How to send a Player Message via server?

[bunny123]

Can someone tell me how to add a Send Player Message feature to frmServer.frm? I originally tried:
```
Private Sub cmdSendPlayerMessage_Click()
    Call PlayerMsg(txtSendTo.Text, txtToSend.Text, sldColor.Value)
End Sub
```But that gave me a Type Mismatch.
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>! sldColor is a slider I use to determine what color byte to use in a message.

[bunny123]

Wait, I think I got it.
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[bunny123]

Nope, I didn't get it.
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[Exception]

I'm assuming that in txtSendTo, and txtToSend, you have the players' names?

You need their indexes. I believe you can use the function FindPlayer to compare the names, and return their indexes.

Modify it to:

   ```
Call PlayerMsg(FindPlayer(txtSendTo.Text), FindPlayer(txtToSend.Text), sldColor.Value)
```

[bunny123]

@Lenn:

> I'm assuming that in txtSendTo, and txtToSend, you have the players' names?
>
> You need their indexes. I believe you can use the function FindPlayer to compare the names, and return their indexes.
>
> Modify it to:
>
>    ```
> Call PlayerMsg(FindPlayer(txtSendTo.Text), FindPlayer(txtToSend.Text), sldColor.Value)
> ```

Actually, txtSendTo is who to send it to like you said, and txtToSend is the message. Plus that's what I **thought** would work in those two posts above.

[bunny123]

@bunny123:

> Actually, txtSendTo is who to send it to like you said, and txtToSend is the message. Plus that's what I **thought** would work in those two posts above.

Wait a second, I tried```
GetPlayerName(txtSendTo.Text)
```. Let me try what you said now.

[bunny123]

@Lenn:

> I'm assuming that in txtSendTo, and txtToSend, you have the players' names?
>
> You need their indexes. I believe you can use the function FindPlayer to compare the names, and return their indexes.
>
> Modify it to:
>
>    ```
> Call PlayerMsg(FindPlayer(txtSendTo.Text), FindPlayer(txtToSend.Text), sldColor.Value)
> ```

**It worked!**