ct_entry.lua

[Stv]

But I also would like to add some new buttongroups into the combattracker, and I think the ct_host.xml is where to add them.
So I'd need to encapsulate my new buttongroups in the /sheetdata tags wouldn't I?
And when I use the sheetdata tags alongside the merge="join" that's when my problems start :P

XML is so new to me, it's very frustrating.
I must be barking up the wrong tree I think.

Cheers, Steve.

[Trenloe]

OK, so you want to add new stuff into the GUI.

So, just include the changes that you want. Don't include the original controls - this is what is breaking the original control functionality.

Use the insertbefore="<control name>" as part of your merged windowclass.

For example, if you want to ibnsert a string control in the ct_entry XML before the control called "nonid_name" then use the following:

<windowclass name="ct_entry" merge="join">
	<script file="ct/scripts/new_ct_entry.lua" />
		<sheetdata>
			<stringcontrol name="my_new_control" insertbefore="nonid_name">
				{stuff you need in your new control}
			</stringcontrol>
		</sheetdata>
</windowclass>

[Stv]

Ok, so wierdness is happening (or at least seems weird to me)
If I leave in the sheetdata tags with nothing inside and have the merge="join" in, then everything works.
If I leave EVERYTHING in place as per the original xml file and have merge="join", the react button stops working.
I have no idea what is going on there, but it *may* work out for me, if I am able to just add my new controls inside the new 'blank' sheetdata tags.

[Stv]

Lol, I think I just posted about what you did, around the same time

Thanks again for your input Trenloe, you've been a massive help again.

Cheers, Steve.

[Trenloe]

If I leave EVERYTHING in place as per the original xml file and have merge="join", the react button stops working.

This is because you are merging the controls with the same name as the original controls on top of each other. Adding a layer for each control. So you'd then have to look at each of the original controls and see if they would need super code to make them work properly.

If I leave in the sheetdata tags with nothing inside and have the merge="join" in, then everything works.

If you have a blank sheetdata tag then you're not merging anything new and the original controls remain as is (no super reference) and their original code works too.

Moral of the story - only "merge" things that or new or that are changing.

[Stv]

Guess what, more XML related (probably stupid) questions

I need to change a value in template_ct.xml. But the data in this xml file is not in a windowclass, it's in a template.
Does merge="join" work for templates also, or would I just overwrite the full template in a sperate xml file and keep the same template name ?

Cheers, Steve.

[Trenloe]

Yes you can merge templates. The syntax is slightly different.

Info on templates, and template merging, here: https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassia...or+code+re-use

[Stv]

Awesome, thanks for the quick reply and the link.

Cheers, Steve.