sending/showing information to frame

[ilimo]

hello,
i made a frame which has a background and 1 active button
i can send information using out function .
but it send them to chat window

how can i send inofrmation or just showing texts into my main frame area ?



hope i'm clear and this is the right section to post this



thank you for your help

[ravagernl]

You would need a FontString in your frame to display text.

Can you list your code?

[ilimo]

//this site is mian source : http://fara.webeddie.com/frames/

AD.xml ::

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" 
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/ 
 ..\..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">
  <Script File="AD.lua"/>
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<Frame name="AD_GeneralScripts" hidden="true">
  <Scripts>     
	<OnLoad>  
		AD_OnLoad(); 
	</OnLoad>
  </Scripts>
</Frame>  

<!-- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --> 
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<Frame name="AD" hidden="true" toplevel="true" virtual="true" frameStrata="DIALOG" parent="UIParent">

    <Size> 
      <!-- dimension of the Frame seen on the screen --> 
      <AbsDimension x="200" y="200"/> 
    </Size> 
        <Anchors>
                <Anchor point="CENTER"/>
        </Anchors>
        <Backdrop bgFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Background" edgeFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Border" tile="true">
                <TileSize>
                        <AbsValue val="32"/>
                </TileSize>
                <EdgeSize>
                        <AbsValue val="32"/>
                </EdgeSize>
                <BackgroundInsets>
                        <AbsInset left="11" right="12" top="12" bottom="11"/>
                </BackgroundInsets>
        </Backdrop>

</Frame>

<!-- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --> 
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    <!-- we now create this frame, which innherits all of the virtual frame "AD" -->
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   <Frame name="AD1" hidden="true" movable="true" inherits="AD">

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    <Layers> 
      <Layer level="ARTWORK"> 
                <FontString name="$parent_Text" inherits="GameFontNormal" text="Click to Move">
                        <Anchors><Anchor point="CENTER"/></Anchors>
                </FontString>
      </Layer>
    </Layers>

<!-- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -->

        <Scripts>
            <OnMouseDown> AD1:StartMoving();  </OnMouseDown>
            <OnMouseUp>  AD1:StopMovingOrSizing(); </OnMouseUp>
            <OnDragStop> AD1:StopMovingOrSizing(); </OnDragStop>
        </Scripts> 

<!-- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -->

        <Frames>
                <Button name="AD1_Button" inherits="UIPanelButtonTemplate" text="Hello" id="4">
                 <Size>
                   <AbsDimension x="80" y="22"/>
                 </Size>
                 <Anchors>
                          <Anchor point="TOP" relativeTo="AD1" />
                 </Anchors>
                 <Scripts>
                 <OnClick> AD_OnClick(arg1)</OnClick>
                 </Scripts>
                </Button>

        </Frames>

<!-- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -->

   </Frame>

<!-- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -->

</Ui>

AD.lua :

function out(text)
 DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(text)
 UIErrorsFrame:AddMessage(text, 1.0, 1.0, 0, 1, 10) 
end

function AD_OnLoad()
  out("AD: OnLoad");

  SLASH_AD1 = "/adad";
  SLASH_AD2 = "/ad";
  SlashCmdList["AD"] = function(msg)
		AD_SlashCommandHandler(msg);
	end
	for i=1,20 do
	  local frame = getglobal("AD" .. i)
      if (frame) then
		tinsert(UISpecialFrames, frame)
	  end
	end
end
 
function AD_SlashCommandHandler(msg)
    out("AD: " .. msg)
	if (msg == "0") then
	 ReloadUI();
	end
 	AD_Toggle(msg);
end
 
function AD_Toggle(num)
   local frame = getglobal("AD" .. num)
   if (frame) then
   if(  frame:IsVisible() ) then
      frame:Hide();
   else
      frame:Show();
   end
   end
end

function AD_OnClick(arg1)
   id = this:GetID();
   out("AD: OnClick: " .. this:GetName() .. " ,ID: " .. id .. " ,Button:" ..arg1);

thank you

[ravagernl]

So what is this addon supposed to do?

[ilimo]

i understand your asking

the aim of this addon is not to do somthing
but simmply understand how addons work

it's just a way of learning

so if you have any idea to make me understad how send texts or infomations
to this frame , well it would be appreciated

[ilimo]

i think one solution could be
make a frame using lua functions : CreateFrame(..)

[Akryn]

IMO, get rid of the fontsring creation in XML and replace it with this (put it in your OnLoad function):

local fstring = AD1:CreateFontString()
fstring:SetFont("GameFontNormal", 9)
fstring:SetAllPoints()
fstring:SetText("this is some text")

[ilimo]

done,but how sending information to show in this frame from any function ??

[ilimo]

well it seems that in lua , when you declare in a function a varialbe, it could be reached by any other function; hmmm well i called

fstring:SetText("this is some text")


from another function and it worked,
hmmm