pointer to a panel not working....

I have searched, but what I found doesn't seem to work.
all i'm trying to do is access a pointer to a non moving panel created in a for loop.

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for(i=0;i<buffercount;i++)
{
if(mytile[i].ktype == 1)
{
//w = i;
water_pan[i] = pan_create("bmap = water.png;", mytile[i].levela);

water_pan[i].pos_x = mytile[i].posxa;
water_pan[i].pos_y = mytile[i].posya;
set(water_pan[i], SHOW);
//w_collisions(water_pan[i],i);
panel_me(i);
//test_show(*myVar);
}
/*
else
{
//w = i;
stone_pan[i] = pan_create("bmap = stone.png;", mytile[i].levela);
stone_pan[i].pos_x = mytile[i].posxa;
stone_pan[i].pos_y = mytile[i].posya;
set(stone_pan[i], SHOW);
}
*/
}
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sorry, I can't find the code tags. and I am using a struct, because I thought that the pointer is having a hard time being placed in the while loop.

the error I get is the E1513, everytime, no matter how I phrase it.

below is only 1 of 30 different ways I've tried to access the pointer.

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function get_pan(p)
{
var g = p+1;
PANEL* temp_pan_new[100];
temp_pan_new[g] = p;


/*
while (1)
{

if(!play_pan){beep();}
temp_nopposx = g;
if(temp_pan_new[g].pos_x <= player_pan.pos_x)
{
temp_var += .001;
}

wait (1);
}// end while 1
*/
}
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I've got other projects where it works fine, but this one...?
I just don't get it.

thanks.

I got a little lost but two ideas, WAIT(1) after the creation before accessing the panel. Also remember the 0 math so 99 is the last element in the array and 0 the first, do not exceed 99(in your example)

Here pointer is 'water_pan[i]'. You have somewhere in your code PANEL* water_pan[999]; with probably different numbers in those brackets. To access the pointer use 'i', I would call it ID to make easier for you to understand. So in PANEL* water_pan[999]; you have list of 999 EMPTY panel pointers. In that 'for' loop you create panels from 0 to the amount of buffercount, so you ID range will be from 0 to buffercount (let's say it's 10). So in order to access panel with ID 5 within a list of 10 panels, you have to 'save' it's ID and then check for it, to return the pointer. Let's say you save ID in the 'skill_x', right after you created your panel 'water_pan[i]'.

The following code is not tested, and was made just to give you an idea of how it should work.
After this, each of your panel will have it's ID saved, so you can create function like this, to find the panel:
Or you can use it directly, if you know the id:


Next time when you write your message, press 'Switch To Full Reply Screen' next to 'Submit' and 'Preview Reply', there you'll see '#', press on it and select 'code'. It will create [code*][/code*] (without *), you should write your code between those tags.

First of all, what is that '(p)' in the function parameters?? Is that suppose to be a panel name when using that function? Next thing probably causing the empty pointer error is here:
I'm not sure of what you are trying to do here, but just don't do this. It gives me a headache when I try to understand it. Just go with the idea I've wrote above, and you'll be able to access your panels without any problems.


Greets

Thanks for your help to the both of you. turn's out it was a timing issue. After I clean up the code to make it less confusing. Thanks again for the great advice.