createDialog
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Description
- Description:
- Create a dialog which is defined either in the mission's description.ext, in the campaign's description.ext or in the global resource.cpp. The given name has to be the class name used in one of these files. If another dialog is already opened, the desired dialog is created as a child dialog of the one already opened.
- Groups:
- Uncategorised
Syntax
- Syntax:
- createDialog dialogName
- Parameters:
- dialogName: String - class name used in the description.ext / resource.cpp
- Return Value:
- Boolean - true when the dialog was created successfully
Examples
- Example 1:
_ok = createDialog "RscDisplayGame"; if (!_ok) then {hint "Dialog couldn't be opened!"};
Additional Information
Notes
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Notes
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- Posted on July 29, 2017 - 09:04 (UTC)
- Killzone Kid
- A user dialog created with createDisplay over mission display (findDisplay 46) will stop display event handlers added to mission display from firing. However if it is created with createDialog then the event handlers continue to work.
Categories:
- Scripting Commands
- Introduced with Operation Flashpoint version 1.5
- Operation Flashpoint: New Scripting Commands
- Operation Flashpoint: Scripting Commands
- Command Group: Uncategorised
- Scripting Commands: Local Effect
- Scripting Commands OFP 1.99
- Scripting Commands OFP 1.96
- Scripting Commands Armed Assault
- Command Group: GUI Control
- Command Group: Interaction
- Scripting Commands Arma 2
- Scripting Commands Arma 3
- Scripting Commands Take On Helicopters