(SimpleHTML) Links are clickable, but not after updating

[thatdudegrim]

(This is my full lua code for this lua, it just deletes the repetitious bits such as additional uses of CreateBoxes() in WNCFrame_Load())

I'm having a strange problem and hope someone can help..

If I populate a the created field in CreateBoxes.. if I populate it inside create boxes, like the commented out #16, it works and populates fine and is clickable properly.

However if I populate it after, for instance in the EventFrame event-- effectively On-UPDATE_MOUSEOVER_UNIT--the box updates and the link shows properly but is not clickable.

local thisType = ""
local _G = getfenv()
 
function WNCFrame_Load()
  CreateBoxes("DK")
end
 
function CreateBoxes(wnc_boxname)
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]=CreateFrame("SimpleHTML","testaddon_Frame",WNCFrame); --creates the frame
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetWidth(174); _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetHeight(40); --sets frame dimensions
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetFontObject("SystemFont_Tiny"); --tells the frame to copy the styling from fontobject "GameFontNormal"
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetJustifyH("LEFT"); --tells the frame to left-justify text
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetJustifyV("TOP");
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetScript("OnHyperlinkClick", function(self, ...) ChatFrame_OnHyperlinkShow(...) end); --tells the frame to use the default hyperlink "OnClick" action
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetPoint("TOPLEFT",_G["label"..wnc_boxname],"BOTTOMLEFT"); --anchors the frame to the left edge of the screen
     _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetText("\124cff71d5ff\124Hspell:45524\124h[Chains of Ice]\124h\124r");
end
 
local EventFrame = CreateFrame("Frame")
EventFrame:RegisterEvent("UPDATE_MOUSEOVER_UNIT")
EventFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self,event,...) 
    thisType = UnitCreatureType("mouseover")
    ChatFrame1:AddMessage(_G["data"..thisType..".DK"]);
    _G["infoDK"]:SetText("\124cff71d5ff\124Hspell:339\124h[Entangling Roots]\124h\124r");
end)

[thatdudegrim]

I found what I can only conclude is an amazingly inefficient way to make it work lol. (Lines 2,3,4,5)

function CreateBoxes(wnc_boxname,wnc_boxvalue)
    if _G["info"..wnc_boxname] then
        _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:Hide()
        _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetAttribute("Name","DestroyedWNC")
    end
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]=CreateFrame("SimpleHTML","info"..wnc_boxname,WNCFrame); --creates the frame
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetWidth(174); _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetHeight(40); --sets frame dimensions
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetFontObject("SystemFont_Tiny"); --tells the frame to copy the styling from fontobject "GameFontNormal"
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetJustifyH("LEFT"); --tells the frame to left-justify text
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetJustifyV("TOP");
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetScript("OnHyperlinkClick", function(self, ...) ChatFrame_OnHyperlinkShow(...) end); --tells the frame to use the default hyperlink "OnClick" action
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetPoint("TOPLEFT",_G["label"..wnc_boxname],"BOTTOMLEFT"); --anchors the frame to the left edge of the screen
    _G["info"..wnc_boxname]:SetText(wnc_boxvalue);
end

and then I update the box like so.

CreateBoxes("DK",_G["data"..thisType..".DK"])

Is there a way to Destroy a frame? I believe I've read there is not, but worth a shot to ask.

Rather frustrating (in this case at least) that two frames can have the same name lol.

[Nobgul]

nope no destroying frames we recycle them.

[thatdudegrim]

Thanks for the reply!

I'd love to recycle them for sure, but for some reason when I update the contents of a frame, it no longer responds to OnHyperlinkClick--I've even tried redeclaring everything as it was initially declared.

Anyone else ever experienced this?

Is there any sort of Frame:Refresh that will make it respond to new content?

[Duugu]

How does Blizzard handle this? There's such a frame within the guild stuff, isn't it?