joined: 10 May 2011 Posts: 111

Okay, I've got it, and it looks good. Thanks a bunch! Last few q's:

What's the coding for showing/hiding the extra window? I tried the #T+/- with and without ::'s around Space Map, but no dice.

I'm looking for it to just pop up at a command (remap is perfect for that), then go away at a trigger.

Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

#WINDOW will open a window, #CLOSE will close it. Keep in mind that when you open it it'll be blank, so you'll need to run your redrawing code at the same time. Also, if you only want it open at certain times, you may want to remove the onload event, so it doesn't open every time you launch the session.