Clicking a button with the mouse?

[poomanchunk]

Hey, I'm new here. I'm also just in my first year of computer science. I bet you may think I'm dumb, but remember, im a first yearer.
But anyways how do you actually make something where you can click a button or something and it'll move onto the next part. I was playing some trivia games in my class and someone I don't know how a button where you could click it. I never got a chance to ask him how he did it.
Plz could someone tell me how to do this, as I know many people will know how.

[Cervantes]

use mousewhere.

code:

var x, y, btn : int drawfillbox (100, 100, 150, 150, green) loop mousewhere (x,y,btn) if x >= 100 and x <= 150 and y >= 100 and y <= 150 and btn = 1 then    buttonclicked := true end if end loop

buttonclicked, in this case, is just a boolean variable. you can do whatever you want inside the if statement.

understand?

oh, the other way is GUI, but that is the evil route. walk in the light.

[poomanchunk]

Ok thx that worked, but how do you continue on with the program. Like when I click the button it just goes white and nothing appears after it.

[Tony]

Cervantes wrote:

you can do whatever you want inside the if statement.

it might be best to just call a procedure once you determine that the button was clicked

[poomanchunk]

Ohh, nvm i get how to do it.
I didn't really know what u meant by the "do whatever in the if statement" but now i know thx!!

[Flashkicks]

And GUI aint Evil---Its just hard to understand cuz its so hidden in the dark

[Tony]

Flashkicks wrote:

Its just hard to understand

its not hard to understand, it's just poorly writen and basically a shitty module