want to remove XML file

[Glen348]

im looking for a way to remove the xml file and make it work in lua only any ideals?

local function CreateIndexButton(indexPool)
    local button = ZO_ObjectPool_CreateControl("NotebookIndex", indexPool, notebook.toc.scrollChild)
    local anchorBtn = buttonCount == 1 and notebook.toc.scrollChild or indexPool:AcquireObject(buttonCount-1)
        button:SetAnchor(TOPLEFT, anchorBtn, buttonCount == 1 and TOPLEFT or BOTTOMLEFT)
        button:SetHorizontalAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT)      
        button:SetFont("ZoFontBookPaper")       
        button:SetWidth(400)
        button:SetNormalFontColor(0, 0, 0, 0.7)
        button:SetPressedFontColor(0, 0, 0, 0.9)
        button:SetMouseOverFontColor(0, 0, 0, 0.4)
        button:SetClickSound()  
        button:SetHandler("OnClicked", function(self)
            currentlyViewing = self.id
            notebook.titleEdit:SetText(UnprotectText(self.data.title))
            notebook.edit:SetText(UnprotectText(self.data.text))
            notebook.selectedpage:ClearAnchors()
            notebook.selectedpage:SetAnchorFill(self)
            PlaySound(SOUNDS.BOOK_PAGE_TURN)            
        end)
    buttonCount = buttonCount + 1
    return button
end
 
    PopulateScrollList()
        if self.new then
            notebook.selectedpage:SetAnchorFill(_G["NotebookIndex"..currentlyViewing])
        end

<GuiXml>
	<Controls>
		<Button name="NotebookIndex" virtual="true" inherits="ZO_DefaultTextButton">
		</Button>
	</Controls>
</GuiXml>

[votan]

Hi.

Just by looking at the code you posted, I would say that your template "NotebookIndex" does not introduce something new. So you could just replace your template with "ZO_DefaultTextButton" and you are done.

local button = ZO_ObjectPool_CreateControl("ZO_DefaultTextButton", indexPool, notebook.toc.scrollChild)

Or did I miss something?

[Glen348]

Thanks a lot, I hate xml :P

[votan]

Originally Posted by Glen348 Thanks a lot, I hate xml :P

just some notes:
ZO_ObjectPool_CreateControl is simply a shortcut to CreateControlFromVirtual which abuses TemplateName as NamePrefix:

function ZO_ObjectPool_CreateControl(templateName, objectPool, parentControl)
    return CreateControlFromVirtual(templateName, parentControl, templateName, objectPool:GetNextControlId())
end

So this may better:

local button = CreateControlFromVirtual("NotebookIndex", notebook.toc.scrollChild, "ZO_DefaultTextButton", indexPool:GetNextControlId())

CreateControlFromVirtual just does:

local button = WINDOW_MANAGER:CreateControlFromVirtual("NotebookIndex" .. indexPool:GetNextControlId(), notebook.toc.scrollChild, "ZO_DefaultTextButton")

By the way: Is "NotebookIndex" really unique enough?
Another thing you should ask yourself is: Why using a pool instance and counting on your own with buttonCount?
If you want to chain controls in a loop you may change the whole construct to use a variable "lastControl" which remembers the previous button to anchor to.
Why recreating the control's names and look into the global instead of saving a reference to the "right" button in notebook.selectedpage.button
And what, if this button already exists?

Good luck