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I wrote a game program on Opus Pro 5 that uses a fixed number of text input boxes. But I want to add a feature where the game player could add more text input boxes while the game is running.

Is there an action or a script that will create more text input boxes when the user/player clicks an "add more boxes" button while the publication is running? Each new text input box will be located directly below the previous text input box and will have a text input variable name sequentially generated. And if the rows of text boxes run off the bottom of the screen, a scroll bar will be generated.

Hi

At first I thought of a complex solution involving scripting to set up clones, layers, etc. Then, I came up with a more basic idea, making use of multi frames.

I'm not sure what your design looks like, but, if you don't need an enormous number of text input boxes, then maybe you can build on the attached .imp.
The sample only has 5 text input boxes in a multi frame, but you could stack 10 or 20 or 50 or more, setting each to save the text entered to a separate variable. The multi frame can be advanced one frame at a time using a button, or you could conceivably set it to advance using other triggers independent of a button.

I'm not sure how the page would be set up, so I wasn't able to add scroll bars. However, these would not be difficult to add, if you had multi frames running past the page margin.

Take a look at the .imp file. I hope this helps.

Kind Regards,

Thanks, Stephen, for taking the time to make "sample.imp" That will definitely work for a limited amount of Text Input Box additions. But I need the "add another box" button to be able to be clicked as many times as the user desires (ten thousand times, if needed) and each time adding a new text input box.

Your initial suggestion of using the CloneObject script command works for adding boxes.
I am now looking for a way to give each new cloned box a unique Text Input Variable.

Here's what I did so far:

1. I created a large frame and dragged the vertical scroll bar tool into the frame.

2. Inside the frame, I created a text input box 50 pixels tall and named it "box1" (this is the text box to be cloned). The text input is the variable "MyText001"

3. On Show, I created the variable "location1" with a value of 100. This variable will contain the vertical position of the new cloned box.

4. On Left Mouse Click of "box1" I am running the following script:

box1.CloneObject(200,location1.valueOf(),true) 
location1 = location1.valueOf() + 50

When I run the publication and click on box1, I get a clone of box1 at location (200, 100). When I click on box1 again, I get another clone at (200, 150), then (200,200), then (200,250), etc. with each new box located below the others, 50 pixels down.

When the additional boxes run off the bottom of the screen a scroll bar is automatically generated.

This is exactly what I want as far as box creation goes. But in between the two lines of script
I need to add a script that will change the name of the Text Input Variable of the Text Box (increment the name by 1)
so that the next clone will have a unique Text Input Varialbe name. But still allow the previous Variable to be used elsewhere on the page.


I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.

Hi

I'm impressed with your progress so far!

I'm afraid my scripting skills are limited, especially in the area of incrementing. My guess, however, is that it can be done, maybe using a clone array, incrementing the variable for each clone using ++. This is where I get lost. Hopefully, a Forum colleague or DW support team member can comment and suggest specifically how.

I'll be interested in seeing what they suggest.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Kind Regards,