MacroQuest64

Posted: **Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:51 pm**

Is there a way in MQ to change the hotkey button text and/or colour on the fly?

/if (someAA_is_ready) /change hotkey1.color Yellow
or
/if (someAA_is_ready) /change hotkey1.text READY!

sort of thing.

Puzzled...

Jon

Posted: **Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:10 pm**

Well, all that is in an .ini file, so it would be possible to modify it. However, I'm not sure that the changes are dynamic. I don't think that changes you make to the .ini file will automatically take effect in EQ. You'd either have to /loadskin or something like that. If you're just wanting notification, do /popup or something.

Posted: **Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:59 pm**

I'm pretty sure the ini file is not monitored by EQ for changes.

You'd have find the button object and manipulate it. There doesn't seem to be a way to direct manipulate the text but you could find this routine CButtonWnd::SetAttributesFromSidl and poke around in it.

Posted: **Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:20 pm**

Both JJ and DKAA are correct, the .ini is loaded upon startup, and anytime you change UI's - that's it.

Now, perhaps you could find where it's stored in memory and adress it there, but /popup would be so much easier.