DECORATE: added "//$ArgNType" special comment. It can be used to specify argument type.

DECORATE: added "//$ArgNEnum" special comment. It can be used to specify an enum to use with the argument.
Documentation: updated "Action Argument Settings" and "DECORATE keys" pages.

Build/Configurations/Includes/ZDoom_misc.cfg

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Field data types:
 1 = float
 2 = string
 3 = bool
-4 = linedeftype (integer) *
+4 = linedef action (integer) *
 5 = sector effect (integer) *
 6 = texture (string)
 7 = flat (string)

Help/gc_argumentsettings.html

@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@
     <span class="blue">tooltip = "Polyobject that will mirror\nthis one's movements.";</span>
 }</pre>
   <br />
-  <b class="fat">type</b> (integer)<br />
-  Sets the type of this argument. This changes the behaviour of  Argument inputs in <a href="w_linedefedit.html">Linedef</a> and <a href="w_thingedit.html">Thing Edit</a> windows. Supported values are:<br />
+  <b class="fat"><a name="argtype" id="argtype"></a>type</b> (integer)<br />
+  Sets the type of this argument. This changes the behaviour of  Argument inputs in <a href="w_linedefedit.html">Linedef</a> and <a href="w_thingedit.html">Thing Edit</a> windows.<br />
+  Argument type can be also set in <a href="gc_decoratekeys.html#argtype">DECORATE</a>.<br />
+  <strong>Supported values are:</strong><br />
   <br />
   <ul style="list-style-type:none">
     <li>0 = Integer (default)</li>
-    <li>4 = Linedeftype</li>
+    <li>4 = Action special</li>
     <li>5 = Sector effect</li>
     <li>8 = Angle in degrees</li>
     <li>10 = XXRRGGBB color</li>
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ arg0
     }</span> 
 }
 </pre>
+  Enums can be also set in <a href="gc_decoratekeys.html#argenum">DECORATE</a>.<br />
   <br />
   <b class="fat">default</b> (integer) - <span class="red">GZDB only</span>.<br />
   Sets the default value for a Thing or Linedef argument definition.<br />

Help/gc_decoratekeys.html

@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
 	  <strong><a name="argtooltip" id="argtooltip"></a>//$ArgNTooltip &lt;text&gt;</strong> - <span class="red">GZDB only</span>.<br />
 	  Allows to specify a tooltip text displayed for this argument. Newline character (&quot;\n&quot;) can be used to format the  text. This property can only be used in conjunction with &quot;<strong>$ArgN</strong>&quot;.<br />
 	  Argument tooltips can be also set for <a href="gc_argumentsettings.html#argtooltip">things and linedefs</a> in a Game Configuration.<br />
+      <br />
+      <strong><a name="argtype" id="argtype"></a>//$ArgNType &lt;integer&gt;</strong> - <span class="red">GZDB only</span>.<br />
+	  Allows to specify an <a href="gc_argumentsettings.html#argtype">argument type</a> for this argument.<br />
+      <br />
+      <strong><a name="argenum" id="argenum"></a>//$ArgNEnum &lt;string or structure&gt;</strong> - <span class="red">GZDB only</span>.<br />
+	  Allows to specify an enum for this argument. This can be either a name of an enum defined in the Game Configuration, or an explicit enum definition.<br />
       <br />
 	  <strong>//$Color &lt;color index&gt;</strong> - <span class="red">GZDB only</span>.<br />
 	  Allows to override category color for this actor. Possible values:
@@ -75,10 +81,26 @@ Actor ChexShield : ResistanceRune replaces ResistanceRune 5104
   //$Category powerups
   //$Sprite ARMXA0
   //$Title "Chex Shield"
+  //$Color 12
+  
   //$Arg0 "Respawn Delay"
   //$Arg0ToolTip "Positive values specify delay in tics.\nNegative - in seconds."
-  //$Arg1 "Armor Amount"
-  //$Color 12
+  
+  //$Arg1 "Enum Example 1"
+  //$Arg1ToolTip "Config enum example"
+  //$Arg1Type 11
+  //$Arg1Enum "keys"
+	
+  //$Arg2 "Enum Example 2"
+  //$Arg2ToolTip "Explicit enum example"
+  //$Arg2Type 11
+  //$Arg2Enum { 1 = "First option"; 2 = "Second option"; 667 = "Option 667"; }
+  
+  //$Arg3 "Radius"
+  //$Arg3Type 23
+	
+  //$Arg4 "Height"
+  //$Arg4Type 24
 
   Height 44
   Radius 26

Source/Core/Config/ArgumentInfo.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using CodeImp.DoomBuilder.IO;
+using CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Types;
 
 #endregion
 
@@ -95,13 +96,49 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 		}
 
 		//mxd. Constructor for an argument info defined in DECORATE
-		internal ArgumentInfo(string title, string tooltip)
+		internal ArgumentInfo(string actorname, string argtitle, string tooltip, int type, string enumstr, IDictionary<string, EnumList> enums)
 		{
 			this.used = true;
-			this.title = title;
+			this.title = argtitle;
 			this.tooltip = tooltip;
+
+			// Get argument type
+			if(System.Enum.IsDefined(typeof(UniversalType), type))
+			{
+				this.type = type;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				General.ErrorLogger.Add(ErrorType.Error, actorname + ": action argument \"" + argtitle + "\" has unknown type " + type + "!");
 				this.type = 0;
-			this.enumlist = new EnumList();
+			}
+
+			// Get or create enum
+			if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(enumstr))
+			{
+				if(enums.ContainsKey(enumstr.ToLowerInvariant()))
+				{
+					this.enumlist = enums[enumstr.ToLowerInvariant()];
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
+					if(cfg.InputConfiguration("enum" + enumstr, true)) 
+					{
+						IDictionary argdic = cfg.ReadSetting("enum", new Hashtable());
+						if(argdic.Keys.Count > 0)
+							this.enumlist = new EnumList(argdic);
+						else
+							General.ErrorLogger.Add(ErrorType.Error, actorname + ": unable to parse explicit enum structure for argument \"" + argtitle + "\"!");
+					} 
+					else 
+					{
+						General.ErrorLogger.Add(ErrorType.Error, actorname + ": unable to parse enum structure for argument \"" + argtitle + "\"!");
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if(this.enumlist == null) this.enumlist = new EnumList();
 			this.defaultvalue = 0;
 		}
 

Source/Core/Config/ThingTypeInfo.cs

@@ -358,8 +358,11 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 			for(int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
 			{
 				if(!actor.HasPropertyWithValue("$arg" + i)) continue;
-				string argtitle = actor.GetPropertyAllValues("$arg" + i);
-				args[i] = new ArgumentInfo(ZDTextParser.StripQuotes(argtitle), ZDTextParser.StripQuotes(actor.GetPropertyAllValues("$arg" + i + "tooltip").Replace("\\n", Environment.NewLine)));
+				string argtitle = ZDTextParser.StripQuotes(actor.GetPropertyAllValues("$arg" + i));
+				string argtooltip = ZDTextParser.StripQuotes(actor.GetPropertyAllValues("$arg" + i + "tooltip").Replace("\\n", Environment.NewLine));
+				int argtype = actor.GetPropertyValueInt("$arg" + i + "type", 0);
+				string argenum = ZDTextParser.StripQuotes(actor.GetPropertyAllValues("$arg" + i + "enum"));
+				args[i] = new ArgumentInfo(title, argtitle, argtooltip, argtype, argenum, General.Map.Config.Enums);
 			}
 
 			// Remove doublequotes from title