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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (18,770 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Mon 29 Nov 2010 02:23 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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It's easier ultimately to have a plugin. Plugins handle various callbacks in a more natural way.

Plus you can then just easily add them to multiple world files (eg. if you have multiple characters).

I would use separate windows (boxes) for different things, eg. inventory, stats, etc. - if that is what you meant.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Ashass   (50 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Mon 29 Nov 2010 12:56 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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I don't use any third party plugins, should I be writing this as a plugin, instead of just as a vbscript file (that I reference in the scripts section?)

Does it matter one way or the other? -- Should I put the windows into separate boxes, instead of drawing it all out in a single box?

Looking for 'best practices' if you will, since I'm brand new to the mini windows idea.
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (18,770 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 08:27 PM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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Ashass said:

Nick, may I suggest, instead of win, maybe change it to "window name" in your samples so it's a little more intuitive?


Glad you got it working.

I hope you are reading the help files, I usually read them myself, and I wrote the stuff:

Template:function=WindowFont WindowFont

The documentation for the WindowFont script function is available online. It is also in the MUSHclient help file.



In there, it makes it clear that the first argument is the window name:


Prototype

long WindowFont(BSTR WindowName, BSTR FontId, BSTR FontName, double Size, BOOL Bold, BOOL Italic, BOOL Underline, BOOL Strikeout, short Charset, short PitchAndFamily);


It also says "WindowName - the name of an existing miniwindow.".

Virtually every miniwindow function needs a window name, this lets you have multiple windows at once. For example "inventory", "chat".

Also it suggests that you append the plugin ID so that the window names are unique between plugins. So for example:


win = "inventory_" & PluginID   ' VBscript
win = "inventory_" .. PluginID () -- Lua


This means the actual window name might be "inventory_21448b31e497a95a36ee5173".

I just used "win" to save typing.

It is useful to use the function-name completion in MUSHclient. Even if you do it in the command window and copy and paste into your script. For example, typing "windowfo" and then hitting Shift+Tab you see offered a menu with WindowFont / WindowFontInfo / WindowFontList.

Choose WindowFont and it gives you the correct spelling and capitalization, and suggests the arguments:


WindowFont ( WindowName , FontId , FontName , Size , Bold , Italic , Underline , Strikeout , Charset , PitchAndFamily )


Now all you have to do is replace words like "WindowName" with, well, the window name.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Twisol   USA  (2,229 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:57 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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Glad I could help! :)
'Soludra' on Achaea

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GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol
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Posted by Ashass   (50 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:56 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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sub createstatus (strAliasName, strOutput, arrWildCards)
  world.WindowCreate "Status", 0, 0, 400, 800, 6, 0, world.ColourNameToRGB("white")
  WindowFont "Status", "f", "Trebuchet MS", 12, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, 0, 0
end sub

sub showstatus (strAliasName, strOutput, arrWildCards)
  WindowShow "Status", true
end sub

sub hidestatus (strAliasName, strOutput, arrWildCards)
  WindowShow "Status", false
end sub

sub writetext (strAliasName, strOutput, arrWildCards)
  WindowText "Status", "f", "Quest Log", 5, 1, 0, 0,ColourNameToRGB ("blue"), false
  WindowShow "Status", true
end sub


This now shows 'Quest Log' in blue font - that was the issue (font not having the window defined)

Preciate the quick help!


Nick, may I suggest, instead of win, maybe change it to "window name" in your samples so it's a little more intuitive?

Ah well! Nice job Twisol!
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Posted by Twisol   USA  (2,229 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:53 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]

Amended on Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:54 AM (UTC) by Twisol

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'win' is supposed to be a variable you create that contains the name of your window. Since it's undefined, your calls don't do anything, because there's no window to do things to.

[EDIT]: Probably the below, though I don't know how function composition affects parentheses usage in VBscript.
Note WindowText (...)
'Soludra' on Achaea

Blog: http://jonathan.com/
GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol
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Posted by Ashass   (50 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:51 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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I don't exactly know what win is, it was a default from the example code. On a side note, how would I note the return value of writetext?
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Posted by Twisol   USA  (2,229 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:48 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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Where do you define win?
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Posted by Ashass   (50 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:48 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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Status is the window, 'f' is the font.

world.WindowCreate "Status", 0, 0, 400, 800, 6, 0, world.ColourNameToRGB("white")
  WindowFont win, "f", "Trebuchet MS", 12, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, 0, 0


So how does that translate into windowtext?
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Posted by Twisol   USA  (2,229 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:48 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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I know it's already shown, the point was to refresh the view. Which apparently didn't work.

Try Note'ing the return value from WindowText (and WindowFont). If anything's not 0, go to the errors list [1] and find what it means.

[1] http://www.gammon.com.au/scripts/function.php?action=errors
'Soludra' on Achaea

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GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (18,770 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:46 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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WindowFont win, "Status", "Trebuchet MS", 12, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, 0, 0


Is "Status" the font or the window? You really need a font name (eg. "f") and a window name.
- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Ashass   (50 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:34 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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Yeah... that did nothing =P

The window is already shown, so i have a white palette, but no text appears on that palette.
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Posted by Twisol   USA  (2,229 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:32 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]

Amended on Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:34 AM (UTC) by Twisol

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Add a WindowShow win, true call right after that. MUSHclient doesn't redraw the output window until text comes in or Redraw, WindowShow, or one other I forget is called.
'Soludra' on Achaea

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GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol
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Posted by Ashass   (50 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:30 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]

Amended on Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:33 AM (UTC) by Ashass

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WindowText win, "Status", "Quest Log", 0, 5, 10, 0, 0,ColourNameToRGB ("blue"), false


is now 

WindowText win, "Status", "Quest Log", 5, 10, 0, 0,ColourNameToRGB ("blue"), false


No error, but no text actually shows.
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Posted by Twisol   USA  (2,229 posts)  [Biography] bio
Date Sun 28 Nov 2010 07:25 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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I'm not too familiar with VBscript, but there are two things you might want to try.

1) Put it on a single line. A recent issue had to do with formatting, so it can't hurt to try.

2) Put parentheses around the arguments. I know VBscript has a weird sub/function distinction, but it can't hurt to try either.
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GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol
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