Advice with coding for Battlefield Minimap Addon, please?

danterner · 06-23-06, 01:47 PM

For a while now I have been using the following script, which I have assigned to a macro:

/script BattlefieldMinimap_LoadUI() if(BattlefieldMinimap:IsVisible()) then BattlefieldMinimap:Hide(); else BattlefieldMinimap:Show(); end

This opens the battleground minimap, which I prefer to keep open as a part of my interface (in addition to the regular minimap). Here's a screenshot of an outdated version of my interface, showing it in action: http://treelo.50megs.com/CuteMAP1.htm

I would like to turn this script into an addon, so that it can be launched automatically on startup. I have no experience with XML or LUA, but I have been trying to teach myself. So far, no success. I've come up with the following, which isn't working. Can anyone show me where I'm going wrong?

The .toc:

## Interface: 11100
## Title: treelobattlemap
## Notes: Displays the Battlefield Minimap anytime, anywhere.
treelobattlemap.xml

The .xml:

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/
C:\Projects\WoW\Bin\Interface\FrameXML\UI.xsd">


<Script file="treelobattlemap.lua"/>
<Frame name="treelobattlemap">
<Scripts>
<OnLoad>
treelobattlemap_OnLoad();
</OnLoad>
</Scripts>
</Frame>

</Ui>

The .lua:

function treelobattlemap_OnLoad()
BattlefieldMinimap_LoadUI() if(BattlefieldMinimap:IsVisible()) then BattlefieldMinimap:Hide(); else BattlefieldMinimap:Show(); end

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Nyrine · 06-23-06, 02:17 PM

Code:

function treelobattlemap_OnLoad()
BattlefieldMinimap_LoadUI() if(BattlefieldMinimap:IsVisible()) then BattlefieldMinimap:Hide(); else BattlefieldMinimap:Show(); end

Why not just

Code:

function treelobattlemap_OnLoad()
  BattlefieldMinimap_LoadUI()
  if(!BattlefieldMinimap:IsVisible()) then
    BattlefieldMinimap:Show();
  end
end

Your code seems to be missing an end (you need one for the if, and one for the function)

danterner · 06-23-06, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by Nyrine

Your code seems to be missing an end (you need one for the if, and one for the function)

Thank you so much for responding. I tried what you suggested but still couldn't get it working. It doesn't throw an error message, but neither does it work for me. I must be doing something else wrong, as well. I have been able to use the AlphaMap addon to achieve basically the same result as what I was intending to do here, though, so all is well. Thanks again for the assistance!