Hi,

I successfully wrote a panel and made a bitmap for it, and it displays on the screen correctly. However, the text which is supposed to show on top of the panel is covered by the panel. I can just see the text peeking from the edge of the panel. I'll have to change the text position later, but for now, how can I make the text show on top?

if my_variable == 1
{
talk_panel.pos_X = 10;
talk_panel.pos_y = 10;
talk_panel.visible = on;
msg_show("This is the text which should be on top.",10);
waitt(10);
talk_panel.visible = off;
}

Using a5 style wdl running on a6 extra.

Okay too bad why do you use msg_show I know its from the templates but its easy done if you try to write your code alone try this:
Code:

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write this on the upper of your script
string my_text ="change this to your text";
font simple = "arial",0, 30; 

place this somewhere:
text the_text
{
string = my_text;
font = simple;
pos_x = 10;
pos_y = 10; //now the text is where your panel is

if my_variable == 1
{ 
talk_panel.pos_X = 10;
talk_panel.pos_y = 10;
talk_panel.visible = on;
my_text.visible = on;
waitt(10);
my_text.visible = off;
talk_panel.visible = off;
} 
  

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I hope this helped you try this code and tell me if it worked

First of all, don't use "waitt", it's old syntax (use "wait" or "sleep" instead).

You should read about the "layer" property of the panel, or text. I don't know what the layer value of the msg_show temp. text is, but it should be higher than the layer property of your panel, to show the text in front of your panel.

Sorry, it got too complicated trying this. I got the msg_show to work now.

Thanks

Sorry, when I replied I thought I was replying to the use text instead of msg_show. Setting the layer on the panel to a lower number WAS the answer.
Thanks for the thumbs up on the Sleep etc commands too.

np mate