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One of the biggest concerns for me and many other scripters when writing event-handler-oriented codes is that if someone removes our EHs by mistake (e.g. using incorrect ID, like how many newbies just remove `0`) or intentionally (many newbies doing `removeAllXXXEventHandlers`), our design could fail entirely. Thus, I would like to ask for scripting commands that allow us to detect and counter these problems. 1. Get next event handler ID: > `getEventHandlersCount [entity, "name"];` > entity: can be NAMESPACE (maybe only missionNamespace? for mission/user EHs)/OBJECT/GROUP/CONTROL/DISPLAY > name: event handler name > returns: total number of EHs added (which is also the same as next added ID) Alternatively, for mission/user EHs the syntax can be: > `getEventHandlersCount "name"` Since EH IDs are incremental, this allows us to know if any new EHs have been added after ours. This command will also be useful for the Intercept project. 2. A command that checks if the event handler still exists and has not been removed yet: > `isEventHandlerValid [entity, "name", ID]` > entity: can be NAMESPACE (maybe only missionNamespace? for mission/user EHs)/OBJECT/GROUP/CONTROL/DISPLAY > name: event handler name > ID: number: EH ID > returns: bool Alternatively, for mission/user EHs the syntax can be: > `getEventHandlersCount ["name", ID]` or > `"name" getEventHandlersCount ID`

One of the biggest concerns for me and many other scripters when writing event-handler-oriented codes is that if someone removes our EHs by mistake (e.g. using incorrect ID, like how many newbies just remove `0`) or intentionally (many newbies doing `removeAllXXXEventHandlers`), our design could fail entirely. Thus, I would like to ask for scripting commands that allow us to detect and counter these problems. 1. Get next event handler ID: > `getEventHandlersCount [entity, "name"];` > entity: can be NAMESPACE (maybe only missionNamespace? for mission/user EHs)/OBJECT/GROUP/CONTROL/DISPLAY > name: event handler name > returns: total number of EHs added (which is also the same as next added ID) Alternatively, for mission/user EHs the syntax can be: > `getEventHandlersCount "name"` Since EH IDs are incremental, this allows us to know if any new EHs have been added after ours. This command will also be useful for the Intercept project. 2. A command that checks if the event handler still exists and has not been removed yet: > `isEventHandlerValid [entity, "name", ID]` > entity: can be NAMESPACE (maybe only missionNamespace? for mission/user EHs)/OBJECT/GROUP/CONTROL/DISPLAY > name: event handler name > ID: number: EH ID > returns: bool Alternatively, for mission/user EHs the syntax can be: > `isEventHandlerValid ["name", ID]` or > `"name" isEventHandlerValid ID`

One of the biggest concerns for me and many other scripters when writing event-handler-oriented codes is that if someone removes our EHs by mistake (e.g. using incorrect ID, like how many newbies just remove `0`) or intentionally (many newbies doing `removeAllXXXEventHandlers`), our design could fail entirely. Thus, I would like to ask for scripting commands that allow us to detect and counter these problems. 1. Get next event handler ID: > `getEventHandlersCount [entity, "name"];` > entity: can be NAMESPACE (maybe only missionNamespace? for mission/user EHs)/OBJECT/GROUP/CONTROL/DISPLAY > name: event handler name > returns: total number of EHs added (which is also the same as next added ID) Alternatively, for mission/user EHs the syntax can be: > `getEventHandlersCount "name"` Since EH IDs are incremental, this allows us to know if any new EHs have been added after ours. This command will also be useful for the Intercept project. 2. A command that checks if the event handler still exists and has not been removed yet: > `isEventHandlerValid [entity, "name", ID]` > entity: can be NAMESPACE (maybe only missionNamespace? for mission/user EHs)/OBJECT/GROUP/CONTROL/DISPLAY > name: event handler name > ID: number: EH ID > returns: bool Alternatively, for mission/user EHs the syntax can be: > `get`isEventHandlersCountValid ["name", ID]` or > `"name" getisEventHandlersCountValid ID`