buttonSetAction

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Description

Description:

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This information is obsolete. Reason: Use ctrlAddEventHandler instead.

Set the action of a control of the currently active user dialog. The script statement is executed on button release and _this is available, but contains ""; See Arma: GUI Configuration for more information about user dialogs. Works with:

• CT_BUTTON
• CT_XBUTTON
• CT_ACTIVETEXT
• CT_SHORTCUTBUTTON

Groups:

GUI Control

Syntax

Syntax:

buttonSetAction [idc, action]

Parameters:

idc: Number - Button IDC

action: String - SQS code body that should be executed when the button/active text is clicked

Return Value:

Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

control buttonSetAction action

Parameters:

control: Control - Button control

action: String - SQS code body that should be executed when the button/active text is clicked

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

buttonSetAction [100, "player exec ""reply.sqs"""];

Example 2:

_ctrl buttonSetAction "if (alive bob) then {hint 'alive'} else {hint 'dead'}"; // SQF but SQS compatible, see SQS

Example 3:

Script is SQS:

_control buttonSetAction "hint format ['Is SQS: %1', !isNil '_time']"

Additional Information

See also:

buttonAction

Notes

Report bugs on the Feedback Tracker and/or discuss them on the Arma Discord or on the Forums.
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Kungtotte - c

Posted on Oct 05, 2009 - 16:23 (UTC)

When using buttonSetAction for an ActiveText control from a script, you cannot use any variables local to the script in it.

/* This will print 'any bar' in the hint box, since _foo has no value according to buttonSetAction */ _foo = "foo"; buttonSetAction [100, "hint format [""%1 bar"", _foo];"];

Molaron - c

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 - 10:15 (UTC)

This command does not overwrite the button's action that was set via "action" in the .hpp of the dialog.

Nomisum - c

Posted on Jun 11, 2016 - 19:24 (UTC)

To use variables local to the defining script, a syntax like the one below needs to be used:

_foo = "foo"; buttonSetAction [100, format ["hint '%1 bar'", _foo]];

works! thanks to Kronzky for commenting this workaround in the VBS wiki