Custom Button

[Gethe]

I'm trying to make a custom button for my add-on, but so far all I've been able to create is a green placeholder the size of the button. This is the code I have written for it:

<Button name="$parent_RestoreButton">
   <Size>
      <AbsDimension x="32" y="32"/>
   </Size>
   <Anchors>
      <Anchor point="TOPRIGHT">
         <Offset x="-28" y="-20"/>
      </Anchor>
   </Anchors>
   <Scripts>
      <OnClick>
         RestoreButton_OnClick();
      </OnClick>
   </Scripts>
   <NormalTexture file="Interface\AddOns\MyAddon\Art\ResButtonUp.blp"/>
   <PushedTexture file="Interface\AddOns\MyAddon\Art\ResButtonDown.blp"/>
   <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-MinimizeButton-Highlight" alphaMode="ADD"/>
</Button>

I've looked all over and at this point I'm totally stumped as to why this won't work, so if someone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated.

[VincentSDSH]

Any reason you're not creating it in lua? (Maybe its me but it always seems far easier in lua than in xml)

Only thing that occurs to me atm is "don't you have to create a texture?" Ex:

<Layers>
  <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
    <Texture name="$parent_Icon">
	<Size>
	   <AbsDimension x="30" y="30"/>
	</Size>
        <Anchors>
	  <Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
	    <Offset>
	      <AbsDimension x="0" y="0"/>
	     </Offset>
           </Anchor>
	</Anchors>
	<TexCoords left="0" right="1" top="0" bottom="1"/>
    </Texture>
  </Layer>
</Layers>

Or maybe I shouldn't sit up till 5:30am reading websites...

[Gethe]

You my think lua is easier but I tend to lean toward xml. I just like the way xml does things

I tried your code sample, but now the button is totally transparent. The only reason I even know its still there is 'cause the highlight texture works.

[Duugu]

You don't need layer and textures. The button already has textures: <NormalTexture>, <PushedTexture>, and <HighlightTexture>

The "green placeholder" is the texture object without any texture.

My guess is that "Interface\AddOns\MyAddon\Art\ResButtonUp.blp" is a invalid path or "ResButtonUp.blp" is a invalid texture file.

Test your code with these textures:

<NormalTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-PlusButton-Up"/>
<PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-PlusButton-Down"/>
<DisabledTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-PlusButton-Disabled"/>
<HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-PlusButton-Hilight" alphaMode="ADD"/>

[Gethe]

Those textures worked, so what do I have to do to be able to use my own textures?

[VincentSDSH]

That's what I get for posting with sleep deprivation :-/

You should be able to just path them in as normal, your example looks ok. Make sure though that the .blp files are themselves valid for textures (if memory serves their dimensions have to be powers of 2). You can nab someone else's .blp file from another addon and rename it to your file to verify you're getting a good file location: if you see the new texture, your .blp file needs some help and if no texture, check your path.

[Gethe]

Yeah WoW didn't like the blp files i was using(created by a paint.net addon). I found a blp converter here and now it works(imagine that).

thank you Duugu and Vincent, i appreciate the help you've given me.