Hello All,
Anyone know how to pass a string from a dll to a wdl script. I will give you a very simple example. Suppose in a dll function you want to pass a message to the player, say "You are in the dark". I want this displayed in a text entity within a panel that is visible on the screen.

I have reviewed the SDK, but I am afraid I am a bit confused. I have successfully passed a string from a WDL to the DLL. But I am having difficulty going the other direction.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Passing a string from a DLL to a WDL Script:

quote:

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long PSTRING(char* chars)
{
static A4_STRING tempstring;
static char tempname[80];
strcpy(tempname,chars);
tempstring.chars = tempname;
return (long)&tempstring;
}

DLLFUNC fixed WriteSomething()
{
return PSTRING("You are in the dark");
}

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Passing a String from a WDL Script to a DLL:

quote:

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char* Long2Char(long long_)
{
A4_STRING *temp = (A4_STRING *) long_;
return temp->chars;
}

DLLFUNC fixed WriteSomething(long mystring)
{
char* MyString = Long2Char(mystring);
....
}

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Thanks for the information, I will test it out!

np
BTW you posted in the wrong forum, "Higher Languages" is the good one