Private Message

[Shikken]

Hi i want to send private message to chosen player by gui.

Here is the code of button click in gui:

addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", getResourceRootElement(getThisResource()),
function ( )
if (source == GUIEditor_Button[1]) then
local playerName = guiGridListGetItemText ( GUIEditor_Grid[1], guiGridListGetSelectedItem ( GUIEditor_Grid[1] ), 1 )
local text = guiGetText ( GUIEditor_Edit[1] )
local localPlayerName = getPlayerName(getLocalPlayer())
local sendstring = ("PM " .. localPlayerName .. " : " .. text)
triggerServerEvent ( "privateevent", getRootElement( playerName ), sendstring ) 
end
 
end
end
)

Here is the code on server-side:

function sendprivatemessage ( message )
outputChatBox ( message, source, 255, 255, 0, true )
end
addEvent( "privateevent", true )
addEventHandler( "privateevent", getRootElement( playerName ), sendprivatemessage )

outputChatBox is visible to all players, how i can make it visible only for the chosen player?

[Gamesnert]

triggerServerEvent ( "privateevent", targetplayerelementrightoverhere, sendstring )

Seeing from the variable names, it seems like it should be:

triggerServerEvent ( "privateevent", getPlayerFromNick(playerName), sendstring )

[Shikken]

I tried GetPlayerFromNick and GetPlayerName, but still it gives me an error, or it's visible to evrybody, any new ideas?

[Shikken]

Cmon does someone know how to do it?

[50p]

Just send the player name to the server and let the server take care of getting player element from his name.

You say you get an error but you didn't say what is the message of the error. What is it?

EDIT:

Do NOT double post unless you have good reason. Be patient and someone will reply. It's not a chat channel... it's forum.

[Shikken]

Just send the player name to the server and let the server take care of getting player element from his name.

You say you get an error but you didn't say what is the message of the error. What is it?

EDIT:

Do NOT double post unless you have good reason. Be patient and someone will reply. It's not a chat channel... it's forum.

It work's now, thanks everyone for help.

Sorry for double post.

[50p]

function sendprivatemessage ( playername, message )
local playerToSendTo = getPlayerFronNick( playername );
if( playerToSendTo ) then
outputChatBox ( "PM "..getPlayerName( client ) .. ": ".. message, playerToSendTo, 255, 255, 0, true );
end
end
addEvent( "privateevent", true );
addEventHandler( "privateevent", getRootElement(), sendprivatemessage );

and also,

triggerServerEvent( "privateevent", getRootElement(), playerName, text )