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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

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

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strcat(textactor.text, "a")'

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).

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.

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

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';

thanks, the backspace code works great