return: expected end of statement

ID:1861176
 
May 29 2015, 11:11 am
(See the best response by Lummox JR.)
Code:
macro
    SHIFT+Click(StoneFloor) return usr << "you pressed Shift + Click";
    SHIFT+u return usr << "you pressed Shift + u";
    u return usr << "you pressed u";


Ilumination system(v1).dm:2:error: return: expected end of statement
Ilumination system(v1).dm:3:error: return: expected end of statement

Hi everyone, i just want to know why i get these two errors?
I mean why i get them when i use the "SHIFT"

May 29 2015, 11:14 am
You can't use output operators in macros. All you should have is return followed by the verb.
May 29 2015, 11:44 am
Umm.. i dont know what you mean, i know that after the "return", you could return a verb, but i have been testing it and i get other error...
macro
    //SHIFT+Click(StoneFloor) return usr << "you pressed Shift + Click";
    //SHIFT+u return usr << "you pressed Shift + u";
    u return "Examine()"; // im returning a verb
obj
    verb
        Examine()
            var
                txt as text
            txt = "You stare at the wall.";

Error:
Ilumination system(v1).dm:10:warning: txt: variable defined but not used
Ilumination system(v1).dm:5:error: return"Examine()": instruction not allowed here
May 29 2015, 12:26 pm (Edited on May 29 2015, 12:35 pm)
Macro instructions belong in .dms files which have been phased out for the new interface macro editor.

If you absolutely want to, you'll need to create a .dms (Script) file in Dream Maker. Set your macro instructions in that, and your verbs to follow in your regular .dm files.

Because of the error "Ilumination system(v1).dm" I see you're not putting the macro instruction in a .dms file, and instead are putting it in a .dm file.

DMS FILE:
macro
    u return "outputMacro u"
    SHIFT+u return "outputMacro SHIFT+u"


DM FILE:
mob
    verb
        outputMacro(var/macro as text)
            if(macro == "u")
                src << "You pressed u"
            if(macro == "SHIFT+u")
                src << "You pressed SHIFT and u!"


I believe if you have an interface file, this will make your macro script null and inoperable.
May 29 2015, 12:33 pm
Best response
.dms files are still relevant to the webclient. The correct syntax for returning a macro, however, would be this:

macro
    u return "Examine"

It has to be the same way you'd type it on the input line.

A macro block does not go in a .dm file; it goes in a .dms file. Or, you can just define macros in your skin and then you don't need to use a .dms file. That's why the error on line 5 is appearing.

The reason you have a warning on line 10 is that you're not doing anything with that var. You're assigning it a value that isn't actually being used, and the compiler is smart enough to notice.
May 29 2015, 8:41 pm (Edited on May 29 2015, 8:48 pm)
Yes, it works, but i have a problem when i add a SHIFT+Click() macro, what should i do in that case?
...
also, maximus, when i put your code in dm and i compile it, it says there is an error in the line 5 in the dm code file.
May 29 2015, 8:46 pm
In response to Stroop
You'll want to use MouseDown (client) and pass that as probably a client variable through a verb like the others.

Basically, when you use Shift set a variable client.shift_down to true. Then under client Click() check if client.shift_down is true and proceed. So, Shift could be a macro of it's own. Then just alter Click() to handle accordingly.