New into the whole Lua programming

[roggaro]

i've just started playing with Lua Programming now, and making a addon for wow, but can't get it to work properly.

i have getting the box to work and the close button to hide the frame, BUT i can't get the code to work so i get the slashcommand to open the box again, someone that can help me figure it out?

here is the Lua coding:

function Followup_OnEscapePressed()
	Followup:Hide();
end

function Button1_OnClick()
	Followup:Hide();
end

function Followup_OnLoad()
	SlashCmdList["FOLLOWUP"] = FunctionToCall;
	SLASH_FOLLOWUP1 = "/followup";
	SLASH_FOLLOWUP2 = "/fu";
	end

	function Folloup_SlashCmdHandler()
	-- to do stuff
end

here is the xml coding if you need it:

<Ui xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/">
	<Script file="Frame.lua" />
	<Frame name="Followup" parent="UIParent" toplevel="true" movable="true" enableMouse="true">
		<Size>
			<AbsDimension x="284" y="301" />
		</Size>
		<Anchors>
			<Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
				<Offset>
					<AbsDimension x="268" y="-183" />
				</Offset>
			</Anchor>
		</Anchors>
		<Scripts>
			<OnMouseDown>self:StartMoving();</OnMouseDown>
			<OnMouseUp>self:StopMovingOrSizing();</OnMouseUp>
			<OnEscapePressed>Frame1_OnEscapePressed();</OnEscapePressed>
			<OnTextSet>Frame1_OnTextSet();</OnTextSet>
		</Scripts>
		<Layers>
			<Layer>
				<FontString name="FontString1" inherits="GameFontNormalSmall" text="FollowUp">
					<Size x="100" y="20" />
					<Anchors>
						<Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
							<Offset x="92" y="-15" />
						</Anchor>
					</Anchors>
				</FontString>
			</Layer>
		</Layers>
		<Backdrop bgFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Background" edgeFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Border" tile="true">
			<BackgroundInsets>
				<AbsInset left="11" right="12" top="12" bottom="11" />
			</BackgroundInsets>
			<TileSize>
				<AbsValue val="32" />
			</TileSize>
			<EdgeSize>
				<AbsValue val="32" />
			</EdgeSize>
		</Backdrop>
		<Frames>
			<Button name="Button1" inherits="UIPanelButtonTemplate" text="Close">
				<Size x="100" y="20" />
				<Anchors>
					<Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
						<Offset x="169" y="-266" />
					</Anchor>
				</Anchors>
				<Scripts>
					<OnClick>Button1_OnClick();</OnClick>
				</Scripts>
			</Button>
		</Frames>
	</Frame>
	<OnLoad>
		AddonName_OnLoad();
	</OnLoad>

</Ui>

and yes, i have googled my ass off to find a solution

[thenaz]

This will enable slash commands and hide or show your frame

function Followup_Toggle()
if not Followup:IsVisible() then
Followup:Show();
else
Followup:Hide();
end
end

function Followup_OnLoad()
SlashCmdList["FOLLOWUP"] = function() Followup_Toggle() end;
end
SLASH_FOLLOWUP1 = "/followup";
SLASH_FOLLOWUP2 = "/fu";










This is for in you xml file


<OnLoad>
Followup_OnLoad();
</OnLoad>

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by roggaro function Followup_OnLoad() SlashCmdList["FOLLOWUP"] = FunctionToCall; SLASH_FOLLOWUP1 = "/followup"; SLASH_FOLLOWUP2 = "/fu"; end function Folloup_SlashCmdHandler() -- to do stuff end

First, FunctionToCall is supposed to be replaced with the name of your function that opens the frame and does stuff. The SlashCmdHandler() function needs code in it to do stuff, and it needs to exist before you want to assign it to the slash commands.

[roggaro]

Originally Posted by thenaz This will enable slash commands and hide or show your frame function Followup_Toggle() if not Followup:IsVisible() then Followup:Show(); else Followup:Hide(); end end function Followup_OnLoad() SlashCmdList["FOLLOWUP"] = function() Followup_Toggle() end; end SLASH_FOLLOWUP1 = "/followup"; SLASH_FOLLOWUP2 = "/fu"; This is for in you xml file <OnLoad> Followup_OnLoad(); </OnLoad>

SLASH_FOLLOWUP2 = "/fu";
don't you need to end?

anyway, thank you for the help, i will test it when the servers are up again, or is it a possibility to test the addon without starting wow?

[thenaz]

Nope I use that code as is and works everytime. You can use an Lua editor to check the lua code but I dont know any way to actually test the addon out of wow.