[26 Dec 2006] InKeyStr

[GMKai]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on 26 Dec 2006 14:04:24 +0100

Hello,

when prompting the user to input a string, how can it be done and make the string invisible afterwards?

Greetings GMKai

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:46:08 +0100

Hello,

when prompting the user to input a string, how can it be done and make the string invisible afterwards?

Either remove the layer added by InKeyStr() or restore the background in the area where the string is.

[GMKai]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on 26 Dec 2006 20:06:49 +0100

Hallo Andreas, good, this works. but how do InKeyStr-Layers get their name when their id is unknown?

[airsoftsoftwair]

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:11:13 +0100

Hallo Andreas, good, this works. but how do InKeyStr-Layers get their name when their id is unknown?

The layer added by InKeyStr() does not bear a name. You can find out its ID using

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id = GetAttribute(#BGPIC, <current bgpic>, #ATTRLAYERS)

This will retrieve the numbers of layers currently in the system. Right after InKeyStr() returns, this number is the ID of the InKeyStr() layer because this layer is the top-most one.