HideGUIButton

Definition

HideGUIButton(string GUIName, string buttonName)

Description

This function hides the button buttonName that belongs to the GUI GUIName.

Parameters

GUIName
Specifies the GUI name. You can also use the name “this” for this parameter. In this case, the name “this” refers to the GUI to which the button buttonName belongs.

buttonName
Specifies the button name that belongs to the GUI GUIName.

Example 1

function OnTriggerEnter(otherActorName)
    HideGUIButton("gui_SampleGUI17_MainMenu", "PlayGame")
end

function OnTriggerStay(otherActorName)

end

function OnTriggerExit(otherActorName)

end
Assume that the above script is attached to a trigger named “trigger1”. Whenever the main character or a prefab instance that has dynamic physics is entered into this trigger, the button “PlayGame” that belongs to GUI “gui_SampleGUI17_MainMenu” will be hidden.

Example 2

--Name of script is HideGUIButton2.lua

function OnSelectMouseLButtonDown()
    HideGUIButton("this", "About")
end

function OnSelectMouseRButtonDown()

end

function OnSelectMouseEnter()

end
Assume that the above script named HideGUIButton2.lua is attached to a button named “PlayGame” that belongs to the GUI “gui_1”. Also assume that GUI “gui_1” has another button named “About”.  In this case, “this” string in the HideGUIButton function refers to the name “gui_1”. Whenever the user left clicks the “PlayGame” button, the HideGUIButton function will hide the “About” button belonging to GUI “gui_1”.
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