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Sideshow

11-29-10 04:03 AM

Opening editbox in chat

Hello

I would like a lua function that will open the edit box of the chat and
automatically type "/tdps whisper <name>"
I don't want to make another frame just to enter a name ...

Any idea how to do it, if possible at all?

Thanks

Nobgul

11-29-10 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sideshow (Post 220488)

Check out SEND_CHAT_MESSAGE

Sideshow

11-29-10 04:05 AM

That was pretty quick ;) But that's not what I need. I need to explain myself better.
The user needs to be able to manually change "<name>"

Nobgul

11-29-10 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sideshow (Post 220490)

That was pretty quick ;) But that's not what I need. I need to explain myself better.
The user needs to be able to manually change "<name>"

/script SendChatMessage("Hello Bob!", "WHISPER", "Common", "Bob");

Nobgul

11-29-10 04:16 AM

I mean it depends in the situation you are going to use it in. If you gave a bit more info on the way you intend to use it, I may have a better idea.

Sideshow

11-29-10 04:23 AM

I know how to send a message with lua, that's not the problem.

I just want to know how to open the editbox and automatically put some text in it.
This, instead of making another dialog box to ask for user input...

Context: whispering damage report to another user via a command, the name of the user is variable.

Dainton

11-29-10 06:01 AM

Code:

local eb = DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME.editBox

ChatEdit_ActivateChat(eb)

eb:Insert(the crap that you want to show up in the editbox)

Try playing with this.

Waverian

11-29-10 06:58 AM

Why don't you just use slash command handler for /tdps? The SlashCmdList table is global.

SlashCmdList["<tdps index name>"]("<tdps args>")

Vlad	11-29-10 07:36 AM

He only wanted a function to put in the text in the chat box and do nothing more, so here you go mate:

Code:

local function putInChatBox(name)

  name = type(name) ~= "string" and "" or name

  local e = DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME.editBox

  ChatEdit_ActivateChat(e)

  e:SetText("/tdps whisper "..name)

end



-- example: putInChatBox("Vladinator")

The first line makes sure the param is a string, if not it uses a empty string so the function still works. ;)

Sideshow

11-29-10 02:17 PM

Thanks a lot

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