GetResourceState

This function returns the state of a given resource

Syntax

string getResourceState ( resource theResource ) 

Required Arguments

• theResource: The resource you wish to get the name of.

Returns

If successful returns a string with the resource state in it, false otherwise. The state can be one of:

• loaded
• running

• starting
• stopping
• failed to load - Use getResourceLoadFailureReason to find out why it failed.

Example

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Server

This example returns the state of a given resource. Syntax: /state <Resource Name>

function getState( player, command, sz )
	if sz then
		local bFound = false
		local resourceTable = getResources() -- get a table of resources
	
		for resourceKey, resourceValue in ipairs( resourceTable ) do
			-- iterate through the table and output each resource's name
			local name = getResourceName( resourceValue )
			if string.lower( name ) == string.lower( sz ) then
				outputChatBox( "Resource State: " .. name .. " is currently " .. getResourceState( resourceValue ), player, 0, 0, 255 )
				bFound = true
				break
			end
		end
	
		if bFound ~= true then
			outputChatBox( "Error: No resource found named: " .. sz, player, 255, 0, 0 )
		end
	else
		outputChatBox( "Error: You did not specify a resource to check", player, 255, 0, 0 )
	end
end

addCommandHandler( "state", getState )

See Also

• abortRemoteRequest
• call
• fetchRemote
• getResourceConfig
• getResourceDynamicElementRoot
• getResourceExportedFunctions
• getResourceFromName
• getResourceName
• getResourceRootElement
• getResourceState
• getThisResource
• getRemoteRequests
• getRemoteRequestInfo