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Beginner Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Posts: 25

Hey I've got this script that was imported from zmud (not by me) and it worked fine there.

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

#VARFUNC in CMud = #FUNCTION in ZMud.

#FUNCTION in CMud = not available in ZMud (essentially it's like an #ALIAS that returns a value to whatever called it.)

#FUNCTION in CMud requires the use of the #RETURN command, if you're planning on using the function in a statusbar or some other situation where you need the data to appear in a specific spot in the code. Basically, your code is working exactly as intended and you made a user error (ie, no #RETURN means your function didn't return any data for the statusbar to use).

Beginner Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Posts: 25

I'm aware of that. If you read what I said, I tried using #varfunc and it made no difference - the status bar still didn't update. I even tried using a #return with that #function - same result.

My question is, does a #varfunc not count as a changing variable for status bar purposes? And if so, is there another way of doing this?

Apprentice Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 149

I was going to suggest that you use the #UPDATE command, but it's only available from version 3.04 on and your first message suggested you have 2.37.

#UPDATE explicitly tells Cmud to update a status bar item or button rather than relying on Cmud's ability to update it automatically. It's a command that was apparently made just to deal with situations like this one.

Beginner Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Posts: 25

Thanks for the suggestion, Drax. Not getting anywhere with implementing that into the current script at the moment (I'm testing on cmud v3+ and the person who uses the script is willing to upgrade), but hopefully I can figure it out.

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 4:45 am

I would remove the #FUNCTION from the trigger and add the following function to the settings. Everything else stays the same.

Apprentice Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 149

This is similar to what Anaristos suggested but includes an alarm to update the status bar once a second so that the time remaining before you can cureall again is counted down correctly. This would have happened automatically in zMud but needs to be called explicitly with the #UPDATE command in Cmud. Once the CureallAlarm has expired, the alarm keeping the status bar updated will be switched off until it's needed again.

This also formats the time remaining in the counter correctly when under 10 seconds remain. ie you see CA: 3:07 Min(s) instead of CA: 3:7 Min(s)

Beginner Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Posts: 25

Thanks a lot Drax :)

CMUD's giving me an error when I try to import that though:

File: . Line: 6 Col: 29 Error: Invalid element name: "

Any idea what's wrong?

Apprentice Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 149

NP :)

And yeah, the xml, as I posted it, contained code for the less than character in two places. That code is & lt; but without a space between the & and the l. The forums parse that code and replaced it with the less than character itself <. This is preventing the xml from working properly when you just copy/paste it from the forum.

For it to work properly, replace line six with this text (change in bold. remove the excess space)
#IF (%alarm( CureallAlarm) & lt; 1) {#T- statbar1updater}</value>

And replace line eighteen with this text, again removing the excess space:
<value>#RETURN %concat( (%alarm(CureallAlarm)/1000/60), ":", %if((%alarm(CureallAlarm)/1000\60) & lt; 10, 0), (%alarm(CureallAlarm)/1000\60), " Min(s)")</value>

Might someone know if there is a way to get that code to appear without the forum parsing it?

Beginner Joined: 05 Aug 2002 Posts: 25

Thanks, it works great!

Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:59 pm

DraxDrax: & - ampersand # - hash 38 - thirty eight ; - semicolon will render an ampersand allowing you to put the lt; after without it getting merged, displays fine outside and inside of code sections.

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Apprentice Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 149

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I'm going to have to write that one down. Thanks Taz!