How to trigger function when outputChatBox tries to output.

[GTX]

For example I have:

outputChatBox"hi" 

Then I want to cancel this (with cancelEvent() or something). So, it will not output "hi" into chatbox. Got it?

Thanks in advance!

[DiSaMe]

Put this code in the resources which use outputChatBox:

addEvent("onOutputChatBox", false) 
_outputChatBox = outputChatBox 
function outputChatBox(text, visibleTo, r, g, b, colorCoded) 
    local success = triggerEvent("onOutputChatBox", root, text, visibleTo, r, g, b, colorCoded) 
    if success then 
        return _outputChatBox(text, visibleTo, r, g, b, colorCoded) 
    else 
        return false 
    end 
end 

Then cancelling the event "onOutputChatBox" will make triggerEvent return false, therefore preventing the true outputChatBox (which was renamed to _outputChatBox) function from being called:

function cancelMessage(text, visibleTo, r, g, b, colorCoded) 
    if text == "hi" then 
        cancelEvent() 
    end 
end 
addEventHandler("onOutputChatBox", root, cancelMessage) 

[GTX]

Thanks but there are about 1000 resources which have to be cancelled. Is there another way?

[Smart.]

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/OnChatMessage

[DiSaMe]

Oh, damn, so my code is useless

[GTX]

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/OnChatMessage

Thanks! But how do I check if chatbox outputs a resource? And if this resource is a map?

[3NAD]

Did you mean this,

getResourceInfo 

[Anderl]

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/OnChatMessage

Thanks! But how do I check if chatbox outputs a resource? And if this resource is a map?

Chatbox can't output a resource, you probably wanted to said "outputs a resource name". If so, use getResources, iterate through the array returned by it and check if the resource's name is the one outputted. Use getResourceInfo to find out resource's name and its details ( type, author, description, ... ).

[Cadu12]

theElement: Player element if chatbox output was done via say, teamsay or me. Resource if it was done via outputChatBox.

You can use getResourceInfo with that.

[csiguusz]

Oh, damn, so my code is useless

Not useless, it's awesome. I like your idea and I always like to learn new things, so maybe I will use this once.