Panel.PostMessage

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Function
Syntax	Panel:PostMessage( String messageType, String dataType, Var data )
Description:
Posts a message to VGUI. This is a direct way of instructing a panel to do something.
Returns:	nil
In Object:	Panel
Realm:
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Examples

Description	Tell a slider to set itself to 30.
Used on
Code	vgui.Create("") slider:PostMessage("SetValue","f",30)
Output	False

Description	Change the title of frame.
Used on
Code	frame:PostMessage( "SetTitle", "text", "cLabel Test" )
Output	N/A

Additional Notes

• Datatype should correspond to the type of data you are passing to PostMessage:
  • "b" = boolean
  • "f" = float
  • "text" = string