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 state of.

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Method: resource:getState(...)

Variable: .state

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

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

function getState( player, command, resourceName )
	if not resourceName then
		outputChatBox( "Syntax: " .. command .. " [resource name]", player, 255, 0, 0 )
		return
	end
	local resource = getResourceFromName( resourceName )
	if not resource then
		outputChatBox( "Error: No resource with name " .. resourceName .. " exists.", player, 255, 0, 0 )
		return
	end
	local state = getResourceState( resource )
	outputChatBox( "Resource " .. resourceName .. " is " .. state, player, 0, 0, 255 )
end

addCommandHandler( "state", getState )

See Also

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