Dynamic tab names

[BoomerET]

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

 

[Mathias]

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.

 

[Mathias]

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

<!-- 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:

<!-- 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>

 

[BoomerET]

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

Thanks Mathias for your help, I appreciate it.


BoomerET

 

[RavenX]

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

 

[Mathias]

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

 

[RavenX]

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?

 

[Mathias]

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.