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GUI Class / Method Problem

by Chris M. Fitzgerald · in Torque Game Builder · 09/26/2011 (11:34 am) · 3 replies

Greetings. Ran into a small problem. I created a button:

new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl(zug1) {
   class = "blah";
   command = "blah.hi(yo);"
};

I then created a method for the class:

function blah::hi(%this,%meh){
   echo("Hello there" SPC %meh);
}

Clicking on the button results in:

input(0): unable to find object: 'blah' attempting to call function 'hi'

What's going on here ... ?

Thanks.

EDIT: The problem is most likely that this is a GUI object.
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Torque Owner Justin Proffitt
#1
09/26/2011 (1:56 pm)
If I am understanding this correctly, the problem is simply that you are attempting to call a method on the class rather than the object. If you changed it to:

new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl(zug1) {  
   class = "blah";  
   command = "zug1.hi(yo);"  
};

I suspect it might work. As far as I am aware, it works the same way for all objects exposed to script, so GUI objects should (in this regard) act exactly the same as scene objects.

(I hope I don't sound condescending and apologize if it comes off that way, I just spent 3 hours reading heavy statistical papers and I think it rubs off)

Torque 3D Owner Chris M. Fitzgerald
#2
09/26/2011 (3:05 pm)
Thank you for the response. Sorry about the stat papers. Zzz.

Yeah, that will probably work.

Bit, uh, rusty with OOP :)

Associate William Lee Sims
Machine Code Games
#3
09/28/2011 (10:39 am)
If you want to do it by class do this:
new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl(zug1) {   
   class = "blah";   
};

function blah::onClick(%this) {
  // All buttons with "blah" for the class will call this.
}

function zug1::onClick(%this) {
  // Only zug1 will call this.  Will have to do:
  // "Parent::onClick(%this)" to call the "blah" version.
  // If you leave this function out, it will call the
  // "blah" version.
}