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Topic: Panels UI: Using a pvar to change a button's function? (Read 3097 times) previous topic - next topic
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Panels UI: Using a pvar to change a button's function?

Hello,

I am trying to use a pvar switch to have a button do different things depending on the pvar number. Here is what I am trying, but it just isn't working:

Code: [Select]
$button2(35,17,0,0,208,16,
'%artist%',
'%artist%',
$ifequal($getpvar(artist_link),1,
EXEC:http'://'en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$replace(%artist%, ,_)
,
$ifequal($getpvar(artist_link),2,
EXEC:http'://'www.youtube.com/results.php?search_query=$replace(%artist%, ,+)
),)
,
TOOLTIP:"Search Wikipedia For: %artist%")


I may have the code incorrent, but with all the ) and ( and , it can get confusing.

Anyways, what I am trying to accomplish is if the pvar "artist_link" is set to 1, then the Wikipedia page loads, otherwise if it is set to 2, the YouTube page loads. I am going to repeat this for 6 sites in total.

Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thank you .
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Panels UI: Using a pvar to change a button's function?

Reply #1 –
You have an extra comma, but you can use $select to simplify the job:
Code: [Select]
$button2(35,17,0,0,208,16,
'%artist%',
'%artist%',
$select($getpvar(artist_link),
//1
EXEC:http'://'en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$replace(%artist%, ,_),
//2
EXEC:http'://'www.youtube.com/results.php?search_query=$replace(%artist%, ,+),
//3
,
//4 etc
),
TOOLTIP:"Search Wikipedia For: %artist%")

Panels UI: Using a pvar to change a button's function?

Reply #2 –
Ah even better! Thank you Purple Monkey .
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Panels UI: Using a pvar to change a button's function?

Reply #3 –
Quote from: Purple Monkey on
Code: [Select]
$select($getpvar(artist_link),
//1
EXEC:http'://'en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$replace(%artist%, ,_),
//2
EXEC:http'://'www.youtube.com/results.php?search_query=$replace(%artist%, ,+),
//3
,
//4 etc
)


One thing to keep in mind is that by default the pvar will not have a value and will evaluate as 0 until you set it (I presume you are using an external function somewhere). So you may want to consider using
Code: [Select]
$select($add($getpvar(artist_link),1),
...
)


This way the routine will always perform a function even if the pvar gets unset or zeroed.
EDIT: You would also need to adjust the external function setting the pvar to 1 integer lower.