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Does anyone know how to show a display on top of the Zeus map?  I can put a display over the main display (46), the main map (12), and the Zeus display (312), but not the Zeus map.

This is because the Zeus map is a background control (idc 50) and not a separate display.  So putting a display up just hides the controls of the Zeus display, including the map.  Close my display and those controls reappear.

If I put up a dialog, controls such as the EDIT and CREATE panels (in "controls") will remain up, but if I try that with the Zeus map up (in "controlsBackground"), the map is again hidden.

The only thing that seems left is creating controls right in the Zeus display, on top of any controls that are already there.  That attempt will probably end badly and I probably won't pursue it.  So I'm looking for a lifeline here.

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21 hours ago, JB47394 said:

The only thing that seems left is creating controls right in the Zeus display, on top of any controls that are already there.  That attempt will probably end badly and I probably won't pursue it

 

Why not? if possible would be ok solution IMO

 

 

Have you considered creating a RscTitles class ?

 

Opened by:

 

cutRsc["YourOverlayName","PLAIN",0];

 

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On 4/25/2019 at 8:14 AM, gc8 said:

Why not?

Because I have no interest in spending the time to find out.  I have a long list of development tasks and the return doesn't justify the potential cost.

On 4/25/2019 at 8:14 AM, gc8 said:

Have you considered creating a RscTitles class ?

The UI has input elements.

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You can make an interface with cutRsc that is interactive. Can even potentially do it all in .SQF without even defining a .hpp, depending what controls you need to utilize for your interface. I think going with a .hpp gives you more options though. cutRsc doesn't support a lot of different controls, but works with some basic ones such as RscButton, RscText, RscPicture, and a few others.

 

Some handy links:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/cutRsc
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/titleRsc

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ctrlCreate/classnames

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/User_Interface_Event_Handlers

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Dialog_Control

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Command_Group:_GUI_Control

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