Subwindows and "back referencing" query

[celestian]

Celestian, I usually give up and create a temporary node in these cases because I can never walk back up very far. I create the node and then delete it when I'm done. A kluge, but I get brain damage trying to walk up window/subwindow hierarchies like that.

It is quite the challenge but this kinda thing sucks me in and makes me figure it out. Makes it easier down the road when I need to do it again... you are right tho the temporary node would make it a lot easier

The "Scope" section here might also give you some ideas: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/...pt_Block_Scope

For this you're probably going to need something like: window.parentcontrol.window.parentcontrol.window

You are correct. The way I figured it out was really kludgy but it worked.

So the first thing I did was call what I knew was valid from "ready_check_entry_user" in a <script> section like this.

function onButtonPress()
local sName = User.getUsername();
window.parentcontrol.readyPressed(sName,1);
end

Then at main_user I added another script section with the same code (the above is sent to main_user <script>)

function readyPressed(sUser,nCheck)
Debug.console("utility_readycheck.xml","main_user" ,"TESTING");
window.parentcontrol.readyPressed(sUser,nCheck);
end

and then in "main"

function readyPressed(sUser,nCheck)
Debug.console("utility_readycheck.xml","main","TES TING");
window.readyPressed(sUser,nCheck);
end

and then finally in readycheck I added the real "readyPressed(sUser,nCheck);

By the time I got to "main" I had figured out it was

window.parentcontrol.window.parentcontrol.window.r eadyPressed(sName,1);

It was kinda klunky but I eventually figured out the path. That whole backwards thing was confusing but I think next time I'll have a much better idea how to do it. Thanks all for the tips!

[Bidmaron]

Thanks for sharing, Celestian. You da man!

[Minty23185Fresh]

Have you figured this out yet?
Oops nevermind

[Trenloe]

Have you figured this out yet?
I've gone four or five times up successfully, just as you did in post 7.
It looks to me like you went in circles. window goes up, subwindow goes down.

I think you have to use the names?
Like window.main_user.window.main.window

Maybe it's the ready checks instead...

Yep - it has been figured out. What I mentioned in post #9 was the solution.

You can't use control/windowclass actual names to go up from the bottom of a GUI hierarchy - you have to use referential names such as window and parentcontrol - because "window" doesn't return the top most window, it returns the current window the control code is in.

[celestian]

Have you figured this out yet?
Oops nevermind

Replace "subwindow" with "parentcontrol" and it works out going backwards. Using subwindow takes you back down.