How to set a message ingame?

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I’m trying to change a button message in the canvas code but for whatever reason that doesn’t work. This is my code and I want to add an int to the button message:

    # A canvas widget that displays a button with the text "Center" in the middle of the screen
    CreateMyUI() : canvas =
        MyCanvas : canvas = canvas:
            Slots := array:
                canvas_slot:
                    Anchors := anchors{Minimum := vector2{X := 0.5, Y := 0.5}, Maximum := vector2{X := 0.5, Y := 0.5}}
                    Offsets := margin{Top := 0.0, Left := 0.0, Right := 0.0, Bottom := 0.0}
                    Alignment := vector2{X := 0.5, Y := 0.5}
                    SizeToContent := true
                    Widget := button_loud{DefaultText := TextForUI}

        return MyCanvas
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Hi @NoahUEFN, to change the text in a button you need to create a localized message instance (a string with localization information). You can then use the message when assigning to DefaultText or change the text later with the SetText function. eg:

    # A localizable string message
    TextForUI<localizes>:message := "Center"

    # This function creates a localizable message with the given int value
    MakeTextForUI<localizes>(Value:int):message = "Center {Value}"

    # A canvas widget that displays a button with the text "Center" in the middle of the screen
    CreateMyUI() : canvas =
        MyButton : button_loud = button_loud{DefaultText := TextForUI}

        MyCanvas : canvas = canvas:
            Slots := array:
                canvas_slot:
                    Anchors := anchors{Minimum := vector2{X := 0.5, Y := 0.5}, Maximum := vector2{X := 0.5, Y := 0.5}}
                    Offsets := margin{Top := 0.0, Left := 0.0, Right := 0.0, Bottom := 0.0}
                    Alignment := vector2{X := 0.5, Y := 0.5}
                    SizeToContent := true
                    Widget := MyButton
                    
        # Change the text message
        MyButton.SetText(MakeTextForUI(42))

        return MyCanvas
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