llGetOwner()

I am making a menu and have run into an issue with llGetOwner()
From reading the Wiki I inferred that the script gets the UUID of the owner of the object the script is inside. Yet on several occasions I have used this function only to have my script fail due to it not getting the proper owner of the object.

Here is a section:

string Creator = llKey2Name(llGetCreator());
string Owner = llKey2Name(llGetOwner());

llSay(0, Creator);
llSay(0, Owner);

The output should be
<object name>: CREATORS NAME
<object name>: ONWERS NAME

Yet it outputs the creators name at both instances no matter who owns the object.
Am I wrong in my usage of this function?

Is this happening when you give the object to a new person?

Likely you've stored the owner key in a variable, and this variable doesn't get reset for the new person (so it "remembers" the previous owner, which happens to be the creator.)

If so, put something like this in your code:

   on_rez(integer start_param)
   {
      llResetScript();
   }

That code forces the script to reset (and re-initialize all of its variables) everytime the object is rezzed. You could also handle the changed event if you wish, but the code above should be sufficient for your needs.

-peekay

Nice ty thats exactly what I was doing.

I ALWAYS reset on rez, unless for some reason I require the use of start_param. Just to prevent headaches.

Just like how I ALWAYS llRemoveListener first thing into the listen() event, and then (if necessary) do a new llListen at the end. This prevents the listener from overloading and crashing (which used to happen quite a bit).

You should be aware that llKey2Name will only return the names of users in the sim or a neighboring sim.

Please consult the wiki for more information.
http://lslwiki.com/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llKey2Name