DisplayTopBar(int y, int text_color, int back_color, string titleText, string message, ...)

This displays MESSAGE in a similar way to the normal Display command, but above the text window a caption bar will be displayed with TITLETEXT in it. This method was used in some early Sierra games to indicate who was talking by having their name in the caption, and can be handy if you don't want to draw a talking view for a character.

You can insert the value of variables into the message. For more information, see the string formatting section.

The Y parameter specifies the Y location on the screen where the message box will appear. The default is 25.

The TEXT_COLOR parameter specifies the text colour of the top bar, and the BACK_COLOR specifies the background colour of the top bar.

You can pass 0 for Y, TEXT_COLOR or BACK_COLOR - if you do, it will use the setting you used last time.

There are a couple of game variables available which can further customize the look of the bar. You can change these before calling DisplayTopBar.

game.top_bar_bordercolor sets the colour used for the bar's border (set to the same colour as the backcolor if you don't want a border)
game.top_bar_borderwidth sets the width of the bar's border, in pixels (default 1)
game.top_bar_font sets the font to use for the top bar. The default is -1, which means that the current Normal font is used. Set it to a specific number to use that font instead.

Example:

DisplayTopBar(25, 8, 7, "Evil wizard", "Get out of my house and never return!");

See Also: Display, DisplayAt