Lua custom command appears to not work

[CSMajor]

function onPlayerCommand(thePlayer,command) 
local myWindow = guiCreateWindow ( 0, 0, 0.5, 0.4, "Information", true )--create a window which has "Information" in the title bar. 
local tabPanel = guiCreateTabPanel ( 0, 0.1, 1, 1, true, myWindow ) --create a tab panel which fills the whole window 
local tabMap = guiCreateTab( "Map Information", tabPanel ) -- create a tab named "Map Information" on 'tabPanel' 
local tabHelp = guiCreateTab( "Help", tabPanel ) -- create another tab named "Help" on 'tabPanel' 
  
-- adds a label (text) to each tab 
guiCreateLabel(0.02,0.04,0.94,0.2,"This is information about the current map",true,tabMap) 
guiCreateLabel(0.02,0.04,0.94,0.92,"This is help text.",true,tabHelp) 
outputChatBox("TEST:",thePlayer) 
end 
addCommandHandler("cmds",onPlayerCommand) 

Can someone tell me why this command seems not to work

[Castillo]

It's working fine, are you sure you didn't put in meta.xml type="server"? GUI elements & DX drawing are only client side so type must be type="client"

[CSMajor]

It's working fine, are you sure you didn't put in meta.xml type="server"? GUI elements & DX drawing are only client side so type must be type="client"

so i must create another xml line and state it as a client??? mmk i see i dont have it client sided i have it in my server. TYVM

how would i go about doing it tho, im new haha

[Castillo]

post your meta.xml here.

[CSMajor]

<meta> 
    <info author="CSMAJOR" type="gamemode" name="TCK TEST" description="TCK Gammings first MTA Server :P" /> 
    <script src="script.lua"/> 
    <script src="client/gui.lua" type="client"/> 
</meta> 

and another question would i just load the server like i normally would and this will work?

ok i got it working but i cant click anything on the gui, and i cant close it... how can i get rid of it etc.

[Castillo]

try this,

function onPlayerCommand(thePlayer,command) 
if isElement(myWindow) then destroyElement(myWindow) end 
local myWindow = guiCreateWindow ( 0, 0, 0.5, 0.4, "Information", true )--create a window which has "Information" in the title bar. 
local tabPanel = guiCreateTabPanel ( 0, 0.1, 1, 1, true, myWindow ) --create a tab panel which fills the whole window 
local tabMap = guiCreateTab( "Map Information", tabPanel ) -- create a tab named "Map Information" on 'tabPanel' 
local tabHelp = guiCreateTab( "Help", tabPanel ) -- create another tab named "Help" on 'tabPanel' 
  
-- adds a label (text) to each tab 
guiCreateLabel(0.02,0.04,0.94,0.2,"This is information about the current map",true,tabMap) 
guiCreateLabel(0.02,0.04,0.94,0.92,"This is help text.",true,tabHelp) 
outputChatBox("TEST:",thePlayer) 
end 
addCommandHandler("cmds",onPlayerCommand) 

[CSMajor]

try this,

function onPlayerCommand(thePlayer,command) 
if isElement(myWindow) then destroyElement(myWindow) end 
local myWindow = guiCreateWindow ( 0, 0, 0.5, 0.4, "Information", true )--create a window which has "Information" in the title bar. 
local tabPanel = guiCreateTabPanel ( 0, 0.1, 1, 1, true, myWindow ) --create a tab panel which fills the whole window 
local tabMap = guiCreateTab( "Map Information", tabPanel ) -- create a tab named "Map Information" on 'tabPanel' 
local tabHelp = guiCreateTab( "Help", tabPanel ) -- create another tab named "Help" on 'tabPanel' 
  
-- adds a label (text) to each tab 
guiCreateLabel(0.02,0.04,0.94,0.2,"This is information about the current map",true,tabMap) 
guiCreateLabel(0.02,0.04,0.94,0.92,"This is help text.",true,tabHelp) 
outputChatBox("TEST:",thePlayer) 
end 
addCommandHandler("cmds",onPlayerCommand) 

not to be rude or anything, but can you explain what you just added, and it needs to be lower because mywindow is not declared.... im new to mta so im confused haha.

EDIT: tried it and it doesnt delete the window or allow me to click anything

[Castillo]

local myWindow = guiCreateWindow ( 0, 0, 0.5, 0.4, "Information", true )--create a window which has "Information" in the title bar. 
guiSetVisible(myWindow,false) 
local tabPanel = guiCreateTabPanel ( 0, 0.1, 1, 1, true, myWindow ) --create a tab panel which fills the whole window 
local tabMap = guiCreateTab( "Map Information", tabPanel ) -- create a tab named "Map Information" on 'tabPanel' 
local tabHelp = guiCreateTab( "Help", tabPanel ) -- create another tab named "Help" on 'tabPanel' 
  
-- adds a label (text) to each tab 
guiCreateLabel(0.02,0.04,0.94,0.2,"This is information about the current map",true,tabMap) 
guiCreateLabel(0.02,0.04,0.94,0.92,"This is help text.",true,tabHelp) 
outputChatBox("TEST:",thePlayer) 
  
function open_close() 
if guiGetVisible(myWindow) == false then 
guiSetVisible(myWindow,true) 
showCursor(true) 
else 
guiSetVisible(myWindow,false) 
showCursor(false) 
end 
end 
addCommandHandler("cmds",open_close) 

[CSMajor]

another question, say i want to amke a login command with the syntax: /login username password, and in the server the user types /login, or /login CSMajor, how would i make it show the correct syntax to the player? for example USAGE:/login username password

[Castillo]

MTA has a built-in /login command, i don't see much point creating a new one

[CSMajor]

MTA has a built-in /login command, i don't see much point creating a new one

well i didnt know that but still i want the command to show the syntax.... how would i do this

[Castillo]

type in game /login (it will say syntax error if you don't put it correctly)