Help Admin thing...

[Blinker.]

hello guys , i've been working for couple of hours on a script

i don't want to get stucked here.

i edited admin_report.lua in admin , i want to make a new gui , so if i click on proceed the report would open.

--[[********************************** 
* 
*   Multi Theft Auto - Admin Panel 
* 
*   gui\admin_report.lua 
* 
*   Original File by lil_Toady 
* 
**************************************]] 
  
aReportForm = nil 
  
function aReport ( player ) 
    if ( aReportForm == nil ) then 
        local x, y = guiGetScreenSize() 
        aReportForm     = guiCreateWindow ( x / 2 - 150, y / 2 - 150, 300, 300, "Contact", false ) 
                       guiCreateLabel ( 0.05, 0.11, 0.20, 0.09, "Category:", true, aReportForm ) 
                       guiCreateLabel ( 0.05, 0.21, 0.20, 0.09, "Subject:", true, aReportForm ) 
                       guiCreateLabel ( 0.05, 0.30, 0.20, 0.07, "Message:", true, aReportForm ) 
        aReportCategory = guiCreateEdit ( 0.30, 0.10, 0.65, 0.09, "Question", true, aReportForm ) 
                       guiEditSetReadOnly ( aReportCategory, true ) 
        aReportDropDown = guiCreateStaticImage ( 0.86, 0.10, 0.09, 0.09, "client\\images\\dropdown.png", true, aReportForm ) 
                       guiBringToFront ( aReportDropDown ) 
        aReportCategories   = guiCreateGridList ( 0.30, 0.10, 0.65, 0.30, true, aReportForm ) 
                       guiGridListAddColumn( aReportCategories, "", 0.85 ) 
                       guiSetVisible ( aReportCategories, false ) 
                       guiGridListSetItemText ( aReportCategories, guiGridListAddRow ( aReportCategories ), 1, "Rights", false, false ) 
        aReportSubject      = guiCreateEdit ( 0.30, 0.20, 0.65, 0.09, "", true, aReportForm ) 
        aReportMessage  = guiCreateMemo ( 0.05, 0.38, 0.90, 0.45, "~nicknames(old: | new:):\n~Your real name:\n~how old are you:", true, aReportForm ) 
        aReportAccept       = guiCreateButton ( 0.40, 0.88, 0.25, 0.09, "Send", true, aReportForm ) 
        aReportCancel       = guiCreateButton ( 0.70, 0.88, 0.25, 0.09, "Cancel", true, aReportForm ) 
  
        addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", aReportForm, aClientReportClick ) 
        addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIDoubleClick", aReportForm, aClientReportDoubleClick ) 
    end 
    guiBringToFront ( aReportForm ) 
    showCursor ( true ) 
end 
addCommandHandler ( "nothing123", aReport ) 
function aReportClose ( ) 
    if ( aReportForm ) then 
        removeEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", aReportForm, aClientReportClick ) 
        removeEventHandler ( "onClientGUIDoubleClick", aReportForm, aClientReportDoubleClick ) 
        destroyElement ( aReportForm ) 
        aReportForm = nil 
        showCursor ( false ) 
    end 
end 
  
function aClientReportDoubleClick ( button ) 
    if ( button == "left" ) then 
        if ( source == aReportCategories ) then 
            if ( guiGridListGetSelectedItem ( aReportCategories ) ~= -1 ) then 
                local cat = guiGridListGetItemText ( aReportCategories, guiGridListGetSelectedItem ( aReportCategories ), 1 ) 
                guiSetText ( aReportCategory, cat ) 
                guiSetVisible ( aReportCategories, false ) 
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 
  
function aClientReportClick ( button ) 
    if ( source == aReportCategory ) then 
        guiBringToFront ( aReportDropDown ) 
    end 
    if ( source ~= aReportCategories ) then 
        guiSetVisible ( aReportCategories, false ) 
    end 
    if ( button == "left" ) then 
        if ( source == aReportAccept ) then 
            if ( ( string.len ( guiGetText ( aReportSubject ) ) < 1 ) or ( string.len ( guiGetText ( aReportMessage ) ) < 5 ) ) then 
                aMessageBox ( "error", "Subject/Message missing." ) 
            else 
                aMessageBox ( "info", "Your message has been submited and will be processed as soon as possible." ) 
                setTimer ( aMessageBoxClose, 3000, 1, true ) 
                local tableOut = {} 
                tableOut.category = guiGetText ( aReportCategory ) 
                tableOut.subject = guiGetText ( aReportSubject ) 
                tableOut.message = guiGetText ( aReportMessage ) 
                triggerServerEvent ( "aMessage", getLocalPlayer(), "new", tableOut ) 
                aReportClose () 
            end 
        elseif ( source == aReportSubject ) then 
             
        elseif ( source == aReportMessage ) then 
             
        elseif ( source == aReportCancel ) then 
            aReportClose () 
        elseif ( source == aReportDropDown ) then 
            guiBringToFront ( aReportCategories ) 
            guiSetVisible ( aReportCategories, true ) 
        end 
    end 
end 
------------------------------ 
  
  
-----EDIT 
  
  
  
------------------------------ 
  
local sW, sH = guiGetScreenSize() 
  
        window1 = guiCreateWindow(sW / 2 - 150, sH / 2 - 150, 298, 171, "Request Rights", false) 
        guiWindowSetSizable(window1, false) 
  
        proceed1 = guiCreateButton(10, 123, 123, 38, "Proceed", false, window1) 
        guiSetFont(proceed1, "default-bold-small") 
        close1 = guiCreateButton(152, 122, 122, 39, "Close", false, window1) 
        guiSetFont(close1, "default-bold-small") 
        label1 = guiCreateLabel(9, 20, 279, 25, "Here, you can submit a Request if you wish to get Rights in order to manage cw's or fw's.", false, window1) 
        guiSetFont(label1, "default-small") 
        guiLabelSetHorizontalAlign(label1, "left", true) 
        label2 = guiCreateLabel(8, 47, 159, 18, "Our rules are the followings:", false, window1) 
        guiSetFont(label2, "default-bold-small") 
        label3 = guiCreateLabel(10, 66, 157, 16, "You Should:", false, window1) 
        guiSetFont(label3, "default-small") 
        guiLabelSetColor(label3, 25, 255, 7) 
        label4 = guiCreateLabel(170, 66, 123, 16, "You shouldn't:", false, window1) 
        guiSetFont(label4, "default-small") 
        guiLabelSetColor(label4, 237, 0, 0) 
        label5 = guiCreateLabel(9, 76, 158, 51, "~Respect others\n~Wait if other clans are playing a cw\n~mute annoyers/insulters\n~kick hackers/cheaters \n", false, window1) 
        guiSetFont(label5, "default-small") 
        label6 = guiCreateLabel(166, 77, 127, 50, "~Interrupt cw's/fw's\n~kick for 'no reason'\n~Abuse admin powers\n~spec if players don't accept\n", false, window1) 
        guiSetFont(label6, "default-small")     
  
    guiSetVisible( window1, false ) 
    showCursor ( false ) 
     
  
         
  
function onresourceStart () 
  bindKey ("F4", "down", showPanel) 
end 
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", getResourceRootElement(getThisResource()), onresourceStart) 
  
addEventHandler ( "onClientGUIClick", root, setStats ) 
function showPanel () 
getVisible = guiGetVisible (window1) 
playerName = getPlayerName ( getLocalPlayer() ) 
if (getVisible == true) then 
    guiSetVisible (window1, false) 
    showCursor (false) 
end 
if (getVisible == false) then 
    guiSetVisible (window1, true) 
    showCursor (true) 
end 
end 
  
function onGuiClick (button, state, absoluteX, absoluteY) 
  
  if (source == close1) then 
    guiSetVisible (window1, false) 
    showCursor (false) 
  end 
end 
addEventHandler ("onClientGUIClick", getRootElement(), onGuiClick) 
function onGuiClick (button, state, absoluteX, absoluteY) 
  
  if (source == proceed1) then 
    guiSetVisible (aReportForm, true) 
    showCursor (true) 
  end 
end 
addEventHandler ("onClientGUIClick", getRootElement(), onGuiClick)  

well , the error shows at line 165 "Bad Argument @ 'guiSetVisible' [expected -element at argument 1 , got nil ]"

the report panel doesn't show when i click on proceed button.

Please help,

a lot of thanks

[Castillo]

That's because "aReportForm" doesn't exist, because "aReport" function was never executed.

[Blinker.]

how can i fix it

[Castillo]

Well, you shouldn't start editing a script if you don't know how it works.

You could execute "aReport" function when the resource starts, but make sure to hide the window after it's created.

[Blinker.]

function onGuiClick (button, state, absoluteX, absoluteY)   if (source == proceed1) then   executeCommandHandler ("nothing123")   endend 

should this work? , honestly I don't understand it mate

EDIT : that works , thanks for your help