buttonSetAction

Warning

This command is deprecated. Use ctrlAddEventHandler instead.

Description

Caution

This information is obsolete. 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

Syntax

Syntax 1

buttonSetAction [idc, action]

Parameters:

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

Returns: Nothing

Syntax 2

control buttonSetAction action

Parameters:

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

Returns: 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']"

See also

buttonAction

/* 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];"];

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