[Solved] Referencing GUI-created regions/rects in JASS/Lua code

[VoodooJuJu]

Using World Editor version 1.34

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Solution - Each GUI Region is a JASS rect. Each GUI Region (JASS rect) can be referenced in JASS with a generated global variable of the form gg_rct_REGION_NAME, where "REGION_NAME" is the Region's name as it appears in the GUI Region Palette and Object Manager, just replace any spaces with underscores.

What's confusing is that, despite region and rect being two different native objects in JASS, a GUI Region is in fact a JASS rect.
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Suppose I have a region named "My Region" that I created in the GUI with the Region palette. How can I reference this region or its rect(s) in JASS or Lua?

I see that I can easily reference the region in a variety of GUI trigger commands, such as the 'A unit enters a Region' event, for example:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters My Region <gen>
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Custom script: print('hello world')

But how can I directly reference this region in code? I think its generated variable name is something like "gg_rct_Region_000", or maybe it's "gg_rct_My_Region" - how can I use this information to get a usable native object?

Ultimately, I need to reference a rect (region) for use with this common.j method: GroupEnumUnitsInRect

Again, the Region name is known beforehand - I just need a way to reference it and use it as a native object.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Possibly the global variable of type rect would be called gg_rct_My_Region.

You can always look it up by opening the generated map script in a text editor.

 

[IcemanBo]

gg_ variables are only created when the object is used in an GUI trigger. Without GUI usage you might see the rect name in editor, but won't be able to use it in non-gui iirc.