function error??

[gundamwing84]

hey guys im installing a .createnpc referenced off the 99 distro into my shard. my shard is fully latest 99 compatible and all, but im having an error i know nothing about..because it doesnt tell me anything????

this is the error im getting from ecompile:

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Compiling: D:/shard/Broken Blade/pkg/commands/seer/createnpc.src
File: D:/shard/Broken Blade/pkg/utils/gumps/include/gumps.inc, Line 335
Error reading function
File: D:/shard/Broken Blade/pkg/utils/gumps/include/gumps.inc, Line 335
Compilation failed.

this is the gumps.inc function:

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function XGFError(text, log:=0)
	if ( log )
		SysLog("Gump Error:: "+text);
	endif

	return error{"errortext":=text};
endfunction

this is the function that calls function:

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function GFGetCfgConst(elem_name, prop_name)
	var cfg := ReadConfigFile(":gumps:GumpInfo");
	if ( cfg.errortext )
		return XGFError("GFGetCfgConst():: Unable to open GumpInfo.cfg -> "+cfg.errortext);
	endif

	var elem := cfg[elem_name];
	if ( elem.errortext )
		return XGFError("GFGetCfgConst():: Unable to find GumpInfo.cfg["+elem_name+"] ->"+elem.errortext);
	endif

	var value := GetConfigInt(elem, prop_name);
	if ( !value )
		return XGFError("GFGetCfgConst():: Unable to find property ["+prop_name+"] in elem ["+elem_name+"]");
	endif

	return value;
endfunction

and again the function that calls that funtion (lol):

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function BuildNPCGump( category_name )

	var npc_list := SortNPCs();
	if( !npc_list.Exists( category_name ))
		return error{ "errortext":="Category name does not exist." };
	endif
	npc_list := npc_list[category_name];

	var gump := GFCreateGump();
	GFPage( gump, 0 );
	GFResizePic( gump, 0, 0, GFGetCfgConst( "Defaults", "BackGround" ), 300, 480 );
	GFResizePic( gump, 15, 15, GFGetCfgConst( "Defaults", "ForeGround" ), 270, 450 );
	GFAddButton( gump, 27, 432, 4014, 4015, GF_CLOSE_BTN, BACK_BTN );
	GFTextLine( gump, 60, 432, 2100, "Back" );

	var y_pos := 60;
	var counter := 1;
	GFTextMid( gump, 15, 30, 290, 2100, "NPC List - "+category_name );
	GFPage( gump, 1 );
	foreach template in ( npc_list[category_name] )
		GFAddButton( gump, 35, y_pos+3, 2117, 2118, GF_CLOSE_BTN, template.pos );
		GFTextLine( gump, 55, y_pos, template.color, template.name );
		y_pos += 20;
		counter += 1;

		if( counter > 18 )
			counter := 1;
			y_pos := 60;
			GFAddButton( gump, 252, 430, 2648, 2649, GF_PAGE_BTN, gump.cur_page+1 );
			GFPage( gump, gump.cur_page+1 );
			GFAddButton( gump, 252, 30, 2650, 2651, GF_PAGE_BTN, gump.cur_page-1 );
		endif
		SleepMS(2);
	endforeach

	var data_elem := DFFindElement( g_datafile, Lower( category_name ), DF_CREATE );
	data_elem.SetProp( "Gump", gump );

	return gump;
endfunction

id try and fix it myself but i really have no clue whats going on because its not giving me an error and the XGFerror function is used by multiple other scripts that work fine :s

thanks,
mat

[CWO]

I think that error is usually thrown when you're using a reserved name for a function although I see no use of any reserved words in your script...

What I would do is comment one line at a time inside XGFError and seeing if/when the error disappears. The compiler seems to be getting confused somewhere...

Unfortunately I injected the code you've pasted into a skeleton script and it compiled so its gonna be trial and error to track this one down. The error might not even be at the location that ecompile is giving you, it may be cascaded from a different location and this is just where ecompile is tripping up...

[gundamwing84]

hmmm i see i see i thought it was very weird to not give an error..i will do some testing, thanks CWO

[Yukiko]

I think CWO is right about the actual error being somewhere else. I recently had the same error and it turned out that there was a syntax error in a line of code before the line where eCompile choked up. It wasn't right before but maybe two or three lines prior to the place POL said it was. Look for incorrect punctuation like maybe two colons ( :: ) or something like that. Sometimes eCompile just can make heads nor tails of what we tell it and all it can do is throw up its hands and say "Hey! I can't do what you want me to do! Infact I can't even tell you why because I don't understand what you said." : )

[gundamwing84]

mmm yes i see...this is gonna take alot to play around with already tried alot of things unfortunately..oh well perseverance wins the battle

[andenixa]

I recommend everyone to visit the POL IRC channel http://forums.polserver.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=386.
There are numerous discussions where you can get and give help almost real time, learn new things and teach the others.