buttonSetAction

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Description

Description:
Set the action of a control of the currently active user dialog. Can be used for buttons and active texts. See Arma: GUI Configuration for more information about user dialogs. Works with:
  • CT_BUTTON
  • CT_XBUTTON
  • CT_ACTIVETEXT
  • CT_SHORTCUTBUTTON
The action code is expected to be in SQS format
Groups:
GUI Control

Syntax

Syntax:
buttonSetAction [idc, action]
Parameters:
[idc, action]: Array
idc: Number - control ID
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

Additional Information

See also:
buttonActionctrlActivate

Notes

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Notes

Posted on October 5, 2009 - 16:23
kungtotte
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];"];

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Posted on February 15, 2016 - 10:15 (UTC)
Molaron
This command does not overwride the buttonaction which was set via "action" in the hpp of the dialog
Posted on June 11, 2016 - 19:24 (UTC)
Nomisum
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