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Trying to Display Text on Screen #236261 11/13/08 04:44 11/13/08 04:44
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 48 M MattyTheG OP Newbie
MattyTheG OP Newbie M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 48	Hello, I'm trying to display a score on the screen and I can't figure out a way to display text. I tried using digits(x,y,etc...) like the help says but I keep getting syntax errors. I tried putting it into a PANEL* and copied the code right out of Lite-C Workshops and it didn't run either. If anyone could help, that would be great.

Re: Trying to Display Text on Screen [Re: MattyTheG] #236262 11/13/08 04:53 11/13/08 04:53
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heinekenbottle Member Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 218 Nashua NH	Code: PANEL* scorePan = { digits(300,10,"Score %f",Arial#15,1,score); flags = VISIBLE; } copied and pasted straight from my script, so no reason why it won't work. Just remember a few things, PANELs are pointers, thus the asterisk. There is an "=" after the panel name. I know I just spent a good 5 minutes wondering why my digit panel wasn't working only to find that asterisk was missing. I was once Anonymous_Alcoholic. Code Breakpoint;

Re: Trying to Display Text on Screen [Re: heinekenbottle] #236263 11/13/08 05:04 11/13/08 05:04
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 48 M MattyTheG OP Newbie
MattyTheG OP Newbie M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 48	Yea I have a code that is pretty much exactly like that but I copied and pasted yours just to be safe and I still can't build it. Parameter unknown PANEL* bad keyword in {} Parameter unknown digits bad keyword in {}

Re: Trying to Display Text on Screen [Re: MattyTheG] #236264 11/13/08 06:12 11/13/08 06:12
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heinekenbottle Member Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 218 Nashua NH	do you have acknex.h included in your script? I was once Anonymous_Alcoholic. Code Breakpoint;

Re: Trying to Display Text on Screen [Re: heinekenbottle] #236311 11/13/08 15:15 11/13/08 15:15
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Re: Trying to Display Text on Screen [Re: nsksleeper] #236326 11/13/08 17:24 11/13/08 17:24
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 48 M MattyTheG OP Newbie
MattyTheG OP Newbie M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 48	Yes I have #include <acknex.h> #include <default.c> as my header, I checked that right after I copied the code above to make sure I had the right includes. Also changing the DEBUG-> set current to main didn't help any I tried running debug mode but it just gives me the same build error as above. Thanks for trying though. I have been in and out of gamestudio for like 4 months and never once have I been able to successfully put text on the screen. Perhaps my acknex.h is damaged?

Re: Trying to Display Text on Screen [Re: MattyTheG] #236333 11/13/08 17:40 11/13/08 17:40
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Uhrwerk Expert Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,225 Germany / Essen	Make sure you saved your file as .c file and NOT as .wdl file. Always learn from history, to be sure you make the same mistakes again...

Re: Trying to Display Text on Screen [Re: Uhrwerk] #236338 11/13/08 17:51 11/13/08 17:51
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 48 M MattyTheG OP Newbie
MattyTheG OP Newbie M Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 48	Hmm I tried that but then I just got a bunch of syntax errors for the physics engine and the wait function and event_entity. Perhaps I have confused two syntaxes and unknowingly put them both into one file so some work as .wdl and others work in .c Guess I will have to look into that more.