c# question from GbpvrUiElementsExamplePlugin

[pastro]

Ok I'm not a c# programmer...
This code was cut out of GbpvrUiElementsExamplePlugin source, and is probably a question for McBainUK since he wrote it.

Hashtable displayArgs = new Hashtable();
displayArgs["@animalName"] = animal1.Name;
displayArgs["@animalType"] = animal1.AnimalType;
customListExample.Add(displayArgs,animal1);

I understand what a hashtable is used for but I don't get what the line:

displayArgs["@animalName"] = animal1.Name;

is actually doing besides somehow intializing the index in the hashtable.
I know animal1.Name returns a string, but what does ["@animalName"] do?


And somehow the next line
displayArgs["@animalType"] = animal1.AnimalType;

Inits the value?

[Jeff]

If you look in the example skin file you should see a parameter in the skin names @animalName as well. This is how plug-ins pass variable information into a skin. The GBPVR skin helper substitutes the text from animal1.Name into the specified field in the skin.

Jeff

[pastro]

If you look in the example skin file you should see a parameter in the skin names @animalName as well. This is how plug-ins pass variable information into a skin. The GBPVR skin helper substitutes the text from animal1.Name into the specified field in the skin.

Jeff

ok that makes sense. I was actually stuck on the syntax of the expression.
I did a little reading on the MS site and I think I understand what is gonig on.


displayArgs2["@animalName"] = animal2.Name;
displayArgs2["@animalType"] = animal2.AnimalType;

sets the first two elements of displayargs2 since they were not already in the hashtable.

I haven't seen the syntax displayArgs2["@animalName"] before and from my mostly c background, I didn't know what the expression was actually doing.
I guess it's time to read the c# pdf that I have..

[McBainUK]

This maybe a good start

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defaul..._start.asp