Textarea gadget with monkeyx. Is that possible?

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Pakz (Posted 2016) [#1]

With javascript you can write and read text gadgets. How do you make that with monkey? Has anyone done that yet? Are there any links I should look at? I want to modify text files. Parse ect into a program(sprite editor)

k.o.g. (Posted 2016) [#2]

Can you precise your question :D do you want load some Text? Have you ever testet Databuffer.Load() or LoadText()(or is it called LoadString(), i'm not sure :D)

Pakz (Posted 2016) [#3]

In Blitz Plus you can use the textarea to edit text in. Does Monkey have a gadget like that? Javascript\html has textarea's to and monkey makes html code. I was maybe thinking you had to modify the compiled code yourself to have it access (read from and to a textarea) I want to make a sprite editor in monkey html5 that puts code in textarea's so you can copy it out.

Phil7 (Posted 2016) [#4]

Why not use the debug area under your app, if you just want to copy code out from there and not want to put something in.

Gerry Quinn (Posted 2016) [#5]

Do you mean a 'textbox' GUI item? There are one or two user-built GUIs out there which presumably have something like that, or you could roll your own. Monkey doesn't have a built-in GUI library, though I think Monkey 2 is going to.