EmitEvent

This function adds an event to the event queue and triggers any callbacks added with the ListenEvent function.

Syntax

boolean EmitEvent(Event)
boolean EmitEvent(number id, Object source, number data)
boolean EmitEvent(number id, Object source, number data, number x, number y, number width, number height)
boolean EmitEvent(number id, Object source, number data, number x, number y, number width, number height, Object extra)
boolean EmitEvent(number id, Object source, number data, number x, number y, number width, number height, Object extra, string text)

Parameter	Description
event	event to emit
id	event ID
source	event source
data	event data
x	X component of event position
y	Y component of event position
width	X compononent of event size
height	Y component of event size
extra	event extra data
text	event text

Returns

If any event listener callback triggered by this event returns false, the function will return false, otherwise true is returned.

Remarks

If any event listener callback triggered by this event returns false, no further listener callbacks will be called and the event will not be added to the event queue.

Example

--Get the displays
local displays = GetDisplays()

--Create window
local window = CreateWindow("Leadwerks", 0, 0, 800, 600, displays[1])

--Create user interface
local ui = CreateInterface(window)
local sz = ui.background:ClientSize()
local button = CreateButton("Close window", sz.x / 2 - 75, sz.y / 2 - 15, 150, 30, ui.background)

while true do
    local ev = WaitEvent()
    if ev.id == EVENT_WIDGETACTION then
        if ev.source == button then
            EmitEvent(EVENT_WINDOWCLOSE, window)
        end
    elseif ev.id == EVENT_WINDOWCLOSE then
        if ev.source == window then
            return 0
        end
    end
end