my addon does nothing

[SignOfDoom]

hi
at first i have to say that this is the first addon i create do dnt expect to much.

i have this code

frame = CreateFrame("Frame")
frame:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_LOOT")

function frame:OnEvent(event, ...)
	if event == "CHAT_MSG_LOOT" then
		print("juhu")
	end
end

frame:SetScript("OnEvent", frame.OnEvent)

in my addon but ingame nothing happens. can anybody say me what i am doing wrong?

[xConStruct]

Code looks correct to me. Could you please post your .toc-file?

[yj589794]

you should make frame local

local frame = CreateFrame("Frame")

It won't make your addon run, but it will stop you injecting a commonly named item into the global namespace.

[cloudwolf]

frame:Onevent is different than frame.onevent. your not calling your function. Also please use less generic names. Also PLEASE localize your variables. By having a global like that floating in name space you could break more than just your own addon.

[SignOfDoom]

i changed my code to that:

local tracker = CreateFrame("Frame")
tracker:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_LOOT")

local function Looten(event, ...)
	if event == "CHAT_MSG_LOOT" then
		print("it works")
	end
end

tracker:SetScript("OnEvent", Looten)

but still nothing happens

[dr_AllCOM3]

Try ChatFrame1:AddMessage() instead of print().

[xConStruct]

print() should do fine normally.

But this time you need to explicitly add "self" to the function, because you removed the "frame:" (which acts as 'self').

local tracker = CreateFrame("Frame")
tracker:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_LOOT")

local function Looten(self, event, ...)
	if event == "CHAT_MSG_LOOT" then
		print("it works")
	end
end

tracker:SetScript("OnEvent", Looten)

Still, if it doesn't work, please post your .toc-file! Or add a print("test") to the top of your file to see if it gets loaded at all.

[SignOfDoom]

im so stupid -.-
it works now. it was the toc file ^^
thank you very much