Create a link for recordname and send it via Comm package

[Waylander322]

Hey everyone,

I am trying to create a message via the Comm package (https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FGCP/pages/996644567/Comm) that is supposed to have a link to a record from a module.

I am aware that I could drag an item/object inside Fantasy Grounds into the chat box for everyone or on a character portrait to share it individually.
However I specifically want to include the link in a message.

It can be assumed that I am the GM and that I own and have shared the module/data in question.

Up to this point I am able to send messages with the Comm package successfully. When trying to send a link it ends up as a string in the chat box but not as a link to the data.

When scrolling through modules and their xml files the most promising entry I have found yet would be:

<link class="template" recordname="reference.data.nameOrID@moduleName" public="true">
<b>Type of Template: </b>Full Written Name of Module</link>

Is there any chance or trick that I could add that reference/link in a chat message?

[Trenloe]

Sorry, this is super quick as I'm short on time.

The comm message structure has a "shortcuts" LUA table. Here's some code I have in development for the PFRPG2 ruleset:


local msg = ChatManager.createBaseMessage(ActorManager.resolve Actor(nodePower.getChild(".......")));
msg.text = "Activity used = " .. sactivitySymbolText .. " " .. getDescription();
msg.font = "reference-r";

-- Add a shortcut to the activity in chat.
msg.shortcuts = {};
table.insert(msg.shortcuts, { description = "", class = "reference_activity", recordname = nodePower.getPath() });
-- Make the node public so that non-owning players can click the shortcut in chat.
if Session.IsHost then
DB.setPublic(nodePower, true);
else
PCActivitiesManager.notifySetActivityPublic(nodePo wer);
end

Comm.deliverChatMessage(msg);

There's additional code in there to share the link record if it's not available to all players, but the main thing you want to look at is the table.insert(msg.shortcuts... code.

[Waylander322]

Hey Trenloe,

perfect answer and remarkable flawless for being short on time! :o

It literally was exactly what I needed!

Thank you so much! :)

MOD: Thread moved to Workshop :)

[Trenloe]

Hey Trenloe,

perfect answer and remarkable flawless for being short on time! :o

It literally was exactly what I needed!

Thank you so much! :)
Great! Glad it worked. :)

[Mephisto]

Could such a link be used to automate a roll, like a parry or evasion to an attack?

[Trenloe]

Could such a link be used to automate a roll, like a parry or evasion to an attack?
The link opens a window with a specific FG windowclass and a FG database record. In theory you could put code in a custom windowclass to carry out a FG action and then close the window. But this would have to be done in an extension, it's not like a drag/drop action in the hotkey bar.