event.button( ) problem

[ark1320]

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Posted 15 minutes ago

I can't get the simple Lua test script  below to work. I have assigned a key to load the script, and IF I comment out the event.button line, the script at least loads and I get the "Loaded" message. However, with the event.button line in, apparently the script does not even load since I do not get the "loaded" message, and there is no response to a button push. The event.button joystick arguments of 1, 1 are the joy# and button# I get in the FSUIPC6 Button and Switches window when the corresponding button is pushed. I have also tried replacing the first 1 argument with its joy letter in quotes, "J", but that does not seem to make any difference. Below are the joystick assignments from the FSUIPC6.ini file. I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for any ideas.

Al

Win10/64 P3D4.5HF3 FSUIPC6.08

[JoyNames]
AutoAssignLetters=No
J=Logitech Extreme 3D
J.GUID={EC24C380-3676-11E3-8001-444553540000}
R=Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals
R.GUID={F5D4F4C0-FF57-11E5-8001-444553540000}
Y=Saitek Pro Flight Yoke
Y.GUID={F5D4F4C0-FF57-11E5-8002-444553540000}
B=BU0836A Interface
B.GUID={D89CA0A0-B3FD-11E6-8001-444553540000}
1=Logitech Extreme 3D
1.GUID={EC24C380-3676-11E3-8001-444553540000}
2=Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals
2.GUID={F5D4F4C0-FF57-11E5-8001-444553540000}
3=Saitek Pro Flight Yoke
3.GUID={F5D4F4C0-FF57-11E5-8002-444553540000}
4=BU0836A Interface
4.GUID={D89CA0A0-B3FD-11E6-8001-444553540000}

Lua Test Script

function Taxi_Test(a,b,c)                                                                                      
 ipc.writeSTR(0x3380, " TAXI ");                                    
 ipc.writeSW(0x32FA, 4);
 ipc.sleep(4000)
 return   
 end
  -- Main program
 ipc.writeSTR(0x3380, " Loaded ");                                    
 ipc.writeSW(0x32FA, 3);
 ipc.sleep(3000)  
event.button(1,1,3, “Taxi_Test”)

[John Dowson]

You should try lua debug/trace logging to find errors in your lua scripts.

The problem is in the quotes you are using:
    event.button(1,1,3, “Taxi_Test”)
should be
    event.button(1,1,3, "Taxi_Test")

Also, you can drop the ';':

function Taxi_Test(a,b,c)                                                                                      
   ipc.writeSTR(0x3380, " TAXI ")                                
   ipc.writeSW(0x32FA, 4)
   ipc.sleep(4000)
   return   
end
-- Main program
ipc.writeSTR(0x3380, " Loaded ")                                    
ipc.writeSW(0x32FA, 3)
ipc.sleep(3000)  
event.button(1,1,3, "Taxi_Test")

 

[ark1320]

2 hours ago, John Dowson said:

The problem is in the quotes you are using:
    event.button(1,1,3, “Taxi_Test”)
should be
    event.button(1,1,3, "Taxi_Test")

That was it, and I don't even know where those particular quotes came from -- I only have one quote key on my keyboard. I guess it was the font I was using at the time.

Thank You, John! 

Al