Using output/reference parameters in the constructor?

[theravenzone]

I wanted to create a general input string gump that would be called whenever another Gump needed a String to be input by a player.

So I wondered: If the input gump had a string attribute that is set by a reference or output (reference seems more likely) parameter in the constructor and that is later changed in the OnResponse method when pressing the accept button, would the original reference that was passed inside the constructor be affected too?

 

[Lichtblitz]

"The CLR type system explicitly forbids storage of references to variables as members of classes."

In your scenario the callback pattern might be the best choice.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288459(v=VS.71).aspx

 

[Jeff]

You could always use IntPtr and marshal the value to string and vice versa... but Callbacks are a cleaner approach.

 

[theravenzone]

I did it through Callbacks. Thanks, I learned something today!