Introducing SummonBox!

[Nafe]

Hey all,

I just released my first-ever completed addon with a GUI. (I've released a few addons before, but never have completed an addon with a GUI before today).

Please take a look at SummonBox

What SummonBox does is pretty simple:
The standard UI's StaticPopup box is changed to:

If you close this window in any way other than hitting Accept (such as clicking on "SummonBox", or hitting ESC), then you get the SummonBox:

This shows you who summoned you, where to, and how much time is left on the summon.

What this all basically equates to is...:

Features Allows you to get rid of that annoying StaticPopup box while you're finishing up your errands before accepting the summon. Moveable box, showing Who summoned you, Where to, and how much Time left. Buttons to accept or cancel the summon. If you accidentally hit ESC when you receive the annoying StaticPopup box, you won't lose your summon. Still utilizes the annoying StaticPopup box so that you notice when you get a summon!

Please take a look, try it out, tell me what you think, and feel free to make suggestions / reports / comments of any kind.

Enjoy!

Since this is my first addon w/ a GUI, I'd really love to hear any comments about my XML and Lua, and how I interface them together, etc.

(P.S. I'm always looking to make my addons more efficient and less taxing on the user; if you have a fundamental suggestion to my XML/Lua code, I'd love to hear it . Send me a PM or post here at your discretion.)

[Nafe]

Version 1.1 released

New in this version:

• SummonBox location saved between sessions. Location is saved per character
• Slash command capabilites: (these settings saved per account)
  • Ability to bypass the StaticPopup completely (default: disabled). Use /summonbox replace
  • Option to enable/disable (default: enabled) ChatFrame message notification of a received summon. Use /summonbox chatnotify
  • Ability to enable/disable (default: disabled) local RaidWarning message notification of a received summon. Use /summonbox rwnotify
  • Ability to enable/disable (default: disabled) local RaidWarning sound notification of a received summon. Use /summonbox soundnotify
  • Command to allow placement of SummonBox without receiving a summon. Use /summonbox position then drag the SummonBox to where you want. Once placed, it will hide automatically if there is no pending summon

Thanks a ton to the user comments that inspired the changes!