Help Making Alerts

[phunHunger]

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alert = (a,b,c,d,e)=>{
                     //bcolor, bsize, bpos, btext, bdelay
    Scene.addBox({
        color   := a;      //bcolor
        size   := b;      //bsize 
        pos      := c;      //bpos
      text   := d;      //btext
      collideSet   := 1;
        friction   := Sim.time + e; //bdelay and simtime
      body       := 0;
        drawBorder   := {Sim.time > friction ? {density = 0} : {};true;};
    });
};   

This is my code for to make a box with some text in it, with a certain colour, at a certain position and with a certain size. It should also destroy itself after a certain amount of seconds using density=0.

Normal attributes made.
Friction contains spawnTime + time allowed to appear for.
drawBorder contains code to check for expiration.

It doesn't work ...

When the box is spawned, it does NOT disapear after any amount of time. However, the box will disapear if I click on the drawBorder text box and press ENTER.

Any ideas??

Thanks for your help, phunHunger.

[KarateBrot]

the problem is you can't spawn objects with dynamic properties. it got discussed a few months ago and it's up to date again right now here in the thyme section. there's a workaround so that it gets dynamic by kilinich.
http://www.algodoo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1322
but you can only make ONE property dynamic. that's the disadvantage. but it's definitely way better than nothing.

[phunHunger]

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alert = (a, b, c, d, e)=>{
    (Scene.addBox{
        color := a;
        size  := b;
        pos   := c;
        text  := d;
        collideSet := 1;
        body  := 0;
    }).density = eval("{Sim.time > "+ (Sim.time + e) +" ? {0} : {1};}");
};


This is the new code, it works well so far. I used a bit of eval so i didn't need two variables being used at the same time.

Thanks very much for your help

[KarateBrot]

yeah no problem