Cheat Engine

[bknight2602]

Since my foray into listviews ended so poorly, I'm trying a different approach.
What I have is two edit boxes. If a value is entered into the box, I'm assuming that the OnChange event will have that value to use somewhere else in code.
What is the proper syntax to use a value typed into the box?

[Dark Byte]

control_getCaption should be able to get the user input string

e.g:
expvalue = tonumber(control_getCaption(TRAINERFORM_EXPEDITBOX))

[bknight2602]

Oh that worked, except it outputs only the first key depress. Subsequent key strokes require going back to the EditBox. I tried entering the code in OnEnter event, but that didn't work. I'm sure there is a subtle difference in the code using OnEnter.

Also are the values only "available" in the control functions or are they static across all the functions?

[Dark Byte]

Did you set an OnKeyDown method as well? If so, try to remove it from the event list as it can block key presses if no return is set

Also, OnEnter is only triggered when you gain focus. (e.g tab from one control to another)
OnChange is what you need since that gets called for every key press
Else combine it with a button to press when everything is entered

all objects that inherit from Control can use the control_ functions.
Check the main.lua, each class has it's inheritance listed

[bknight2602]

Nothing else was selected, the control just accepts one key stroke.
On your advice I deleted the events on the two CEEdits and added two buttons. Those two worked good.
Then I added a CERadioGroup added 8 names and their radio buttons. The form looks good after re-spacing, but when the OnClick event is selected and a radio button is changed all I get is an error "access violation"

[Dark Byte]

Is your form named CheatPanel?
If the object is inside a panel in a form, you must still use the formname


Also,

[bknight2602]

Stupid me, youre correct. That eliminated the access violation.
But the value recovered is just the caption for the RadioGroup, which makes sense.
Results in Hero name = Hero name (which is the caption of the RadioGroup)
How are the values of the RadioGroup accessed?

function CERadioGroup1Click(sender)
heroname = control_getCaption(CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1)
print("Hero name = ", heroname)
--if expvalue ~= nil and goldvalue ~= nil and heroname ~= nil then
--RecalculateAddresses()
--end
end

[Dark Byte]

Use radiogroup_getItemIndex to find out which of the options was selected (-1 means nothing selected, 0 + is the index in the strings object of the radiogroup)

If you know the order, just check the id, else you may have to use radiogroup_getItems() to get the stringlist object and then strings_getString(stringsobject, index) to get the specific text

[bknight2602]

Please be patient:
The second part is what I believe I am trying to get using the value of the radiogroup, that is.
radiogroup_getItems()--Doesn't do anything
h = radiogroup_getItems()--Doesn't do anything
radiogroup_getItems(stringlist)--Access violation
h = radiogroup_getItems(stringlist)--Access violation
radiogroup_getItems(radiogroup_getItems(CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1(stringlist))--attempt to call global 'CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1' (a userdata value)
h = radiogroup_getItems(radiogroup_getItems(CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1(stringlist))--attempt to call global 'CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1' (a userdata value)
radiogroup_getItems(radiogroup_getItems(CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1())--attempt to call global 'CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1' (a userdata value)
h = radiogroup_getItems(radiogroup_getItems(CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1())--attempt to call global 'CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1' (a userdata value)
I even tried (stringlist, index) on all but don't have anything to work with. I just don't get what you are telling me

[Dark Byte]

radiogroup_getItems( CheatPanel_CERadioGroup1) will return a Strings class object containing the string

strings_getString is used to access the individual strings of that object

Anyhow, i do recommend just going by index alone instead of string compares. It's a lot easier

[bknight2602]

I was going to use the strings_getString(stringsobject, index), since the index part worked for me. I'll give it a try later tonight.
Thanks

EDIT:
For those that follow or search:
1. The string object is in a hex format without 0x, which is probably why DB recommended searching for the index.
2. If the index is not set to a variable, the result is always the first index (0).

[Dark Byte]

+ = checked
- = unchecked
* = square

So,
writable checked = +W
green square in executable = *X
nothing in copy on write = -C

+W*X-C

[bknight2602]

Ah, the code page did not give an equal sign, thanks.

What I tried to do was perform two searches as follows:

[bknight2602]

I tried another method of getting to the calculation, similar to the previous.

[Dark Byte]

You are mixing up variablename types and even just variablenames causing your code to be pretty hard to read


from that i've scratched together:
First script: