Panel:Init() hook

Garry's Mod coding
#1

Hello everyone, I am trying to us the Panel:Init() hook, but i have no idea how to use it. The code is generated with Derma Designer so the variable names are useless
[LUA]
– Lua generated by DermaDesigner

local DButton92
local DFrame4

DFrame4 = vgui.Create(‘DFrame’)
DFrame4:SetSize(179, 157)
DFrame4:SetPos(49, 71)
DFrame4:SetTitle(‘Test’)
DFrame4:SetSizable(true)
DFrame4:SetDeleteOnClose(false)
DFrame4:MakePopup()

funtion DFrame4:Init()
DButton92 = vgui.Create(‘DButton’)
DButton92:SetParent(DFrame4)
DButton92:SetSize(70, 25)
DButton92:SetPos(29, 39)
DButton92:SetText(‘Test’)
end
[/LUA]

thank you in advance.

#2

You shouldn’t do that.

Also init is called when you create the frame so changing it afterwarts is useless.

Just parent the button without using the init function…

#3

I just used an if statement do get what i wanted it to do. But I’m not sure if it is needed.
Code:(its for a calculator but this only the derma file)
[Lua]if Start==0 then
BuildFirstFunctions()
Start = 1
end
[/Lua]
is the if statement redundant?

#4

It’s not a hook, it’s an actual function.

I think this is what you’re after regarding Panel:Init()

[lua]

local PANEL = {}

function PANEL:Init()
self:SetSize(500,500)
self:SetTitle(“My Panel”)
self:MakePopup()
self:Center() // Centres it to the middle of the screen. You should always do this AFTER setting the size.

self.MyDLabel = vgui.Create("DLabel",self)
self.MyDLabel:SetText("Hello world!")
self.MyDLabel:SizeToContents()
self.MyDLabel:SetPos(50,50)

end

vgui.Register(“MyFrameName”,PANEL,“DFrame”) // Name of your frame, the table and what sort of Derma panel you’re after. This can be DPanel etc.
[/lua]
And afterwards, you can do:

[lua]
vgui.Create(“MyFrameName”)
[/lua]

[editline]02:14PM[/editline]

Should have explained that the second argument of the object (in this case a DLabel) is the parent. This explains the lack of SetParent() being used.