Addon to run "/" commands on login

[kiingz]

Heya.

I need an addon that will run commands like /script <command> on login.

http://www.wowwiki.com/API <-- those types, obviously not the protected functions.

I know there was an addon that did this but I cant remember its name.

[SaraFdS]

You don't need an Addon to run these Commands, in fact, Addons consist of these, so basically you're going to write your own little Addon, so here's just the basic steps:

Create a new folder in your AddOns folder called NameOfYourAddon.
Inside it, create two new files called NameOfYourAddon.toc and CallThisHoweverYouWish.lua. Make sure their file type actually is .toc and .lua, it's a common mistake that people create files like MyAddon.lua.txt.

Now, open those files with a simple text Editor (Notepad will do):

.toc file:

## Interface: 30300
## Title: Myaddon

CallThisHoweverYouWish.lua

Interface determines the Interface Version your Addon is supposed to work with, if it is older (smaller) than the Client's current Version, your Mod will show up as "Out of Date"
Title is simply what your Addon will be called in the Addon selection screen.
After that, you have to load the files which contain the actual code, in your case CallThisHoweverYouWish.lua.

.lua file:
Here you put all the "commands" you want the game to execute on load, no need for /run or sth, just plain text.

When you're done, start the game and enjoy your very own addon

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by SaraFdS Interface determines the Interface Version your Addon is supposed to work with, if it is older (smaller) than the Client's current Version, your Mod will show up as "Out of Date"

Just as an fyi, if the number is *at all* different (even if it's higher, or you have a typo, or an appended a) from the current WoW version, it will show as "out of date".

[kiingz]

Doesn't seem to work, I think it runs those command while at the loading screen which does nothing, any way to make it wait until I've actually logged in before it runs them?

[SDPhantom]

Try hooking them into an event like this.

local frame=CreateFrame("Frame");
frame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGIN");
frame:SetScript("OnEvent",function(self,event,...)
    -- Put code here
end);

If you want to learn more about writing addons, the Interface Customization section of http://www.wowwiki.com is a great reference tool.
Also check out http://www.lua.org for documentation on the Lua programming language.

[Haleth]

If that doesn't work, you might want to change PLAYER_LOGIN into VARIABLES_LOADED, delaying the function until saved variables are loaded.

[Dameek]

I know I didn't post in here.....but I was trying to do something similar and this helped me greatly! Thanks !

[kiingz]

Originally Posted by SDPhantom Try hooking them into an event like this. local frame=CreateFrame("Frame"); frame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGIN"); frame:SetScript("OnEvent",function(self,event,...)     -- Put code here end); If you want to learn more about writing addons, the Interface Customization section of http://www.wowwiki.com is a great reference tool. Also check out http://www.lua.org for documentation on the Lua programming language.

This worked! thanks