TommyC81 0441acf101
Documentation fixes. (#1803)
Improve the consistency of the module intros to the most commonly used version (single dash).

Add missing module information (abbreviated where none existed previously).

Fix broken documentation links

Make module names correspond to filenames (and fix links).

Fix typos.
2022-10-19 12:20:39 +02:00

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--- **Core** - Manage user flags to interact with the mission editor trigger system and server side scripts.
--
-- ===
--
-- ## Features:
--
-- * Set or get DCS user flags within running missions.
--
-- ===
--
-- ### Author: **FlightControl**
--
-- ===
--
-- @module Core.UserFlag
-- @image Core_Userflag.JPG
--
do -- UserFlag
--- @type USERFLAG
-- @field #string ClassName Name of the class
-- @field #string UserFlagName Name of the flag.
-- @extends Core.Base#BASE
--- Management of DCS User Flags.
--
-- # 1. USERFLAG constructor
--
-- * @{#USERFLAG.New}(): Creates a new USERFLAG object.
--
-- @field #USERFLAG
USERFLAG = {
ClassName = "USERFLAG",
UserFlagName = nil,
}
--- USERFLAG Constructor.
-- @param #USERFLAG self
-- @param #string UserFlagName The name of the userflag, which is a free text string.
-- @return #USERFLAG
function USERFLAG:New( UserFlagName ) --R2.3
local self = BASE:Inherit( self, BASE:New() ) -- #USERFLAG
self.UserFlagName = UserFlagName
return self
end
--- Get the userflag name.
-- @param #USERFLAG self
-- @return #string Name of the user flag.
function USERFLAG:GetName()
return self.UserFlagName
end
--- Set the userflag to a given Number.
-- @param #USERFLAG self
-- @param #number Number The number value to be checked if it is the same as the userflag.
-- @param #number Delay Delay in seconds, before the flag is set.
-- @return #USERFLAG The userflag instance.
-- @usage
-- local BlueVictory = USERFLAG:New( "VictoryBlue" )
-- BlueVictory:Set( 100 ) -- Set the UserFlag VictoryBlue to 100.
--
function USERFLAG:Set( Number, Delay ) --R2.3
if Delay and Delay>0 then
self:ScheduleOnce(Delay, USERFLAG.Set, self, Number)
else
--env.info(string.format("Setting flag \"%s\" to %d at T=%.1f", self.UserFlagName, Number, timer.getTime()))
trigger.action.setUserFlag( self.UserFlagName, Number )
end
return self
end
--- Get the userflag Number.
-- @param #USERFLAG self
-- @return #number Number The number value to be checked if it is the same as the userflag.
-- @usage
-- local BlueVictory = USERFLAG:New( "VictoryBlue" )
-- local BlueVictoryValue = BlueVictory:Get() -- Get the UserFlag VictoryBlue value.
--
function USERFLAG:Get() --R2.3
return trigger.misc.getUserFlag( self.UserFlagName )
end
--- Check if the userflag has a value of Number.
-- @param #USERFLAG self
-- @param #number Number The number value to be checked if it is the same as the userflag.
-- @return #boolean true if the Number is the value of the userflag.
-- @usage
-- local BlueVictory = USERFLAG:New( "VictoryBlue" )
-- if BlueVictory:Is( 1 ) then
-- return "Blue has won"
-- end
function USERFLAG:Is( Number ) --R2.3
return trigger.misc.getUserFlag( self.UserFlagName ) == Number
end
end