Cross GUI

[shaio]

I am wondering how do I make one client trigger a different client. An example would be, the first player sends a message with gui, and it pops up on the other persons screen (without them doing any commands or binds) How would I do this?

[pa3ck]

GUI Event -> triggerServerEvent -> triggerClientEvent

OR

setElementData with onClientElementDataChange

[shaio]

1 hour ago, pa3ck said:

GUI Event -> triggerServerEvent -> triggerClientEvent

OR

setElementData with onClientElementDataChange

Could you make a simple script as an example? Like make 1 gui with a button and then when u click the button make it open a gui window on someone elses screen?

[Savannah]

Now I know this is going from client to server to client. If you're doing it just by command you can do it straight from the server. 

But since you want to do it through a gui, this is an example of how you could do it:

Client-side:

addCommandHandler("msg",
	function(_,playerName,...)
		if not playerName then
			outputChatBox("No player name given")
			return
		end
		
		if #arg == 0 then
			outputChatBox("No message given")
			return
		end
		
		local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName)
		
		if player then
			local message = table.concat(arg," ")
			
			triggerServerEvent("printMsg",localPlayer,player,message)
		end
	end
,false,false)

addEvent("onMsg",true)
addEventHandler("onMsg",root,
	function(msg)
		sender = getPlayerName(source)
		message = msg
		
		if isTimer(receiveTimer) then
			resetTimer(receiveTimer)
		else
			addEventHandler("onClientRender",root,drawMessage)
			
			receiveTimer = setTimer(function()
				removeEventHandler("onClientRender",root,drawMessage)
				sender,message = nil,nil
			end,5000,1)
		end
	end
)

function drawMessage()
	dxDrawText("A message from "..sender..":", 15, 324, 279, 360, tocolor(255, 255, 255, 255), 1.50, "default", "left", "top", false, false, false, false, false)
	dxDrawText(message, 15, 368, 279, 529, tocolor(45, 203, 78, 255), 1.50, "default", "left", "top", false, true, false, false, false)
end

Server-side:

addEvent("printMsg",true)
addEventHandler("printMsg",root,
	function(player,message)
		triggerClientEvent(player,"onMsg",source,message)
	end
)

 

Edited December 12, 2016 by Savannah

[Savannah]

SORRY EDIT in other post (/msg already exists) and added player check

addCommandHandler("message",
	function(_,playerName,...)
		if not playerName then
			outputChatBox("No player name given")
			return
		end
		
		if #arg == 0 then
			outputChatBox("No message given")
			return
		end
		
		local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName)
		
		if not player then
			outputChatBox("Player not found")
		else
			local message = table.concat(arg," ")
			
			triggerServerEvent("printMsg",localPlayer,player,message)
		end
	end
,false,false)

Also,

GUIeditor example:

showCursor(true)

function printMsg(playerName,message)
	if playerName:len() == 0 then
		outputChatBox("No player name given")
		return
	end
	
	if message:len() == 0 then
		outputChatBox("No message given")
		return
	end
	
	local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName)
	
	if player then			
		triggerServerEvent("printMsg",localPlayer,player,message)
	end
end

GUIEditor = {
    button = {},
    label = {},
    edit = {}
}
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot,
    function()
        GUIEditor.button[1] = guiCreateButton(399, 484, 101, 48, "Send", false)


        GUIEditor.label[1] = guiCreateLabel(315, 384, 75, 32, "player name:", false)
        guiLabelSetHorizontalAlign(GUIEditor.label[1], "right", false)
        guiLabelSetVerticalAlign(GUIEditor.label[1], "center")


        GUIEditor.label[2] = guiCreateLabel(315, 434, 75, 32, "message:", false)
        guiLabelSetHorizontalAlign(GUIEditor.label[2], "right", false)
        guiLabelSetVerticalAlign(GUIEditor.label[2], "center")


        GUIEditor.edit[1] = guiCreateEdit(405, 381, 135, 35, "", false)


        GUIEditor.edit[2] = guiCreateEdit(405, 431, 340, 35, "aa", false)    
    end
)

addEventHandler("onClientGUIClick", resourceRoot,
	function()
		if source == GUIEditor.button[1] then
			printMsg(guiGetText(GUIEditor.edit[1]),guiGetText(GUIEditor.edit[2]))
		end
	end
)

 

Edited December 12, 2016 by Savannah

[shaio]

1 hour ago, Savannah said:

SORRY EDIT in other post (/msg already exists) and added player check

addCommandHandler("message",
	function(_,playerName,...)
		if not playerName then
			outputChatBox("No player name given")
			return
		end
		
		if #arg == 0 then
			outputChatBox("No message given")
			return
		end
		
		local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName)
		
		if not player then
			outputChatBox("Player not found")
		else
			local message = table.concat(arg," ")
			
			triggerServerEvent("printMsg",localPlayer,player,message)
		end
	end
,false,false)

Also,

GUIeditor example:

showCursor(true)

function printMsg(playerName,message)
	if playerName:len() == 0 then
		outputChatBox("No player name given")
		return
	end
	
	if message:len() == 0 then
		outputChatBox("No message given")
		return
	end
	
	local player = getPlayerFromName(playerName)
	
	if player then			
		triggerServerEvent("printMsg",localPlayer,player,message)
	end
end

GUIEditor = {
    button = {},
    label = {},
    edit = {}
}
addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot,
    function()
        GUIEditor.button[1] = guiCreateButton(399, 484, 101, 48, "Send", false)


        GUIEditor.label[1] = guiCreateLabel(315, 384, 75, 32, "player name:", false)
        guiLabelSetHorizontalAlign(GUIEditor.label[1], "right", false)
        guiLabelSetVerticalAlign(GUIEditor.label[1], "center")


        GUIEditor.label[2] = guiCreateLabel(315, 434, 75, 32, "message:", false)
        guiLabelSetHorizontalAlign(GUIEditor.label[2], "right", false)
        guiLabelSetVerticalAlign(GUIEditor.label[2], "center")


        GUIEditor.edit[1] = guiCreateEdit(405, 381, 135, 35, "", false)


        GUIEditor.edit[2] = guiCreateEdit(405, 431, 340, 35, "aa", false)    
    end
)

addEventHandler("onClientGUIClick", resourceRoot,
	function()
		if source == GUIEditor.button[1] then
			printMsg(guiGetText(GUIEditor.edit[1]),guiGetText(GUIEditor.edit[2]))
		end
	end
)

 

I want to know how to have a button on one client that when clicked will create a WINDOW in another client. Trigger event is suppose to do that since it allows you to set the element the event is triggered for, but it's not working. I need more help with this.

[iPrestege]

Show us the part where you use 'triggerClientEvent' In you have to use root to send it for all clients.

[shaio]

16 hours ago, iPrestege said:

Show us the part where you use 'triggerClientEvent' In you have to use root to send it for all clients.

so instead of specifying player at the start, trigger the event with the element as root and then verify the player with if root == player then?