Need Assistance With A Derma Menu

[Cartguy]

Hey guys, I'm having troubles with setting up my derma menu to open if i press like F4. I have read the tutorials on derma menus here.
[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Guide_to_Derma[/url]

But it doesn't tell how you are able to get the menu to open up like in Darkrp once you hit F4. So i am just gonna take the example coding at the Guide to Derma wiki. And if you guys could explain what code i need to add, and or where I need to add it. All help is appreciated. :D

[B]local DermaPanel = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
DermaPanel:SetPos( 50,50 )
DermaPanel:SetSize( 200, 250 )
DermaPanel:SetTitle( "Menu" )
DermaPanel:SetVisible( true )
DermaPanel:SetDraggable( true )
DermaPanel:ShowCloseButton( true )
DermaPanel:MakePopup()

local MenuButton = vgui.Create("DButton")
MenuButton:SetParent( DermaPanel )
MenuButton:SetText( "Menu >" )
MenuButton:SetPos(25, 50)
MenuButton:SetSize( 150, 175 )
MenuButton.DoClick = function ( btn )
local MenuButtonOptions = DermaMenu() -- Creates the menu
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("hello", function() Msg("Hello") end ) -- Add options to the menu
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("how", function() Msg("How") end )
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("are", function() Msg("Are") end )
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("you", function() Msg("You") end )
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("?", function() Msg("?") end )
MenuButtonOptions:Open() -- Open the menu AFTER adding your options
end[/B]

[decyg]

Use [lua] tags.
F4 is showspare2, so use this on the serverside lua.
[lua] hook.Add("ShowSpare2","OpenF4", function (ply)
ply:SendLua("OpenMenu()"
end)
[/lua]
Or use umsg's instead.
For your code just do on the client
[lua]
function OpenMenu()
local DermaPanel = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
DermaPanel:SetPos( 50,50 )
DermaPanel:SetSize( 200, 250 )
DermaPanel:SetTitle( "Menu" )
DermaPanel:SetVisible( true )
DermaPanel:SetDraggable( true )
DermaPanel:ShowCloseButton( true )
DermaPanel:MakePopup()

local MenuButton = vgui.Create("DButton")
MenuButton:SetParent( DermaPanel )
MenuButton:SetText( "Menu >" )
MenuButton:SetPos(25, 50)
MenuButton:SetSize( 150, 175 )
MenuButton.DoClick = function ( btn )
local MenuButtonOptions = DermaMenu() -- Creates the menu
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("hello", function() Msg("Hello") end ) -- Add options to the menu
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("how", function() Msg("How") end )
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("are", function() Msg("Are") end )
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("you", function() Msg("You") end )
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("?", function() Msg("?") end )
MenuButtonOptions:Open() -- Open the menu AFTER adding your options
end
end
[/lua]

[Cartguy]

Im still having problems getting it to work, i placed your code for the [b]Server Side only[/b] into the [b]init.lua[/b] file under [b]// Server Side only stuff goes here[/b].

Then I placed the [b]client side[/b] code you gave me into the [b]cl_init.lua[/b] under [b]// Client Side Only Goes Here[/b]

My Files look like this right now, what am i doing wrong?

[b]cl_init.lua[/b]
[lua]
include( 'shared.lua' )

// Clientside only stuff goes here

function OpenMenu()
local DermaPanel = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )
DermaPanel:SetPos( 50,50 )
DermaPanel:SetSize( 200, 250 )
DermaPanel:SetTitle( "Menu" )
DermaPanel:SetVisible( true )
DermaPanel:SetDraggable( true )
DermaPanel:ShowCloseButton( true )
DermaPanel:MakePopup()

local MenuButton = vgui.Create("DButton")
MenuButton:SetParent( DermaPanel )
MenuButton:SetText( "Menu >" )
MenuButton:SetPos(25, 50)
MenuButton:SetSize( 150, 175 )
MenuButton.DoClick = function ( btn )
local MenuButtonOptions = DermaMenu() -- Creates the menu
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("hello", function() Msg("Hello") end ) -- Add options to the menu
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("how", function() Msg("How") end )
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("are", function() Msg("Are") end )
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("you", function() Msg("You") end )
MenuButtonOptions:AddOption("?", function() Msg("?") end )
MenuButtonOptions:Open() -- Open the menu AFTER adding your options
end
end
[/lua]

[b]init.lua[/b]
[lua]

AddCSLuaFile( "cl_init.lua" )
AddCSLuaFile( "shared.lua" )

include( 'shared.lua' )

// Serverside only stuff goes here

hook.Add("ShowSpare2","OpenF4", function (ply)
ply:SendLua("OpenMenu()")
end)

/*---------------------------------------------------------
Name: gamemode:PlayerLoadout( )
Desc: Give the player the default spawning weapons/ammo
---------------------------------------------------------*/
function GM:PlayerLoadout( ply )

ply:Give( "weapon_physcannon" )

ply:Give( "weapon_physgun" )

end
[/lua]

[Entoros]

Don't use SendLua. OpenMenu might not be in _G, but either way it's bad coding practice. Use [b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=User_Messages]usermessages[/url][/b] instead.

[Herover]

Did you save init.lua in "lua/autorun/server/" and cl_init.lua in "lua/autorun/client/"?
If you do that, you could remove the "include" and "AddCSLuaFile" lines, and maybe give it a console-command...
Just add [lua] concommand.Add("OpenMenu", OpenMenu ) [/lua] to the client file, and you got a console command named "OpenMenu"! :)

[Cartguy]

Thanks Herover, i deleted the stuff you told me too and my menu now works when you hit f4, thank you soo much, now i can get on with my gamemode :D

[Herover]

First time I write something useful :D