TextDrawSetString

TextDrawSetString

Description:

Function TextDrawSetString changes the text on a textdraw.

There are limits to the length of textdraw strings - see here for more info.

Parameters:

(Text:text, string[])

int

text

The TextDraw to change.

string

string

The new string for the TextDraw.

Return Values:

• 1: The function was executed successfully.
• 0: The function failed to execute. This means the textdraw specified does not exist.

Examples:

Example 1

new Text:himessage;
 
public OnGameModeInit()
{
    himessage = TextDrawCreate(1.0, 5.6, "Hi, how are you?"); 
    return 1;
}
 
public OnPlayerConnect(playerid)
{
    new newtext[41], name[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
    GetPlayerName(playerid, name, MAX_PLAYER_NAME);
    format(newtext, sizeof(newtext), "Hi %s, how are you?", name);
    TextDrawSetString(himessage, newtext);   
    TextDrawShowForPlayer(playerid, himessage);
    return 1;
}

Related Functions

The following functions may be useful, as they are related to this function in one way or another.

• TextDrawCreate: Create a textdraw.
• TextDrawDestroy: Destroy a textdraw.
• TextDrawColor: Set the color of the text in a textdraw.
• TextDrawBoxColor: Set the color of the box in a textdraw.
• TextDrawBackgroundColor: Set the background color of a textdraw.
• TextDrawAlignment: Set the alignment of a textdraw.
• TextDrawFont: Set the font of a textdraw.
• TextDrawLetterSize: Set the letter size of the text in a textdraw.
• TextDrawTextSize: Set the size of a textdraw box.
• TextDrawSetOutline: Choose whether the text has an outline.
• TextDrawSetShadow: Toggle shadows on a textdraw.
• TextDrawSetProportional: Scale the text spacing in a textdraw to a proportional ratio.
• TextDrawUseBox: Toggle if the textdraw has a box or not.