Need Help Programming an Addon

[Switchy]

Please bear with me here, I can only code in Visual Basic, (somewhat) C++ and (so so) MySQL, but I do not think that has anything to do with LUA and XML.

I am trying to write a VERY simple addon. It really doesn't edit any of the gameplay features or addon anything to it. What I am trying to do is write an addon that simply displays messages in a box.

Besides that, I was wondering if was possible to do the following:

Create sub frames like in visual boxes, basically a mini box located at the top right of the INFO box which have a defined size and are only separated by a line. Sort of like in Visual Basic...

If it were possible to do mini tabs when selecting a main tab. For example if I select "Tab 1" it will display a row of tabs below.

And finally, if it was possible to arrange data in to tables, like in Excel.

The final product would look something like this:



I am currently playing around with WoW UI Designer, but I am noticing there is no main code screen. So I think you just add XML files and code THAT? Or something :P

Just a summary:

• Coding a basic addon that
  • Divides information in tabs
  • Tabs having subtabs? (only displayed when Tab # is selected)
  • Displays information in basic text
  • Display information in tables
  • Seperate information by lines

Thank you so much in advance.

[fadedroses]

You can create multi dimensional arrays in LUA. Check this out:
http://www.lua.org/pil/2.5.html

As for UI Designer, on the left (after you've started your project), just right-click and choose 'add LUA script' or 'add XML'.. or something to that effect.