Changing Caption on a Button in Script during Flow

[admin]

Hey folks.

I have a button "MyButtonName" pos....etc

I want to change the Button Caption on different actions like this:

1. Button Caption is: "Select xy"
2. after action is done Button Caption is "DONE"

This is already Working!
Now i want to set it back to the Start means after a short sleep i want to have it back to Caption in 1 ("select xy")

In Unity i did such things with switch cases but in Maxscript i am lost.

How can i set a kind of procedural Caption Placeholder that carries out the Caption name into the button?

THX and Regards

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

what button do you talk about? Rollout button? Macro button? ...

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

for Rollout UI controls the most common solution is to use a Timer control:

try(destroydialog rol) catch ()
rollout rol "RO:3DE86D88" width:191
(
	timer job_tm interval:2000 active:off
	button select_bt "Select" width:160
	checkbutton process_bt "Process" highlightcolor:brown width:160 offset:[0,8]
	
	local recent_job = undefined
	on job_tm tick do
	(
		if recent_job != undefined do recent_job()

		job_tm.active = off
	)
	
	on select_bt pressed do 
	(
		select_bt.text = "DONE"
		recent_job = (fn _ = (select_bt.text = "Select"))
		job_tm.active = on
	)

	on process_bt changed state do 
	(
		if state then
		(
			process_bt.text = "Processing..."
			recent_job = (fn _ = (process_bt.changed off))
		)
		else
		(
			job_tm.active = off
			process_bt.state = off
			process_bt.text = "Process" 
		)
		job_tm.active = on			
	)
	
	on rol open do
	(
	)
)
createdialog rol

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

another solution is to use scene notifications and node events... that's another story

[admin]

Hey Pros, @denisT.MaxDoctor 

i set up a small example to train myself with this noob logic

see attached script example 

 this is just for learning purposes, it might be a dumb approach but

 let me just solve it to understand the tracking in this case of a simple string value!

I tried the fn inside and outisde the rollout but i cant keep track of the string/caption value

 try (closeRolloutFloater theNewFloater) catch()

btnTxt = "Default Name"

MyState = 1

 rollout ButtonTest1 "Grin Control"

   (

   --fn changeMe1=

--(

--btnTxt = "New Name"

--)

button 'btn6' btnTxt pos:[10,20] width:100 height:50 enabled:true align:#center

   on button pressed do

   (

   --keeo track of the state i am in

   --set the name in a sep function and use the function in

   --the desired state i am in

   MyState.count == 1

   if MyState.count== 1 then ChangeMe1() else

   (

   if MyState.count== then CHangme2() else

   (

   if MyState.count == 3 do changeMe3()

   )

   )

   )

   )

rollout ButtonTest2 "Grin Control"

   (

   )

   -fn changeMe1=

(

btnTxt = "New Name"

)

fn changeMe1=

(

btnTxt = "New Name2"

)

fn changeMe1=

(

btnTxt = "New Name3"

)

   theNewFloater = newRolloutFloater "Grinning" 300 220

   addRollout ButtonTest1 theNewFloater

   addRollout ButtonTest2 theNewFloater