GUI Message Box

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Hi, I've been having some trouble creating a GUI Message Box. Basically, I want to make a script for the message box, but be able to call this message box from a different script.

For example,

I would use this on a different script:

MessageBox("Text goes here.");

or something like that but it would be getting the message box from the original script.

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Answer by Jesus_Freak · Dec 08, 2010 at 01:27 AM

you vould put on this script if you want only words but can convert it into a button easily if you want:

//the name of this script this following code is in is important! will be //refered to as "Message" by me. so you could replace Message in the next code with your actual name for it. static var Str : String;

function OnGUI()
{
 GUILayout.Label(Str);
}

and that would automaticlly make the string ubneditable through the inspector (making it 100% program-changable and programming-changable only!) but it displays the text as a preset label.

in another script you could do

function Update()
{
 if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.delete)) // when the delete key is pressed
 {
  Message.Str = "Deleted"; // example word to be displayed.
 }
}

i hope that helps you, and that if this isn't what you wanted, that it at least helps you understand what you could do to optimize it to your situation!

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Jesus_Freak · Dec 08, 2010 at 01:32 AM 0

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right now, the default string to be "GUI'd" is empty, so it won't play until you change it like shown in the second code.

RSunity · Dec 08, 2010 at 01:34 AM 0

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Thank you, helped a lot.

Jesus_Freak · Dec 08, 2010 at 01:40 AM 0

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sure! glad to help! if you need help with anything or something isn't just right, let me know, with specifics, and i or anyone else could possibly help you more.

Jesus_Freak · Dec 08, 2010 at 01:47 AM 0

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i'll check into it. until then, you could change the first static var to make it look like:

static var Str : String = "My Message"; and change the "My Message" to whatever you want. for right now...

Jesus_Freak · Dec 08, 2010 at 01:50 AM 0

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well, i see you deleted your comment, so i guess you figured it out. but i tested it myself just to be sure, and it works for default, now i'll check if you can edit the words.

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Answer by HaimBendanan · Dec 31, 2016 at 01:27 PM

For anyone looking for something similar, i made a simple message box, easy to use, feel free to try it: Simple-Message-Box-Unity on Github

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