ctrlCreate

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Description

Description:

Creates new control in given display. Some of the common controls that can be used with this command:

• RscText - simple text box
• RscTextMulti - simple multiline text box
• RscPicture - simple picture box
• RscPictureKeepAspect - picture box that doesn't stretch picture
• RscEdit - input box
• RscEditMulti - multiline input box
• RscTree - tree view control
• RscTreeSearch - searchable tree view control
• RscVideo - picture control with autostart for video texture
• RscVideoKeepAspect - picture control for video to keep original video aspect ratio

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

display ctrlCreate [class, idc, controlsGroup]

Parameters:

display: Display - Display in which control will be created

[class, idc, controlsGroup]: Array

class: String - Existing classname (see ctrlCreate/classnames) of the new control (currently only configFile classes are supported)

idc: Number - IDC of the new control (use -1 if you don't care what it should be)

controlsGroup (Optional): Control - Creates controls in existing controls group

Return Value:

Control

Examples

Example 1:

_display ctrlCreate ["RscText", 1234];

Example 2:

_map = findDisplay 46 ctrlCreate ["RscMapControl", -1]; _multiLineText = findDisplay 46 ctrlCreate ["RscTextMulti", -1]; _multiLineEdit = findDisplay 46 ctrlCreate ["RscEditMulti", -1];

Example 3:

myControl = findDisplay 0 ctrlCreate ["RscText", 1234, findDisplay 0 displayCtrl 2300];

Additional Information

See also:

allControlsallDisplayscontrolsGroupCtrlctrlDeletectrlModelctrlSetModelctrlPositionctrlSetPositionctrlClassNamectrlModelScalectrlSetModelScalectrlModelDirAndUpctrlSetModelDirAndUpdisplayParent

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Posted on February 6, 2016 - 20:58 (UTC)

DreadedEntity

Although you can only dynamically create controls using BIS's configs, there are many commands to change certain aspects of each created control. See GUI Control