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// this creates the button panel and text to lay on top of it allowing for editable text
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PANEL* create_foxpan(var pos_x,var pos_y,PANEL* mother_panel,BMAP* click_bmap,var* loc_display_var)
{

//////////////////////////////
// we create the panel and give it a button so it can adjust the string and display var
//////////////////////////////
fox_pan = pan_create("",mother_panel.layer + 1);

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// we set our position to our mother panel
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fox_pan.pos_x = mother_panel.pos_x + pos_x;
fox_pan.pos_y = mother_panel.pos_y + pos_y;

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// our bmap is our button
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pan_setbutton(fox_pan,0,0,
0,0,click_bmap,click_bmap,click_bmap,NULL,adjust_string,NULL,NULL);


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// we create the text and set it's string to that of the var we will display
//////////////////////////////
fox_text = txt_create(1,mother_panel.layer + 2);//1 higher than the butotn panel
str_cpy((fox_text.pstring)[0], "123");
str_for_num((fox_text.pstring)[0],*loc_display_var);

//////////////////////////////
// we set our position to our mother panel
//////////////////////////////
fox_text.pos_x = mother_panel.pos_x + pos_x;
fox_text.pos_y = mother_panel.pos_y + pos_y;

//////////////////////////////
// we record pointers to the panel
//////////////////////////////
fox_pan.skill_x = handle(mother_panel);//loc_display_var;//handle(loc_display_var); //handle(mother_panel);////loc_display_var;
fox_pan.skill_y = handle(fox_text);

//////////////////////////////
// we record pointers to the text
//////////////////////////////
fox_text.skill_x = handle(mother_panel);
fox_text.skill_y = loc_display_var;

//////////////////////////////
// we make the panel and the text visible
//////////////////////////////
set(fox_pan,SHOW);
set(fox_text,SHOW);


//////////////////////////////
// we return our panel pointer
//////////////////////////////
return(fox_pan);
}




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// this funciton is called when the button for the fox pan is pushed letting us know we want to change the string and thus the display number
//////////////////////////////
void adjust_string(var button_number,PANEL* panel_pointer)
{

//////////////////////////////
// we declare a string so we can use it to hold the old string
//////////////////////////////
STRING* old_string = "#3";


//////////////////////////////
// we get the pointer for the text we were using
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TEXT* temp_text = ptr_for_handle(panel_pointer.skill_y);

//////////////////////////////
// we copy the old string in case we need to put it back
//////////////////////////////
str_cpy(old_string,(temp_text.pstring)[0]);


//////////////////////////////
// we also check to see how we ended the key
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var key = inkey((temp_text.pstring)[0]); // wait until [enter] pressed

//////////////////////////////
// we get the var for the number
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var new_number = str_to_num((temp_text.pstring)[0]); // vpi == 3.142

//////////////////////////////
// we make sure we entered a number and not a letter
//////////////////////////////
if(new_number == 0)
{


//////////////////////////////
// we copy the original string back to this one
//////////////////////////////
str_cpy((temp_text.pstring)[0],old_string);


//////////////////////////////
// get it right!
//////////////////////////////
printf("must be a number");

}
else
{

//////////////////////////////
// we changed our number so now we need to update or display number
//////////////////////////////
var* loc_temp = temp_text.skill_y;
*loc_temp = new_number;


}




}

//////////////////////////////
// this function checks to see if the var has changed, and if it has we alter the string in the text to match it
//////////////////////////////
void monitor_for_var_change(TEXT** loc_text, var* loc_display_var)
{
//////////////////////////////
// we get the old value of the var
//////////////////////////////
var old_var = *loc_display_var;
// while(ptr_for_handle(handle(loc_text)) != NULL) //while(loc_text == NULL) //while(1)
while(loc_text)
{

//////////////////////////////
// this is for when we are done with the text
//////////////////////////////
if(loc_text.skill_x == 0)
{
sys_exit("");
return;
}

//////////////////////////////
// if our old var was changed then we update the string in the editble text for the fox pan
//////////////////////////////
if(old_var != *loc_display_var)
{
old_var = *loc_display_var;
str_for_num(*(loc_text.pstring)[0],*loc_display_var);
}

wait(1);
}
sys_exit("");
}

void destory_foxpan(PANEL* fox_pan)
{
TEXT* mytext;
mytext = ptr_for_handle(fox_pan.skill_y);

mytext.skill_x = 0;
wait(1);
//////////////////////////////
// we remove the text
//////////////////////////////
ptr_remove(mytext);
mytext = NULL;


//////////////////////////////
// we remove the panel
//////////////////////////////
ptr_remove(fox_pan);

}

temp_pan_0 = create_foxpan(0,0, mother_pan_show_0, button_to_push_bmap, display_number_0);
temp_text_0 = ptr_for_handle(temp_pan_0.skill_y);
monitor_for_var_change(ptr_for_handle(temp_pan_0.skill_y), display_number_0);

while(1)
{
if(key_y)
{
destory_foxpan(temp_pan_0);
// return;
while(key_y)wait(1);
}
}