here's a copy of mine:
dxText = {} dxText_mt = { __index = dxText } local idAssign,idPrefix = 0,"c" local g_screenX,g_screenY = guiGetScreenSize() local visibleText = {} ------ local defaults = { fX = 0.5, fY = 0.5, bRelativePosition = true, strText = "", bVerticalAlign = "center", bHorizontalAlign = "center", tColor = {255,255,255,255}, fScale = 1, strFont = "default", strType = "normal", tAttributes = {}, bPostGUI = false, bClip = false, bWordWrap = true, bVisible = true, tBoundingBox = false, --If a bounding box is not set, it will not be used. bRelativeBoundingBox = true, } local validFonts = { default = true, ["default-bold"] = true, clear = true, arial = true, pricedown = true, bankgothic = true, diploma = true, beckett = true, } local validTypes = { normal = true, shadow = true, border = true, stroke = true, --Clone of border } local validAlignTypes = { center = true, left = true, right = true, } function dxText:create( text, x, y, relative ) assert(not self.fX, "attempt to call method 'create' (a nil value)") if ( type(text) ~= "string" ) or ( not tonumber(x) ) or ( not tonumber(y) ) then outputDebugString ( "dxText:create - Bad argument", 0, 112, 112, 112 ) return false end local new = {} setmetatable( new, dxText_mt ) --Add default settings for i,v in pairs(defaults) do new[i] = v end idAssign = idAssign + 1 new.id = idPrefix..idAssign new.strText = text or new.strText new.fX = x or new.fX new.fY = y or new.fY if type(relative) == "boolean" then new.bRelativePosition = relative end visibleText[new] = true return new end function dxText:text(text) if type(text) ~= "string" then return self.strText end self.strText = text return true end function dxText:position(x,y,relative) if not tonumber(x) then return self.fX, self.fY end self.fX = x self.fY = y if type(relative) == "boolean" then self.bRelativePosition = relative else self.bRelativePosition = true end return true end function dxText:color(r,g,b,a) if not tonumber(r) then return unpack(self.tColor) end g = g or self.tColor[2] b = b or self.tColor[3] a = a or self.tColor[4] self.tColor = { r,g,b,a } return true end function dxText:scale(scale) if not tonumber(scale) then return self.fScale end self.fScale = scale return true end function dxText:visible(bool) if type(bool) ~= "boolean" then return self.bVisible end self.bVisible = bool if bool then visibleText[self] = true else visibleText[self] = nil end return true end function dxText:destroy() self.bDestroyed = true setmetatable( self, self ) return true end function dxText:extent() local extent = dxGetTextWidth ( self.strText, self.fScale, self.strFont ) if self.strType == "stroke" or self.strType == "border" then extent = extent + self.tAttributes[1] end return extent end function dxText:height() local height = dxGetFontHeight ( self.fScale, self.strFont ) if self.strType == "stroke" or self.strType == "border" then height = height + self.tAttributes[1] end return height end function dxText:font(font) if not validFonts[font] then return self.strFont end self.strFont = font return true end function dxText:postGUI(bool) if type(bool) ~= "boolean" then return self.bPostGUI end self.bPostGUI = bool return true end function dxText:clip(bool) if type(bool) ~= "boolean" then return self.bClip end self.bClip = bool return true end function dxText:wordWrap(bool) if type(bool) ~= "boolean" then return self.bWordWrap end self.bWordWrap = bool return true end function dxText:type(type,...) if not validTypes[type] then return self.strType, unpack(self.tAttributes) end self.strType = type self.tAttributes = {...} return true end function dxText:align(horzA, vertA) if not validAlignTypes[horzA] then return self.bHorizontalAlign, self.bVerticalAlign end vertA = vertA or self.bVerticalAlign self.bHorizontalAlign, self.bVerticalAlign = horzA, vertA return true end function dxText:boundingBox(left,top,right,bottom,relative) if left == nil then if self.tBoundingBox then return unpack(boundingBox) else return false end elseif tonumber(left) and tonumber(right) and tonumber(top) and tonumber(bottom) then self.tBoundingBox = {left,top,right,bottom} if type(relative) == "boolean" then self.bRelativeBoundingBox = relative else self.bRelativeBoundingBox = true end else self.tBoundingBox = false end return true end addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", getRootElement(), function() for self,_ in pairs(visibleText) do while true do if self.bDestroyed then visibleText[self] = nil break end local l,t,r,b --If we arent using a bounding box if not self.tBoundingBox then --Decide if we use relative or absolute local p_screenX,p_screenY = 1,1 if self.bRelativePosition then p_screenX,p_screenY = g_screenX,g_screenY end local fX,fY = (self.fX)*p_screenX,(self.fY)*p_screenY if self.bHorizontalAlign == "left" then l = fX r = fX + g_screenX elseif self.bHorizontalAlign == "right" then l = fX - g_screenX r = fX else l = fX - g_screenX r = fX + g_screenX end if self.bVerticalAlign == "top" then t = fY b = fY + g_screenY elseif self.bVerticalAlign == "bottom" then t = fY - g_screenY b = fY else t = fY - g_screenY b = fY + g_screenY end elseif type(self.tBoundingBox) == "table" then local b_screenX,b_screenY = 1,1 if self.bRelativeBoundingBox then b_screenX,b_screenY = g_screenX,g_screenY end l,t,r,b = self.tBoundingBox[1],self.tBoundingBox[2],self.tBoundingBox[3],self.tBoundingBox[4] l = l*b_screenX t = t*b_screenY r = r*b_screenX b = b*b_screenY end local type,att1,att2,att3,att4,att5 = self:type() if type == "border" or type == "stroke" then att2 = att2 or 0 att3 = att3 or 0 att4 = att4 or 0 att5 = att5
