Need help fixing the ERROR MESSAGE window

[FishMan123]

Sorry if this is a noob question, but I'm stuck.

After the 1.8 upgrade, I'm getting a LUA error from my script. It pops up the standard error frame in the middle of the screen, but unfortunately the text extends beyond the frame and all I see is the path to the LUA file and part of the file name (non-unique in this case). I can't see the line number or the specific error message. (I seem to remember that before the upgrade, the text wrapped in the error window. Now I just get the 1 line.)

With some errors, the LUA script will abort. In these cases, I can embed prints to the chat window to narrow down the problem. In this case, the error must be non-fatal, because the script continues - making it very hard to identify the problem.

Is there an easy way to access the entire text of the error? Can I print the error to the chat window? Or use a smaller font?

I'm not looking for something big and fancy, I just need to see the error message.

Any help GREATLY appreciated. Thanks.

[shouryuu]

Well this is more a shot in the dark than anything else but I'm guessing everything is worth a try. You could try using this http://www.wowwiki.com/API_FontString_GetText . Ain't guaranteing nothing

[Ego]

From the WoW UI forum

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...p=1#post240588

[FishMan123]

Thanks Ego! That's just what I was looking for.

[shouryuu]

That's one way of saying I wasn't helpful

[Elkano]

you could also use ImprovedErrorFrame: http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=170