Arma 3 Scripting

Command in Briefing

createDiaryLink

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Description

Creates a link to the given diary entry.

Syntax

createDiaryLink [subject, record, text]

Parameters:

Returns: String - empty string or a string similar to the result of format ["<log subject=""%1"" record=""%2"">%3</log>", subject, processedRecordId, text]

Examples

Example 1

_diaryRec1 = player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["Record 1", "We can not refer to the next record because it does not exist yet."]];
_diaryRec2 = player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["Record 2", "Go to " + createDiaryLink ["Diary", _diaryRec1, "record 1"]]];
_diaryRec3 = player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["Record 3", "Go to " + createDiaryLink ["Diary", _diaryRec2, "record 2"]]];

Example 2

In this example, one can go to any next record.

TAG_fnc_processDiaryLink = {
    processDiaryLink createDiaryLink ["Diary", _this, ""];
};
DiaryRec1 = player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["Record 1", 
    "Go to <execute expression='DiaryRec2 call TAG_fnc_processDiaryLink'>Record 2</execute>"
]];
DiaryRec2 = player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["Record 2", 
    "Go to <execute expression='DiaryRec3 call TAG_fnc_processDiaryLink'>Record 3</execute>"
]];
DiaryRec3 = player createDiaryRecord ["Diary", ["Record 3", 
    "Go to <execute expression='DiaryRec1 call TAG_fnc_processDiaryLink'>Record 1</execute>"
]];

See also

processDiaryLink · createDiaryRecord · createDiarySubject · diarySubjectExists · setDiaryRecordText