Gumps. Best practice?

[Damnation]

Hi All,

After many a year away from the pol scene, i've been pulled back in

However a lot has changed since i last touched pol, a task i've been assigned requires me to use gumps, now back in the day i used raw gump code.

I'm wondering what is best practice these days with gumps?

Any responses will be greatly welcomed.

Damnation

[Damien.]

What I know of, creating gumps using arrays are the best way:
http://docs.polserver.com/pol099/guides ... file=gumps

[Damnation]

Well how lazy am i? i must admit i didn't even look at the docs, i downloaded a copy but hadn't touch them.

*smacks hand*

Thanks for that, its good to know that the same system i once used is still there and best practice. it'll make jumping back into all this an easier process.

thanks for the response!

[Damien White]

You might also try ...
http://www.gumpstudio.com/
I think the last release was version 1.8 R3.

[Damnation]

Thanks, i've grabbed that and the file to export for pol.

[Pachacuti]

Nowadays, using gumps is quite easy. Try using the "GF" ones, this helped me a lot =P

Take a look at the pkg/utils/gumps/include, some things are expliained out there (if you use the distro =P)

[Damien.]

Yeah, the GF include file Austin created surerly is handy and easy for beginners. But it demands more of POL. Creating gumps using arrays is the best way what I heard of, and therefore is the suggested one

[Damnation]

i'd rather do the array version as that's the version i learned to use years ago, so it shouldn't be difficult to pick up again.

Thanks for the suggest though!

[Pachacuti]

It really demmands more of POL?

So i should learn the array way =p

Its not that different, is it?

[Damnation]

not too different, but if my memory serves me right, it gets sent directly to the client. as the client actually reads that format.

BUT i could be wrong, i just have a faint memory of packet logging and seeing the raw gump data.

[*Edwards]

To be honest the best way to learn is to look at the exemple given in the distro097 in utils/gumps ... So you can learn all methods for buttons, text, tile and everything.. It took me 1 week to create a multi options gumps with divisions and all...