ctrlChecked always returns FALSE

[arma_max 13]

Hi,

 

I have a checkbox in my GUI

 

class checkboxCreateEmptyVehicle: RscCheckbox
		{
			idc = 2800;
			x = 0.341345 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
			y = 0.612847 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
			w = 0.015 * safezoneW;
			h = 0.03 * safezoneH;
		};

 

and when I click a button, it checks if that box is ticked or not:

 

_display = findDisplay	1234;
_ctrlCheckboxCreateEmptyVehicle = _display displayCtrl 2800;
_createEmptyVehicle = false;
_createEmptyVehicle = ctrlChecked _ctrlCheckboxCreateEmptyVehicle;

hint format ["_ctrlCheckboxCreateEmptyVehicle: \n%1", (ctrlChecked _ctrlCheckboxCreateEmptyVehicle)];

For some reason it is always returning FALSE, no matter whether I have ticked the box or not. What am I missing here?

[pierremgi 4737]

did you disableSerialization  first? (read notes!)

[arma_max 13]

Thanks for the hint! Just added that and tried again, no difference!

The thing is, I am not getting any error messages or similar and all my other controls are working just fine. Its just that checkbox that won't work as expected.

 

 

[arma_max 13]

I found a workaround: set up the event handler on the checkbox to detect changes and store the value in a global variable. Not really sexy but it works …

 

control.hpp

onCheckedChanged = "[_this] execVM 'checkboxCreateEmptyVehicleCapture.sqf'";

 

checkboxCreateEmptyVehicleCapture.sqf:

_parms = _this select 0;
_ctrl = _parms select 0;
_intValue = _parms select 1;


if(_intValue == 1) then {
	checkboxCreateEmptyVehicleValue = true;
} else {
	checkboxCreateEmptyVehicleValue = false;
};

hint format ["_parms: \n%1", _parms];
hint format ["checkboxCreateEmptyVehicleValue: \n%1", checkboxCreateEmptyVehicleValue];

 

[arma_max 13]

I am an idiot. Of course you have to use cbChecked and not ctrlChecked when working with CT_CHECKBOX type 77 ... now its working as expected 🙂