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[TheDerman]

Hey all,

How can I load a window when I press F5 at any point in the game?

I tried to add to the "Keypress" section of game.script.

I added:

if(Keyboard.KeyCode==VK_F5)
{
...
}

...after the escape key code, but it won't load my window.

Do I need to do something else?

Thanks.

[TheDerman]

Ok - I sorted that problem - just forgot some ()   

But now I want the window to close down when you press F5 for a second time, so I have this isn my window script:

Code: WME Script

1. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2. on "Keypress"
3. {
4.   if(Keyboard.KeyCode==VK_F5) self.Close();
5. }
6.  

But it doesn't work. Is that wrong?

Thanks.

[Mnemonic]

It should work, as long as the window is exclusive.

[TheDerman]

Well I have tried it, GoExclusive and GoSystemExclusive, but it still won't close the window down. 

[TheDerman]

These are my scripts:

game.script

Code: WME Script

1. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2. on "Keypress"
3. {
4. if(Keyboard.KeyCode==VK_F5)
5.   {
6.    var MyWindow = Game.LoadWindow("windows\MyWindow\MyWindow.window");
7.    MyWindow.Center();
8.    MyWindow.GoExclusive();
9.    Game.UnloadObject(MyWindow);
10.   }
11. }
12.  

MyWindow.window

Code: WME Script

1. WINDOW
2. {
3.   X = 348
4.   Y = 266
5.   WIDTH = 328
6.   HEIGHT = 237
7.   NAME = "my_window"
8.   IMAGE = "windows\MyWindow\MyWindow.jpg"
9.   SCRIPT = "windows\MyWindow\MyWindow.script"
10.   PAUSE_MUSIC = FALSE
11.  
12.   EDIT
13.   {
14.     NAME = "my_editor"
15.         FONT = "fonts\sserif.font"     
16.         CURSOR = "sprites\system\text_select_windows_mouse_cursor.sprite"
17.     X = 68
18.     Y = 130
19.     WIDTH = 194
20.     HEIGHT = 20
21.     FRAME_WIDTH = 2
22.         TEXT = ""
23.         PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
24.   }   
25.  
26.   BUTTON
27.   {
28.     PARENT_NOTIFY = TRUE
29.         NAME = "ok"
30.         IMAGE = "windows\MyWindow\MyWindow_ok_up.jpg"
31.         IMAGE_PRESS = "windows\MyWindow\MyWindow_ok_down.jpg"
32.     X = 125
33.     Y = 193
34.         WIDTH = 77
35.     HEIGHT = 26
36.   }
37. }
38.  

MyWindow.script

Code: WME Script

1. #include "scripts\base.inc"
2. #include "scripts\keys.inc"
3.  
4. var MyEditor = this.GetControl("my_editor");
5.  
6. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
7. on "ok"
8. {
9.   do stuff
10. }
11.  
12. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13. on "Keypress"
14. {
15.   if(Keyboard.KeyCode==VK_F5) self.Close();
16. }
17.  

[Mnemonic]

I don't see anything obviously wrong, IMO it should work. That's pretty much what all the windows in WME demos do, to handle the Escape key...
Try adding Game.Msg("something"); to the beginning of the script and to the Keypress handler to see if the script gets executed and if the event handler is triggered.

[TheDerman]

Tried that but it still didn't work. 

Curously though if I just put Game.Msg("Something."), in the window script under "Keypress" and LEAVE OUT the if(Keyboard...) etc. I get the game message when I then press the Escape key.

What's that about? Is there something I don't understand about these windows?

Thanks.

[Mnemonic]

Ok, I know what's the problem. Your window contains an editor control, which is focused and eats the key presses. This is an issue, the editor should only eat the keys it can handle and pass the other ones back to the window. I'm adding it to my todo list.

[TheDerman]

Those greedy editor controls, eating everything they want. 

That's cool - the window wasn't for anything important anyway - so I just added a normal "close" button.