PM system

[Mann56]

Hey there, I need some help i have created a gridlist which gets all player names but i can't figure out how to send the selected player the message . I used the following function.

 pmer = localPlayer 
     selectedPlayer = guiGridListGetSelectedItem(gridThing) 
     guiSetInputEnabled(true) 
     pmto = getPlayerFromName(selectedPlayer) 
     text = guiGetText(editBox) 
     outputChatBox("[PM] -> "..selectedPlayer.." : "..text.."",localPlayer,255,255,0) 
     outputChatBox("[PM] -> "..pmer.." : "..text.."",selectedPlayer,255,255,0) 

As i am alone on my local i exactly dont know will it work but is the function guiGridListGetSelectedItem ok? As there is no related function other than this.

I would look for some help....

Thanks...

[Walid]

no, you need to use guiGridListGetItemText.

local playerName = guiGridListGetItemText(gridThing,row,Column) 
local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName) 
if player then 
  
end  

and the outputChatBox must be server side.

[Mann56]

no, you need to use guiGridListGetItemText.

local playerName = guiGridListGetItemText(gridThing,row,Column) 
local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName) 
if player then 
  
end  

and the outputChatBox must be server side.

Thanks the functions were a bit complicated by names and so i must trigger sver event?

[Walid]

Thanks the functions were a bit complicated by names and so i must trigger sver event?

Yeh, example

function SendMessage () 
    local row,column = guiGridListGetSelectedItem (gridThing) 
        if row == -1 then return end 
            if row and column and row >=0 and column >=0 then 
            local playerName = guiGridListGetItemText(gridThing,row,colmun) 
            local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName) 
            if player then 
                local text = guiGetText(editBox) 
                if text then 
                    triggerServerEvent( "onPlayerSendPM", localPlayer,text, player) 
                guiSetText (editBox, "" )            
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 

[Mann56]

Dude the trigger server event has 4 args?

Edit : Dude ain't working here's my code:

Client:

local pmWindow = guiCreateWindow(498, 143, 353, 549, "", false) 
gridThing = guiCreateGridList(12, 29, 331, 468, false, pmWindow) 
column = guiGridListAddColumn(gridThing, "Name", 0.9) 
editBox = guiCreateEdit(15, 510, 291, 29, "", false, pmWindow) 
closeButton = guiCreateButton(315, 509, 28, 30, "Send", false, pmWindow) 
guiSetProperty(closeButton, "NormalTextColour", "FFAAAAAA") 
guiSetVisible(pmWindow, false)  
showCursor(false)  
  
local pmEnabled = false 
  
function dxText () 
    if not pmEnabled then return end  
    dxDrawText("PM Box", 454, 69, 903, 134, tocolor(213, 216, 14, 255), 1.00, "bankgothic", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
end 
addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, dxText) 
  
function togglePM () 
    pmEnabled = not pmEnabled  
    guiSetVisible(pmWindow, pmEnabled)  
    showCursor(pmEnabled)  
     
end 
bindKey("F3","up", togglePM) 
  
function showDxText() 
addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, 
    function() 
        dxDrawText("PM Box", 454, 69, 903, 134, tocolor(213, 216, 14, 255), 1.00, "bankgothic", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
    end 
) 
end 
  
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart",getResourceRootElement(getThisResource()), 
  
function () 
for i,v in pairs(getElementsByType("player")) do  
       row = guiGridListAddRow(gridThing) 
       guiGridListSetItemText ( gridThing, row, column, getPlayerName ( v ), false, false ) 
end 
       
end 
  
) 
  
function SendMessage () 
     pmer = localPlayer 
    local row,column = guiGridListGetSelectedItem (gridThing) 
        if row == -1 then return end 
            if row and column and row >=0 and column >=0 then 
            local playerName = guiGridListGetItemText(gridThing,row,colmun) 
            local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName) 
            if player then 
                local text = guiGetText(editBox) 
                if text then 
                    triggerServerEvent( "onPlayerSendPM", localPlayer,text, player) 
                guiSetText (editBox, "" )           
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 
addEventHandler("onClientGuiClick",closeButton,SendMessage) 
  

Server

addEvent("onPlayerSendPm",true) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerSendPm",resourceRoot, 
function (text,player,) 
outputChatBox("[PM] -> "..player.." : "..text.."",client,255,255,0) 
outputChatBox("[PM] -> "..pmer.." : "..text.."",player,255,255,0) 
end 
) 

[Walid]

Many things wrong in your code

pmer it's not defined here

[Mann56]

Many things wrong in your code

pmer it's not defined here

it's defined in client

[Walid]

it's defined in client

are you serious so why you use it server side ???

anyways try this

-- Client side

local pmEnabled = false 
  
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart",resourceRoot, 
function () 
    pmWindow = guiCreateWindow(498, 143, 353, 549, "", false) 
    gridThing = guiCreateGridList(12, 29, 331, 468, false, pmWindow) 
    column = guiGridListAddColumn(gridThing, "Name", 0.9) 
    editBox = guiCreateEdit(15, 510, 291, 29, "", false, pmWindow) 
    closeButton = guiCreateButton(315, 509, 28, 30, "Send", false, pmWindow) 
    guiSetProperty(closeButton, "NormalTextColour", "FFAAAAAA") 
    guiSetVisible(pmWindow, false) 
    showCursor(false) 
     
    addEventHandler("onClientGuiClick",closeButton,SendMessage,false) 
end  
) 
  
  
function dxText () 
    if not pmEnabled then return end 
    dxDrawText("PM Box", 454, 69, 903, 134, tocolor(213, 216, 14, 255), 1.00, "bankgothic", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) 
end 
addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, dxText) 
  
function togglePM () 
    pmEnabled = not pmEnabled 
    guiSetVisible(pmWindow, pmEnabled) 
    showCursor(pmEnabled) 
    for i,v in pairs(getElementsByType("player")) do 
      local row = guiGridListAddRow(gridThing) 
       guiGridListSetItemText ( gridThing, row, column, getPlayerName( v ), false, false ) 
    end 
end 
bindKey("F3","up", togglePM) 
  
  
function SendMessage () 
    local row,column = guiGridListGetSelectedItem (gridThing) 
        if row == -1 then return end 
            if row and column and row >=0 and column >=0 then 
            local playerName = guiGridListGetItemText(gridThing,row,colmun) 
            local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName) 
            if player then 
                local text = guiGetText(editBox) 
                if text =~ "" then 
                    triggerServerEvent( "onPlayerSendPM",resourceRoot,text, player) 
                guiSetText (editBox, "" )           
            end 
        end 
    end 
end 
  

-- Server side

addEvent("onPlayerSendPm",true) 
addEventHandler("onPlayerSendPm",resourceRoot, 
    function (text,player) 
    outputChatBox("[PM] -> "..getPlayerName(player).." : "..text.."",client,255,255,0) 
    outputChatBox("[PM] -> "..getPlayerName(client).." : "..text.."",player,255,255,0) 
end 
) 

[Mann56]

Dude i cant see the pm messages still and when i close f3 and again open it my name instead of showing one time shows three times :c

[Walid]

Dude i cant see the pm messages still and when i close f3 and again open it my name instead of showing one time shows three times :c

simply you need to use "guiGridListClear()" before you add player names inside the gridlist.

Edited May 19, 2015 by Guest

[Mann56]

Dude i cant see the pm messages still and when i close f3 and again open it my name instead of showing one time shows three times :c

simply you do use "guiGridListClear()" before you add player names inside the gridlist.

oh, i gotta go through all gui functions

[Walid]

oh, i gotta go through all gui functions

function togglePM () 
    pmEnabled = not pmEnabled 
    guiSetVisible(pmWindow, pmEnabled) 
    showCursor(pmEnabled) 
    guiGridListClear (gridThing) 
    for i,v in pairs(getElementsByType("player")) do 
      local row = guiGridListAddRow(gridThing) 
       guiGridListSetItemText ( gridThing, row, column, getPlayerName( v ), false, false ) 
    end 
end 
bindKey("F3","up", togglePM) 

[Mann56]

oh, i gotta go through all gui functions

function togglePM () 
    pmEnabled = not pmEnabled 
    guiSetVisible(pmWindow, pmEnabled) 
    showCursor(pmEnabled) 
    guiGridListClear (gridThing) 
    for i,v in pairs(getElementsByType("player")) do 
      local row = guiGridListAddRow(gridThing) 
       guiGridListSetItemText ( gridThing, row, column, getPlayerName( v ), false, false ) 
    end 
end 
bindKey("F3","up", togglePM) 

Working now nvm there were some spelling mistakes LOL

[Walid]

Working now nvm there were some spelling mistakes LOL

there is many thig wrong in your code. sorry i don't have time to fix them all

[Mann56]

It's fixed