Hi!

I’m having a problem with buttons in my panels. There seems to be a priority between them. It’s when I started moving then around in SED that things got better and I noticed a priority.

Here’s the situation :

On the left side of the screen there are 3 buttons (top to bottom)
On the right side there are 4 buttons (again ...top to bottom)

All these buttons are on level 7 (the highest level) and do not overlap.
I removed the overlay flag to check all buttons.
All panels have : flags = refresh, overlay ;

All buttons on the right work all the time...
But the buttons on the left work only when going from the bottom ...up.
When you choose the bottom one ...others at the top are available..
As you go up...the bottom one is not available....and so on.

I went into SED and moved the panel scrips around. Things got better, but not a 100%.

In this script I have.... (structure)

All bitmaps
One Text panel and function
Panel button one.... level 7
------panel that is visible when one chooses button one
panel button two.... level 7
-----panel that is visible when one chooses button 2
panel button three.... level 7
-----panel that is visible when one chooses button 3
panel button four.... level 7
-----panel that is visible when one chooses button 4
panel button five.....level 7
-----panel that is visible when one chooses button 5
the last 2 panels have the door and menu options ...(level 7)
there a 9 panels on level 1.
All the functions.
One Action

This is the best that I have right now.
Questions :
Is there a priority system for buttons?
This script was working very well in version 6.4. Is there a limit on the number of buttons in ver6.5 Pro.

There is no "button priority", but maybe your problem is this:

"Panels with no bmap and undefined size now got a default size from it's upper left corner up to the lower right corners of it's elements. This can lead to a different mouse clicking or touching behavior when you had previously undefined size panels in your project."

From: http://manual.conitec.net/newfeatures65.htm

Make sure that all the buttons are inside the panel area that you give with size_x/size_y.

Hi jcl!

I'll look into this.

Hi jcl!

Yep that's it....but I don't know how to control the size.

My buttons are 78 x 40 pixels
They are on the left hand side of the screen
And my code is :
Code:

---

 panel une_note 
{	
  size_x = 200; 
  size_y = 200;
    
	layer = 7;
	alpha = 100;
	button = 10,96,note_1_R,note_1_R,note_1_V,choix_un_son,null,null;
	flags =  refresh, overlay ; 
} 

---

Can you give me an example

If you have only one button, you do not need to set a panel size - it's set automatically. However then don't give an offset to a non-existing panel background!

This is the correct way to define a 1-button panel:

panel une_note =
{
layer = 7;
button(0,0,note_1_R,note_1_R,note_1_V,choix_un_son,NULL,NULL);
flags = OVERLAY;
}

Thanks jcl!

I've been experimenting and I haven't found the solution yet.

I'll try this..."The correct way..."
And get back to you!

HI jcl!

I removed the flags that were not important as you suggested.
It's still not working properly....when I open the level all buttons are ready and fonctionnal. If I choose the bottons on the left side and go up it's ok ...but I can't come down. The buttons on the right side are always fonctionnal and when I use them ...I can use the ones on the left side again from bottom to up.

question about

Quote:

---

panel one_note =

---

is the "=" important?

The "=" should be used, but wrong syntax or outdated flags can not be the reason for a button problem. Such problems normally have a logical reason, like a button is outside the panel area, or the panel is covered by another panel, or something like that.

Hi jcl!

Could you explain where the “=” comes from in “panel one_note =”, what it does and when to use it?

I have gone through the script and placed “=” for every single button and all the others.
No change.

I’ve removed the overlay flag to see all of the bmapSS. There is no overlap for the 7 buttons and their actions (in the centre).

Since you were talking of panel viewing zones ...I moved the buttons away from the side of the window ...no change.

The "=" is an assignment in C-Script. Meaning that the right of the "=" is assigned to the left of the "=". I don't know what's wrong with your panels, but the basics of C-Script are described in the tutorial.

When your panels don't behave correctly and you can't find the reason, I suggest that you post a thread in the "Scripting" forum. The "Ask Conitec" Forum is more for general questions, but not for problems in your script. Explain how many panels your are using, what the buttons are supposed to do, and - if its not too long - post the code of all your panels (not only one button). 100 eyes see more than two and other users can probably help you when you encounter a scripting problem. If it's still unsolved after some days, please post here again with the details - I'll then look into it.