Any possible ways to fire fake event for testing?

[Layback_]

Hi again all,

When we make an addon, would there be any possible ways to fire a fake event?

I'm asking this because some events like "PLAYER_LEVEL_UP" are honestly difficult to deal with as you really have to create a new character to test.

Any ideas please?

Thank you.

[Layback_]

I've been researching this for half an hour and could've not found any related solutions D:

[SDPhantom]

Something like this will do the trick. Keep in mind, this will cause taint.

local function FireEvent(event,...)
    event=event:upper();--  Events are always uppercase
    local list={GetFramesRegisteredForEvent(event)};--  Get list of frames
    for _,frame in ipairs(list) do
        local func=frame:GetScript("OnEvent");--    Get OnEvent handler
        if func then func(frame,event,...); end--   Run it if there is one
    end
end

Alternatively, you can grab the OnEvent handler from your frame using frame:GetScript("OnEvent") and manually pass the arguments it needs. If you have the handler stored in a variable, you can just call it directly with the same arguments.

[Layback_]

Thank you so much SDPhantom!

I'm currently out, but will definitely test this as soon as I get back home and let you know how I went

EDIT: It worked well!

Thanks a lot !!