How to change the menu bar title?

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Nov 25 2001, 6:24 pm
Ok 1st, I'm not using input so I don't think the following code will work-> switch(input("Text","Title")

If there is some way to work this into my form of menu selection code let me know. The follow code is what I use and it works just fine. I only need to change the Bump-Mode word text to read, "Current Mode:[bumpmode]"

How do I work that into the title?

mob/pc/verb
Bump_Mode(B in list("Attack", "Talk", "Nothing"))
bumpmode = B

LJR
Nov 25 2001, 6:30 pm
LordJR wrote:
Ok 1st, I'm not using input so I don't think the following code will work-> switch(input("Text","Title")

If there is some way to work this into my form of menu selection code let me know. The follow code is what I use and it works just fine. I only need to change the Bump-Mode word text to read, "Current Mode:[bumpmode]"

How do I work that into the title?

mob/pc/verb
Bump_Mode(B in list("Attack", "Talk", "Nothing"))
bumpmode = B

LJR


Well you could try doing this

mob
    pc
        var/B = input("Select your mode","Bump Mode:[bumpmode]")in list("Attack","Talk","Nothing"))
        verb
            bump_mode()
                usr.bumpmode = B


This isn't tested but try it out, see if it works!
Nov 25 2001, 6:43 pm
In response to Nadrew
Well...

1) Thats so messy compared to my code.
2) It says word, so I know there that is a default I can change somewhere, I just need the person that knows the actual code to change it in this way.

I got my idea for this code from an example I saw in the Blue Book. But for some reason I have not found an example of how to change the title without usnig the input method.

Anyone else got an idea? Dan? Tom?

LJR
Nov 25 2001, 10:47 pm
In response to LordJR
Ok I got this code to add something but its not reading my var bumpmode. It shows up as unreadable characters.

set desc = "Current mode:[bumpmode]"

Anyone know what I need to do so I can read the data?

BTW, just using:
set name
set desc

After my code will change the dialog box descriptions.
I've learned this part. Now I just need to know how to get
data to appear right on the dialog box?

LJR
Nov 26 2001, 3:53 am
In response to LordJR
Set desc will set the input box title, but it can not be changed dynamically at runtime.

If the appearance is that critical, allow a null value and use an input box within the verb:

mob/verb/say(T as text|null) // allows T to be text or nothing at all
if(!T)
T = input("What would you like to say?","[src] says...") as text
Nov 26 2001, 1:56 pm
In response to Shadowdarke
hmm I think it should be able to display at runtime! why the heck not!!?? :O

Anyways, I guess it will just be easier then this verb is called to do a usr << "Mode here output"

It won't look as nice, but will get the point across.