Adding VGUI into a timer

[TheRealOtunga]

Hi, I must sound like a pain posting 2 questions in 1 day but one last thing I need to know is how to add vgui into a timer, I know about creating a timer and everything it's just putting vgui into it and also at the end of the timer making the VGUI close, here is the code I have so far:

if (SERVER) then
   util.AddNetworkString("OpenVGUIElement")
   
   hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "ID", function(ply, inf, att) -- Would make a menu pop up when the player dies
      net.Start("OpenVGUIElement")
      net.Send( ply )
   end )
elseif (CLIENT) then
   net.Receive("OpenVGUIElement", function(len)
      OpenVGUIElement()
   end ) 

   function OpenVGUIElement()
       -- Container panel
BGPanel = vgui.Create( "DPanel" )
BGPanel:SetSize( 400, 400 )
BGPanel:Center()
BGPanel:SetDrawBackground( false )

-- Wood background
local img_bg = vgui.Create( "DImage", BGPanel )
img_bg:SetSize( BGPanel:GetSize() )
img_bg:SetImage( "models/props_foliage/oak_tree01" )

-- Blurred out screenshot of Construct
local img_construct = vgui.Create( "DImage", BGPanel )
img_construct:SetPos( 10, 10 )
img_construct:SetSize( 380, 380 )
img_construct:SetImage( "hlmv/background" )

-- Flatgrass sign
local img_text = vgui.Create( "DImage", BGPanel )
img_text:SetPos( 10, 20 )
img_text:SetSize( 380, 130 )
img_text:SetImage( "gm_construct/flatsign" )
   end
end

[solid_jake]

Remove your base panel. In this case it's BGPanel:Remove()

That will automatically remove all children as well.

Method wise are you sure you want to use a timer? You can run a check on the panel's think/paint function to remove after a certain amount of time like so:

pan.RefTime = CurTime() + LengthBeforeDeletion
pan.Think = function( self, w, h )
     if pan.RefTime < CurTime() then
          self:Remove()
     end
end

[TheRealOtunga]

[QUOTE=solid_jake;51772675]Remove your base panel. In this case it's BGPanel:Remove()

That will automatically remove all children as well.

Method wise are you sure you want to use a timer? You can run a check on the panel's think/paint function to remove after a certain amount of time like so:

pan.RefTime = CurTime() + LengthBeforeDeletion
pan.Think = function( self, w, h )
     if pan.RefTime < CurTime() then
          self:Remove()
     end
end

[/QUOTE]

That could work too lol, thanks jake :) I'll go do those changes and report back

[editline]3rd February 2017[/editline]

It worked thanks to solid_jake, here is the code for anyone else wanting to know how to do this:

if (SERVER) then
   util.AddNetworkString("OpenVGUIElement")
   
   hook.Add("PlayerDeath", "ID", function(ply, inf, att) -- Would make a menu pop up when the player dies
      net.Start("OpenVGUIElement")
      net.Send( ply )
   end )
elseif (CLIENT) then
   net.Receive("OpenVGUIElement", function(len)
      OpenVGUIElement()
   end ) 

   function OpenVGUIElement()
       -- Container panel
BGPanel = vgui.Create( "DPanel" )
BGPanel:SetSize( 400, 400 )
BGPanel:Center()
BGPanel:SetDrawBackground( false )

-- Wood background
local img_bg = vgui.Create( "DImage", BGPanel )
img_bg:SetSize( BGPanel:GetSize() )
img_bg:SetImage( "models/props_foliage/oak_tree01" )

-- Blurred out screenshot of Construct
local img_construct = vgui.Create( "DImage", BGPanel )
img_construct:SetPos( 10, 10 )
img_construct:SetSize( 380, 380 )
img_construct:SetImage( "hlmv/background" )

-- Flatgrass sign
local img_text = vgui.Create( "DImage", BGPanel )
img_text:SetPos( 10, 20 )
img_text:SetSize( 380, 130 )
img_text:SetImage( "gm_construct/flatsign" )

pan = BGPanel
pan.RefTime = CurTime() + 10
pan.Think = function( self, w, h )
     if pan.RefTime < CurTime() then
          self:Remove()
     end
end
   end
end

I really appreciate all the help the developer discussion section has given me tonight :)