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Dynamic tab names

Is it possible to create a tab where the name= is dynamic.

I tried using CDATA, without any success.

As it stands right now, I have multipe tab_xxx files, one for each class and race, but was wondering if I could somehow use a dynamic name so I can have one tab configuration file instead of 20.

It's easy enough to create each one, as it's just copy/paste, but all the information is duplicated.

BoomerET

This is an advanced topic that's not currently covered in the wiki, I'm sorry to say - there's a mechanism called agent linkages that allows you to create a single tab that gets re-used for any specific thing that's derived from a particular component.

Here are some pieces from Pathfinder's panel_class.dat file that will hopefully help you figure out how to implement this:

Code:

 

 

<!-- Class panel -->

<panel

  id="Class"

  name="Class"

  order="150"

  marginhorz="5"

  marginvert="5"

  agentcompset="Class"

  agentlive="ClsTabLive"

  agentname="shortname">

agentlive must be an <identity> tag on the compset, and it's tested in the hero context to determine whether to show this tab or not.

And here's how it looks in an individual table:

Code:

 

<!-- SPELLBOOK FORM - list of spells in the spellbook for this class -->

<portal

  id="ClsBook"

  style="Table">

  <table_dynamic

    component="BaseSpell"

    showtemplate="sPick"

    choosetemplate="sThing"

    descwidth="300"

    addspace="3"

    showsortset="Spell"

    choosesortset="Spell"

    useagentadd="yes"

    useagentcandidate="yes"

    agentlist="Spellbook"

    agentautotag="Spellbook"

    useagentlinkage="yes"

    candidatefield="cSplBkExpr"

    columns="3"> <!-- Note - NOT linked to helper object -->

    <list><![CDATA[

      !Helper.CustomItem & !Hide.Spell & !Helper.Obsolete

      ]]></list> <!-- Don't want to see the custom spell -->

    <restriction>TRUE</restriction> <!-- Only learn spells once -->

    <titlebar><![CDATA[

      @text = "Choose your " & lowercase(agent.field[cSpBkName].text) & " " & lowercase(agent.field[cSpellName].text) & "."

      ]]></titlebar>

Zoiks, I've got a lot to learn obviously.

Thanks Mathias for your help, I appreciate it.

BoomerET

Mathias, what compset is the "shortname" field defined in?

Find the wiki page that covers how components are defined - take a look through all the settings there.

I figured out that I needed a hasshortname="yes" in the component. Do I have to define the shortname field on each class or is it automatically defined?

shortname defaults to = name if nothing else is entered. In d20/Pathfinder, most classes don't set a different shortname - the only exceptions are the ones with really long names, who use an abbreviation or other way of shortening the name.