On Screen Keypad Help

[ganondolf]

hi,

i am making a game for ppc and want to add a on screen keypad. i have the text box where the name go's (on the pc u would use the keyboard to enter name in the box). i have created separate letters (A-Z, . & backspace).

could anyone provide me with the code so that i i press on a letter (say the "A" letter actor) it inputs the letter in the text input box.

thanks
ganondolf

[skydereign]

Try this. All this does is add a letter to the text.

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strcat(textactor.text, "a")'

[ganondolf]

do i put this code in the a letter actor? (mouse button - script editor).
how will it know where to put the text? (i need it in the input text box).

[skydereign]

It would be on a mouse button down event for 'a', if you look at the code it tells where the text is. The actor is textactor, you would rename it whatever you want.

[ganondolf]

ok, works great. any idea how to make a backspace or clear all text?

[skydereign]

For a clear text, you can use this.

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strcpy(textactor.text, "\0");

Not sure if this is the best way to do backspace but it was the first thing to come to mind. I am sure you can do it with strncpy among other things, but this will work.

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textactor.text[strlen(textactor.text)-1]='\0';

[ganondolf]

thanks, the backspace code works great