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(Undo revision 22282 by Bober370 (Talk) this would only work if the code was put in the playerblips resource, making it mostly redundant anyway)
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addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", getResourceRootElement (getThisResource()), onStart )
addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", getRootElement(), onStart )
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Revision as of 14:33, 15 January 2010

This function is used to retrieve a resource from its name. A resource's name is the same as its folder or file archive name on the server (without the extension).

Syntax

resource getResourceFromName ( string resourceName )

Required Arguments

  • resourceName: the name of the resource you wish to get.

Returns

Returns the resource with the specified name, or false if no resource of that name exists.

Example

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Server

This example prints out a message to the chatbox when a resource named playerblips is started. 

function onStart( theResource )
     local blipsResource = getResourceFromName ( "playerblips" ) -- get the resource of name "playerblips"
     if ( blipsResource and theResource == blipsResource ) then -- check if the resource started was it
          outputChatBox ( "Blips resource started!" )
     end
end
addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart", getRootElement(), onStart )

See Also


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