Again, you don't need to be a programmer to figure out that ChosenPath expression should go into Path field, not into the Contents field!

I give up....

Path: NWJS.ChosenPath

Contents: SaveStateJSON

No quotes!

Here is how everything works, in plain English:

1. 1. You save the game
2. 2. On save complete event you have SaveStateJSON expression which contains game data. You need to save it to a disk file.
3. 3. You display "Save as" dialog
4. 4. After user selected a file, you now have file name in NWJS.ChosenPath expression
5. 5. Finally you have everything to write your data (SaveStateJSON) into the file (NWJS.ChosenPath)

First of all Thanks for the help! it's important for me that you do understand your kind help is amazing! :)

Let's agree to disagree about "you don't have to be a programmer" part, I can keep explaining this but you won't understand since you're a programmer and these things are obvious to you and it won't help any of us anyway.

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Trying to follow the steps (which is THE BEST WAY to learn anything BTW and I wish the Documents had such examples)

I'm looking at my current code and see that I'm missing a part which is STEP #2:

I don't think I have the SaveStateJSON yet, unless.. (I must guess here again) STEP #1 ("mysave") is creating a SaveStateJSON on the "background" and it's already there waiting for me to proceed?

or there is an actual action to use and put that expression which contains game data..?

Now.. based on that guessing, I keep getting RED Errors so there is no point to them BEFORE I can understand how things worked as I just explained above related to the JSON part in STEP #2 anyway because I don't know how to create a an action with the SaveStateJSON expression in Line 240 so hopefully it will contain "mysave" if it's what I need to do... or it's already created for me? documents won't tell me such things or give me any visual example in C3 so I can just try to guess how it works, after all I'm not a programmer so it's not obvious to me at all.

no explanation about this in the documents with no actual C3 example so most of the documents are useless for me as a non-programmer.

And I was afraid of start learning Arrays in C3... this is only the beginning for my limited stupid-brain :|

You've almost figured everything out yourself.

Move "Show save dialog" to event 240, and remove "Wait for previous action to complete".

Now look at the "Write text" action. You need to write saved data SaveStateJSON into the file with filename NWJS.ChoosenPath

Thanks for taking the time to explain this, I appreciate it! :)

it is already MUCH better than anything on the manuals but still a non programmer like me have no clue what is this SaveStateJSON means or more important how I use it and when... yeah, it's not that obvious for somebody who needs to google everything and still nothing is related to how it works in C3 anyway but in more confusing terms (most of the documents built in that way).

What you are currently doing is you are writing chosen path into the file named "mysave". Why?

It looks like you are trying different random things in hope that one of them will work, instead of taking a moment to read. I mean it's right there - Path, Contents. You don't need to be a programmer to know what path and contents is.

When you say it's right there... true, but it's not obvious at all:

Path = You right, it's obviously to put "C:\whatever[/b]" but you mentioned that JSON... thingy which non-programmers have no idea what is it how to use it, why, and when even after reading about it on the documents... it's not helping with no actual C3 Example or Tutorial.

Contents = from your "Hello World" example I guess I just need to put any text, in other words I understand it's just a "description" so why it's called contents? but I may be wrong because I don't see why I need it now... I thought it's another place to put one of these: AJAX / JSON / Binary data lines and expressions that I'm not familiar or understand yet since... I'm not a programmer.

I understand that you can't think as a non-programmer because these things looks obvious to you, that's why you probably can't understand my point of view which is totally normal and I respect that.

This is why I appreciate your help btw, I'm learning MUCH more from these kind of discussions and progress instead of readying "terms" with short descriptions and no actual visual C3 examples in most of the documents, that's useless for non-programmer like myself.

I did follow your instructions, moved the lines and removed the other one,

but still can't get that Write TEXT file box to work, I tried a specific path and I get an error on the Console... and I don't even want a specific path for saving the file as I explained, I want it to be on the users last default saved like how the browser invoke download worked. unless it's impossible... I have no idea

On the Contents... "Enter the text content to write to the file" ??

But I don't need any text in my file... it's a project file not a document text, so what does it even means??

based on your example I should put there "Just Any Text" and it's useless in my case because I just want the saved file extension to be MyFile.ALON extension at the end.

I tried to put there "SaveStateJSON" but it's not working as well, I guess it's supposed to save the system state saved when clicking the "SAVE" button and use that "JSON" thingy to transfer it or something, I'm just guessing it's a programmers language my brain have no idea how to use... lots of guessing are really bad because I'm trying HARD to understand how things are working here with no thanks to the documents.

Confusion is on...

Guessing Game Failed because of lack of understanding what's this "Contents" wants me to put in:

I had so many other tries but it doesn't matter even if it works, I don't get it... I wish the documents could put good actual C3 examples to learn something from all these nice words.

Sensei dop2000 I got some progress:

If press SAVE button, the PANEL + TEXT "SAVING PROJECT FILE" appears and if I Cancel from the SAVE Dialog, I get the panel to get back to it's hidden position, so the functions are working! :)

But the problem is that now the ACTUAL saving file to .alon as it was with the Browser using Invoke Download not saving the data, I tried to understand using the manuals unfortunately I still can't understand many things about how to use it right it's not simple as I thought based on what I saw on the Loading group which I tried somehow to follow.

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As for the UNFINISHED current code, I can save a file, but it will be an empty file, obviously it's not actually saving the data since I don't know how to complete the code in this area.

I'm trying to convert the saving via Browser object to NWJS, just like it's already loading from NWJS fine including the Panel + Text.

Can you have a look on the SAVE group, and tell me how can I make the save work?

Thanks ahead for any help!

If you want to continue showing "SAVING PROJECT FILE" message while the "Save as" dialog is on the screen, you have no other option but to switch from using "Browser invoke download" to "NWJS Show Save Dialog", and then "NWJS Write text file".

You can find how to use it in the official documentation, or search the forum for tutorials, examples. It's not difficult.

I'll dig into that because I think it will be better that most of my code will work around NWJS when possible anyway, I hope I can get it to work. :)

But I would just forget about it, and leave it as it is - invoke download and immediately unlock the UI in the same event.

It will look weird to have some messages appears, but when saving... nothing, also it helps me do early checks more visually, but if I won't be able to code that... I may have to skip the all panel idea which is a shame.

By the way, you should send the message to be shown in Text_Panel_CPU_Is_Busy in function parameter, and set text inside the function.

OH! I never used Functions Parameters before, it sounds like an efficient way using parameters for every SET TEXT! I gotta give it a try, Thanks! :)

You don't really need to continue blocking UI when saving files. There will be a modal "Save as" dialog open, which will prevent users from doing anything else.

Even before I get to the all Blocking code, I want to solve the original issue the PANEL with the text that shows "LOADING PROJECT FILE" while the Load Dialog Box is working, while the "SAVING PROJECT FILE" is not working, because it works with the Invoke download if I understood you, but how do I still make the panel to work like it does with the LOAD?

This is to CHECK if it works, also the Save/Load Dialog is not always covering all the screen like in the screenshot, it's up to what the user size and position used last so I want it to be on the background with all other messages that I will use on this panel later on.

The question is: how can I make the "SAVING PROJECT FILE" Panel with Text to appear while the Save Dialog Open?

So I think you can remove event 229, and in event 234 remove "wait for previous event to complete"

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Also, by TextBox I meant Text Input object.

Thanks I can't wait to try it after I'll solve the Save issue! :)

Here is the current code version if it helps you follow my mess:

What I'm trying to do first is to solve this PANEL + TEXT to appear on it's position (using the Functions) and SET it's text to the current states that I need because I will have more.

That's why I don't want to proceed to the actual Blocking yet.

Thanks for the help sensei dop2000!

Before I'll do the Console Log check as you suggested I want to convert the current code to Functions as you suggested first, it's still a mess.

I'm still confused what kind of events runs on "Every Frame" if I didn't use "EVERY FRAME" that's why I thought it's "Only Trigger Once" by default and didn't even think about functions BTW.

I didn't understand something, I hope that you can help me get the idea right:

The reason I used Boolean: "CPU_is_Busy" is because like in Line 235 (WIP) for example, I don't know how to do the same "IDEA" with functions?

Which I want to check if the UI can even be used or not.. I was thinking about checking Activate/Deactivate Groups instead but maybe there are better, cleaner options?

Do I even NEED "CPU_is_Busy" anymore if the functions basically do the same check but as you explained, not every frame and more efficient = GREAT!

As you can see... I'm confused about the all thing, but I'm still messing with it...

Hi All,

Since I don't want to have extra issues when I'll test my project on other machines, I've decided to try make some kind of Lock/Unlock some buttons whenever the CPU is busy for Saving/Loading Project file and Exporting/Importing Image file.

I just got started with a very simplistic logic by creating a Global Boolean called: "is_CPU_Busy"

Before I'll add the actual buttons/menus I want to lock, I made a simple 9-patch PANEL with TEXT (Pinned to the Panel) so it will be a visual way to check beside the Console (F12).

The Panel TEXT is out of the Layout by default, and when "is_CPU_Busy" = True it changes position to a specific place:

I actually made the LOADING part works in a way, it's not perfect yet (need to add "on cancel" etc..)

But I'm having issues with the SAVE part... it won't show the PANEL with the Text, I tried to follow what I did in the LOADING but I can't get it to work correct.

I tried some different approaches, I get to show it but then the panel stay on the screen (on save complete) instead of go back to it's position based on the "is_CPU_Busy" Bool, just like it works when I click "LOAD" that's where I got confused.

Console (F12) didn't show anything strange so I'm on a trial and errors now, and I make things more complicated than they should instead of making it clean and efficient.

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Note: the screenshots are NOT my current latest version, I'm still playing with the code as you read this post BUT! you can see the rough idea of what I got started (a total mess) but it's just so you can have a look and give me a hint how to make it work more efficient if possible, Any help is appreciated, thanks ahead! :)

Nice!! I'm so jelly on how you even manage to code such magic AllanR :)

If you don't mind sharing the next update working version please do it's very helpful!