Help Please Converting My UI over to new data types

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Help Please Converting My UI over to new data types

Post by nbjeter3 » Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:02 pm

I have Seen lots of UI's with lots of features I like but don't really like any particular one. So, I created my own using the various parts from different UI's. Now, I need some help converting it all over to the new Data types so that I can start utilizing it properly. If possible could anyone show me what needs to be changed in the coding to make it work? Or if its too much stuff i can zip my UI up And Email it to someone that has the experience necessary to just go through and switch things over. Or I could just zip up modded portions of the UI and send those to you . Whatever it takes. I need the help. Thanks in advance.
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Post by bob_the_builder » Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:50 pm

If you post your current ToolTipReference I'm sure myself or others wouldnt mind helping you or showing your how to convert them. Then just chenge the entry.

Speaking of, I have one that has a two point decimal value based on size in the xml

$char(aa,exp)

Would show like "16.41"

I was unable to find an equivlant in the new DataTypes for this item.

Bob

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ummm ok

Post by nbjeter3 » Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:02 pm

Ok, Let Me say Thank You to start off. Now I'll ask my dumb question of the day.
If you post your current ToolTipReference
What do you mean by this? You lost me there. Lol I was just getting used to being able to do some hard coding with the old $parms system. Now i'm gonna have to start my learning curve over again. Once again, I thank you for your help.

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Post by Elric » Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:26 pm

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ToolTips are what you use to display the info in your UI..

If you have NO idea of that, then how did you make your UI in the first place?
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Post by TAGBOT » Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:30 pm

bob_the_builder wrote:Speaking of, I have one that has a two point decimal value based on size in the xml

$char(aa,exp)

Would show like "16.41"

I was unable to find an equivlant in the new DataTypes for this item.

Bob
I use ${Me.PctAAExp(float)} for AA xp and ${Me.PctExp(float)} for regular xp

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lol I realized what you meant right after i hit post..

Post by nbjeter3 » Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:57 am

I started to go through and figger things out on my own right after i posted my request for help.. heh So far I've gotten my Player window, group window, and buffbar converted over. They are as yet untested but I think they'll werk. To Answer your question i can't really code. I can read it and figger out basically what it does but I can't actually sit down and write one from scratch. So I went through the forums found the pieces i wanted and pieces of pieces and combined them into one UI that I use for myself. I can take snippets and put them into the code to adjust it then start the process of adjusting their particular positions.. But so far I think I'm slowly figgering it out.. heh I think that by the time i get done with the conversion I should be able to change a few things about it. Once again thanks for your help. If I run into any problems I'll post the ToolTipReferences here.


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