Unable to Create Widget, no outer provided

Cd1232 · February 10, 2018, 4:23am

Hey,

I’m getting an error trying to grab a blueprint widget in c++ and spawn it. This is the error provided

My code is as follows:

And the blueprint is found in this folder

What is wrong with my code?

Ali_Akbar · February 10, 2018, 4:37am

Use the first line that you commented with FObjectFinder. Access you hud reference like this HUD.Object

Cd1232 · February 10, 2018, 4:48am

And how do I go about using Create Widget with that?
both
MainHUD = CreateWidget(GetWorld(), HUD);
and
MainHUD = CreateWidget(GetWorld(), HUD.Object); result in compile failed with the reason being

Cd1232 · February 10, 2018, 4:55am

This also happens when using FObjectFinder

Doesn’t matter if i use this
static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder HUD(TEXT(“WidgetBlueprint’/Game/HUDs/MainUI_HUD.MainUI_HUD’”));
or
static ConstructorHelpers::FObjectFinder HUD(TEXT("/Game/HUDs/MainUI_HUD"));