C# Gui

[JohnLeeroy]

Hello,

I am designing a GUI system for my Unity3D project in C# and I want to handle button presses in the best way that I can.

Here's how I would do it in C++ ...

void StartNewGame()
{
     //SomeCode
}

void Main()
{
    ButtonClass NewGame;
    NewGame.FunctionPointerIfPressed = StartNewGame;
}

It is a bit trickier with C#. I was looking at delegates but I don't see how I could use it as a function pointer. Maybe you guys can give me an idea.


Bottom Line:
I have a container of a button class and I want each button to be able reference a function so I can call said function when button is pressed.

[yaustar]

Should be pretty simple. In Unity, a Button should have a 'Clicked Event' function callback already in place for you to fill in.

[Protector one]

Maybe I'm oversimplifying here, but perhaps you mean something like this?

NewGame.Click += StartNewGame;

(And you'll probably have to overload StartNewGame with a variant that has an object and an EventArg as parameters, but I'm not sure. I'm not familiar with Unity.)

[JohnLeeroy]

Originally Posted by yaustar

Should be pretty simple. In Unity, a Button should have a 'Clicked Event' function callback already in place for you to fill in.

The syntax is

if(GUI.Button(rectangle, "message"))
{
    //code here if pressed
}

If i am instantiating buttons during runtime, it is tricky by using that small block of code. I have considered giving each button a unique id and use a table to link each id to a function but i think there is a better way to do it.


ProtectorOne,
That's how buttons work in C# Forms Programming but I'm not sure how to set up an event system that supports that in Unity =/. Unity does support .NET 4.0.


Thank you for the replies.

[jwalters]

John, I'm not familiar with Unity, but I think what you're looking for are C# events and delegates. I haven't found a great article on them, but this one tries to explain:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/csevents01.aspx

Basically, you want to create your own custom events and event handlers (delegates/callbacks). If you need more info search on "C# delegates" or "C# event handling". Hope that helps.