# First GUI Script Help(Solved)
**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009
**Category:** UI
**Tags:** IMGUI
**Created:** [December 3, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009 "2009-12-03T19:49:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@anon\_89002125](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_89002125)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009/1 "2009-12-03T19:49:13Z")
I must be over tired or just slow.
I can’t get the first basic script in the GUI Documentry to work.
Do I do this in JAVA Script?
Do I delete the entire Java script code and throw in the one they give, or do I paste it in the middle.
I understand Visual Basic for coding, though its not very helpful here 😛
If someone can point me to the right door I’ll be good lol
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### Author:  [@AndrewGrayGames](https://discussions.unity.com/u/AndrewGrayGames)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009/2 "2009-12-03T20:15:44Z")
I’ve gotten a GUI to work out, so I can help ^^.
First, your GUI scripts are all event-based (as you can probably tell from function_On_GUI() ). So, let’s start this from scratch.
1 - Let’s create a new JavaScript - call it “testGUI.js” or something. It should start off looking something like this:
```auto
function Start() {
}
```
2 - Now, we need to make one simple modification: change Start to OnGUI, so the script will look like this:
```auto
function OnGUI() {
}
```
3 - Now, we’re going to want something to be shown ON our GUI. We have a few basic possibilities in the Unity GUI API: Box, Label, Button.
Box and Label are similar. They code something like this:
```auto
GUI.Box( Rect( 10,10, 100,10 ), "Test GUI" );
```
```auto
GUI.Label( Rect( 10,10, 100,10 ), "Test GUI" );
```
These are functions that live in Unity’s GUI library. Box creates a box with “Test GUI” as it’s title caption. See the Rect() call in it? This is simply telling the Box to draw in a rectangle from (10,10), that is 100 pixels wide and 10 pixels deep.
So, we can make an easy GUI:
```auto
function OnGUI() {
GUI.Label( Rect( 10,10, 100,10 ), "Hello, world!" );
}
```
This code should make the phrase, “Hello, world!” appear in the top corner of the viewport when you run the game.
🙂
4 - To make things a bit more interactive, let’s add a quit button. (You have to build the application to see a quit button work, but here’s how you do it anyhow:)
We’re going to create a button. This is also a GUI call, but is slightly different from the Box and Label GUI objects:
```auto
if( GUI.Button( Rect( 10,10, 100,10 ), "This Game Sucks" ) ) { }
```
GUI.Button acts just like Label or Box - it has a rectangular region declared, and shows text, _however_ input to Buttons are detected in if() blocks. Now, we wanted to make a quit button? We just need to add one line of text:
```auto
if( GUI.Button( Rect( 10,10, 100,10 ), "Quit" ) ) { Application.Quit(); }
```
5 - Let’s pull it all together!
```auto
function OnGUI() {
if( GUI.Button( Rect( 10,10, 100,10 ), "Quit" ) ) { Application.Quit(); }
}
```
Test run your game, or if you feel especially daring, build a development build and run it, then hit the quit button!
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### Author:  [@anon\_89002125](https://discussions.unity.com/u/anon_89002125)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009/3 "2009-12-04T00:05:10Z")
Thanks, I got it working fine now.
Had to throw it with GUI Text, then turn off the pre-set GUI Text.
Now Its all making sense haha
Also Application.Exit Gave me the error, not .Quit
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### Author:  [@AndrewGrayGames](https://discussions.unity.com/u/AndrewGrayGames)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009/4 "2009-12-04T03:47:24Z")
Oh, good. I’ll just remove that false addendum.
I’m still working out how to include custom artwork. A few minutes with the tutorials would likely do much for me. That, or The Gimp, and an actual artist.
Glad I could help, and good luck on your game!
EDIT: I realized I left out a parenthesis on the Button section on every code block.
☹
Now fixed. Enjoy!
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### Author:  [@warkarma](https://discussions.unity.com/u/warkarma)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009/5 "2009-12-09T00:00:03Z")
Is it possible to show a number (int) in GUI ? Instead of text. Like for example:
var number:int =1;
function OnGUI ()
{
GUI.Box (Rect (10, 10, 100, 50), number);
}
I realy need to add number ☹
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### Author:  [@Eric5h5](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Eric5h5)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009/6 "2009-12-09T00:01:04Z")
Use ToString().
–Eric
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### Author:  [@warkarma](https://discussions.unity.com/u/warkarma)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009/7 "2009-12-09T00:06:27Z")
> [@""](#):
>
> Use ToString().
>
> –Eric
example please (I am new to Unity)
(Found the answer)
var number : int = 1;
function OnGUI () {
GUI.Box (Rect (10, 10, 100, 50), number.ToString());
}
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### Author:  [@Eric5h5](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Eric5h5)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/first-gui-script-help-solved/403009/8 "2009-12-09T00:14:02Z")
GUI.Box (Rect (10, 10, 100, 50), number.ToString());
–Eric