Paddy, as I understand it your program is a xml editor designed for FL? I've sent you my scripts to use as you like, but I'd also like to make a suggestion. At this time I use either notepad for small scripts or Cooktop for large scripts. The nice thing about Cooktop is that it uses different colors to denote the tags and methods etc. It makes spotting mistakes very easy. Another good thing about it is that you can quickly and easily add in paired tags.

If there was a way you could add in these functions geared specifically towards FL script writing that would be simply awsome. I have no clue how difficult a thing I'm suggesting as I don't know how to write programs. Please excuse me if I'm asking for too much.

What would make this very cool is if you could add another section of buttons that you could click on and it would automatically generate the required tags. Say one of your buttons is labeled "Section Replace" I click on it and automatically your program generates this:

<data file="" method="sectionreplace">
<section>
</section>
<dest>
</dest>
<source>
</source>
</data>

This sort of thing would save alot of time in typing/copying/pasting etc.

Again, I have no clue if this is even a possibility but, either way, thank you very much for what you've already contributed.

Hi,
Thank you for your post and your ideas. I like some of your ideas and i try to realizie them. I got your mail and -it's sure- i include your scripts into the XML-Scripter.

Greatz from Paddy




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Hmm, for those with no knowledge, that is a great idea. A kind of list of functions available etc. Would it be possible for them to have a "drop down list" of some common files - like the equipment folder files, shiparch/loadouts etc along with the choice of the "section replace" - so they can "select" the sectino replace, drop down a list and choose the file, then click "generate" or somethign - and it would create the above as shown by Kaegogi - but with the path to the file filled in too?

I also noticed you could not "copy an paste" into the window (haven't got the latest version admittedly!) - which would greatly help.

The drop downlist might need 20 or so files listed - but i suppose that could grow with each update to include more files, and the instrution method would probabily need around 5 or 6 methods too. I have absolutely no idea how you program, so i don't know how easy or tough that would be to do at all - but thats the great thing about suggestions - they aren't looking from a practicality point of view - only from an idealistic point of view

Its a very nice project idea though

Hi Chips,
I'm sorry to say that some of your ideas are tor hard for me to programing. But some of them i can make.

In the next Version (1.2) are only new Scripts from kaegogi (because i have already send the Update to bakedpotato).
But in the version 1.3 i will make some new features (example: a "sectionappend" part and a "sectionreplace" part. Only click on a button, fill out the fields, and click on "Ok"




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@Paddy: Just saw that you had v1.2 up and I downloaded and tried it out. It's much better than working in notepad. I hope you can do what Chips suggested, the dropdown boxes for inserting the text for paths to specific inis. That, along with the generated tags, would make scripting a thousand times quicker and more exact than it is now. The more people choose to use scripting for their mods the more compatable they are.

Now for the request: Would it be possible to have selection boxes for inserting ids generation text? In other words if I wanted to put in ids info for a rumor there would be a box labeled "IDS Rumor" that would generate :

0 ;GENERATEXMLRES("<xml>-_</xml>"

or a box that's labeled "IDSINF Weapon" that would generate:

0 ;GENERATEXMLRES("<xml><RDL><PUSH/><TRA data="1" mask="1" def="-2"/><JUST loc="center"/><TEXT>_</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TRA data="0" mask="1" def="-1"/><JUST loc="left"/><TEXT>_</TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><TEXT></TEXT><PARA/><TEXT> </TEXT><PARA/><POP/></RDL></xml>"

Or even just two boxes, one for IDS Info and one for IDS Name they would generate:

0 ;GENERATEXMLRES("<xml></xml>"
0 ;GENERATESTRRES(""

Thanks for the great tool and for allowing input. I'm looking forward to v1.3.

Edit = Obviously all the little are supposed to be just )

Edited by - kaegogi on 7/31/2004 2:48:51 PM

Hello kaegogi. It's possible to add your feature...
Can you send me an E-Mail with all scripts i should add to the scripter? I don't know all scripts which are compatible with the FLMM.

Thx

Paddy




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Sorry, what do you mean by "scripts"? Are you looking for all the tags that go with things like "replace", "sectionreplace" etc.? Or are you looking for all the different types of ids info xml? I'm happy to send you what I know but I don't think I'd be the subject matter expert on those things.

If you're looking for tags and methods then I'd say Chips or IGx89 or someone else that knows all the methods like "filecopy" etc. that I've never messed with.

If you're looking for all the ids xml entries then I will dig those up as best I can and get them off to you.
Thanks for all the effort Paddy. You're doing us all a huge service with this.

I'm looking for all XML Tags like filereplace, append, sectionreplace etc.




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Sorry, Paddy. I didn't see this til I saw v1.3 on the front page. I wouldn't have been much help to you anyway. All I know how to use is append, sectionappend, replace, sectionreplace. I know there are others that I've seen in other scripts but I don't really know how to make use of them.

Thanks for the great tool.