createDialog

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Description

Description:

Creates a dialog which is defined either in the mission's description.ext, in the campaign's description.ext or in the global resource.cpp. The given name has to be the class name used in one of these files. If another dialog is already opened, the desired dialog is created as a child dialog of the one already opened.

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By default, displays created with createDisplay are rendered on top of dialogs created with createDialog. If 'forceOnTop' is set to true, the dialog will be rendered on top of displays

Groups:

GUI Control

Syntax

Syntax:

createDialog dialogName

Parameters:

dialogName: String - Class name used in the description.ext, resource.cpp or config.cpp

Return Value:

Boolean - true when the dialog was created successfully

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Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

createDialog [dialogName, forceOnTop]

Parameters:

dialogName: String - Class name used in the description.ext, resource.cpp or config.cpp

forceOnTop: Boolean - If true, dialog will be rendered on top of displays. Default: false

Return Value:

Display - created dialog

Examples

Example 1:

_ok = createDialog "RscDisplayGame"; if (!_ok) then {hint "Dialog couldn't be opened!"};

Additional Information

See also:

displayCtrlcreateDisplaycloseDialogdialogdisplayNullcontrolNullctrlCreatedisplayParent

Notes

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Posted on July 29, 2017 - 09:04 (UTC)

Killzone Kid

A user dialog created with createDisplay over mission display (findDisplay 46) will stop display event handlers added to mission display from firing. However if it is created with createDialog then the event handlers continue to work.