Dynamic Windows Tutorial Part 2

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TestTool.Lua

• In your favorite lua editor, create a file testtool.lua and put it into your scripts directory
• Then copy and paste the lua code below into your file and feel free to format it how you want

function ShowTestWindow(user,controlobject)
    local dynamicWindow = DynamicWindow("DynamicWindowHandler","",300,300,-150,-150,"TransparentDraggable","Center")
    dynamicWindow:AddImage(1,1,"HueSwatch",300,300,"Simple","252525")
    DrawCloseButton(271,5,dynamicWindow)
    --test dynamic window code here
    user:OpenDynamicWindow(dynamicWindow,controlobject)
end	
function DrawCloseButton(x,y,dynamicwindow)
    dynamicwindow:AddImage(x,y,"Blank",24,24,"Sliced","AA0000")
    dynamicwindow:AddImage(x+2,y+2,"Blank",20,20,"Sliced","770000")
    dynamicwindow:AddButton(x,y,"CloseButton","",24,24,"[FF7700]Close\n[FFFF00]closes this dynamic window.","",true,"Invisible")
end
RegisterEventHandler(EventType.DynamicWindowResponse,"DynamicWindowHandler",
function (user,buttonId,fieldData)
--add button click checks here
end)
RegisterEventHandler(EventType.Message, "UseObject", 
function(user, usedType) 
    if(usedType=="Open Window") then
        ShowTestWindow(user,this)
    end
    if(usedType=="Refresh Modules") then
        ReloadModule(GetCurrentModule())
    end
    if(usedType=="Test Code") then
        --your test code here
    end
end)
RegisterEventHandler(EventType.ModuleAttached, GetCurrentModule(), function() 
    AddUseCase(this,"Open Window",true)
    AddUseCase(this,"Refresh Modules",false)
    AddUseCase(this,"Test Code",false)
end)

TestTool.Xml

• in your favorite xml editor, create a file testtool.xml and put it into your scripts directory
• then copy and paste the xml code below

<ObjectTemplate>
    <Name>Test Window</Name>
    <ClientId>2</ClientId>
    <SharedStateEntry name="Weight" type="int" value="1"/>	
    <ScriptEngineComponent>
        <LuaModule Name="testtool"/>
    </ScriptEngineComponent>
</ObjectTemplate>

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