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cargoShip (Display)

Version: 2.1.5

by: Cargor [More]

Yet another rewrite! For compatibility with old layouts of version 2.0.5 and older, you have to add local cargoShip = LibStub("LibCargoShip-2.1") to the top of your file!.

cargoShip is a LibDataBroker display-addon and library which can only be configured through changing the Lua-code. It was designed to provide a lightweight and flexible framework for creating info blocks based on data objects.

It provides support for the following attributes (you can add more if you like):

icon, iconR, iconB, iconG, iconCoords
text, label, value, suffix
OnEnter, OnLeave, OnClick
tooltip, OnTooltipShow

You can add more of them (or change existing) by providing your custom functions in cargoShip.UpdateFunctions["attributeName"] = function(self, attribute, dataobj) end.

The addon comes with a sample layout which gives you a good start on creating and positioning your elements (in the layout.lua - with comments). Please note that I most likely use different LDB-data sources than you do

A short function reference (the complete one is on my GitHub repo):

block = cargoShip("name" [, options]) - returns a new info block of the specified LDB-data source
block = cargoShip(options) - returns a new info block of the specified LDB-data source in options.name
blocks = cargoShip:Get(dataObject) - returns a table of all created blocks for this data source
block = cargoShip:GetFirst(dataObject) - returns a table of all created blocks for this data source
cargoShip:GetUnused(verbose) - returns a table of all unused data sources, and optionally prints it to chat
block:SetDataObject(dataObject) - set a new data source for the block

Please drop a comment for your feedback, bug reports and/or suggestions.

2.1.5
* new option: textColor
* new options: shadowX, shadowY
- forgot to mention: option noText
- fixed tagString

2.1
* major rewrite
* your old layout.lua should be still compatible, but you have to add "local cargoShip = LibStub("LibCargoShip-2.1")" at the top.
* new function: block:SetDataObject(dataObject) - change the data object after the creation!
* new function: cargoShip:GetFirst(dataObject) - returns the first block for this data object
* changed function: cargoShip:GetUnused(verbose) - if set to true, it prints out the unused dataobjects

- removed: options.Formatting (use tagStrings for this purpose!)
- removed: global 'cargoShip' variable
- removed: cargoShip:PrintUnused() - see cargoShip:GetUnused(true)
- you can now make your own block prototypes, see the library embedding functions

2.0.5
- fixed the .toc and included the right lib-version, whew

2.0.3
* simple tag-system included:
* format your layouts by defining options.tagString, e.g. "[Name]: [value][suffix]"

- fixed: not updating if only dataObj.iconB changes
- new: creation by name is now optional, you can specify the name in the options
- new: creation asserts if no name was found

2.0
- updated .toc to 30000
- fixed error with TipHooker-1.0

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File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
cargoShip (Display)	2.1	10kB	Cargor	03-08-10 11:44 AM
cargoShip (Display)	2.0.5	8kB	Cargor	08-26-09 06:32 AM
cargoShip (Display)	2.0.3	8kB	Cargor	08-24-09 08:01 AM
cargoShip (Display)	2.0	8kB	Cargor	07-02-09 09:28 AM
cargoShip (Display)	r311	8kB	Cargor	11-20-08 10:55 AM

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03-10-11, 03:18 AM
xConStruct A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 199 File comments: 376 Uploads: 20	Well, try it So far cargoShip has been working with any broker addon. Just make sure you use "SocialState" as the name. __________________ « Website \| GitHub » Oh hai!

03-06-11, 11:07 AM
Draigars A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 4 File comments: 42 Uploads: 1	I'd like to add Broker_SocialSlate in your addon... Is it possible ? http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...cialstate.aspx

04-24-10, 03:09 PM

Atuin

A Defias Bandit

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Originally posted by Cargor
Sometimes the actual names of the dataobjects differ from the name of their containing addons (it's up to the authors) - in your case, you need to use

|cFFFFB366Ara|r SpecSwitcher
|cFFFFB366Ara|r Money

You can find out the real names of the data objects if you look into the addons' files and search for "NewDataObject".

Thx alot, m8!
Work great now =)

04-24-10, 11:15 AM
xConStruct A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 199 File comments: 376 Uploads: 20	Sometimes the actual names of the dataobjects differ from the name of their containing addons (it's up to the authors) - in your case, you need to use \|cFFFFB366Ara\|r SpecSwitcher \|cFFFFB366Ara\|r Money You can find out the real names of the data objects if you look into the addons' files and search for "NewDataObject". __________________ « Website \| GitHub » Oh hai! Last edited by xConStruct : 04-24-10 at 11:17 AM.

04-24-10, 08:19 AM
Atuin A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 2 File comments: 29 Uploads: 2	Need help Hi. Help me please include addons "Ara_Broker_SpecSwitcher" and "Ara_Broker_Money" into your addon. I wrote next strings, but it doesn`t showed in the game : local spec = cargoShip{ name = "Ara_Broker_SpecSwitcher", } spec:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER", 0, 0) local money = cargoShip{ name = "Ara_Broker_Money", } money:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER", 50, 0)

03-09-10, 02:18 PM
xConStruct A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 199 File comments: 376 Uploads: 20	Yep, you can paste the lib in there, but make sure it is also referenced in the toc-file, before LibDataBroker-1.1.lua. __________________ « Website \| GitHub » Oh hai!

03-09-10, 11:16 AM

zohar101

A Cyclonian

Forum posts: 43

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Originally posted by Cargor
That seems to be a problem of Broker_MicroMenu (can't find the addon, so I cannot check it). Seems like it is missing the library CallbackHandler-1.0, which is needed for LibDataBroker-1.1

cargoShip comes bundled with this lib (like all other Broker addons), but because Broker_MicroMenu is loaded first by WoW, the client throws this error.

Check if Broker_MicroMenu includes the file CallbackHandler-1.0, otherwise report the problem to the author.
As a temporary fix, you can write "## RequiredDeps: cargoShip" into its .toc-file, this should load it after cargoShip, so the libs are present at load time.

The link is http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...icromenue.aspx
I've checked the folder and indeed it is missing callbackhandler-1.0.lua
I guess it was accidentally omitted from the pkg? Can I just ..like..paste it in there?:P
I will do what you suggested anyway though and post to the original author too. Thanks

edit: Your fix worked in that the lua error doesn't show. I still can't get the plugin to show though. Will keep fiddling with it..

Last edited by zohar101 : 03-09-10 at 02:10 PM.

03-09-10, 07:45 AM
xConStruct A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 199 File comments: 376 Uploads: 20	That seems to be a problem of Broker_MicroMenu (can't find the addon, so I cannot check it). Seems like it is missing the library CallbackHandler-1.0, which is needed for LibDataBroker-1.1 cargoShip comes bundled with this lib (like all other Broker addons), but because Broker_MicroMenu is loaded first by WoW, the client throws this error. Check if Broker_MicroMenu includes the file CallbackHandler-1.0.lua, otherwise report the problem to the author. As a temporary fix, you can write "## RequiredDeps: cargoShip" into its .toc-file, this should load it after cargoShip, so the libs are present at load time. __________________ « Website \| GitHub » Oh hai!

03-08-10, 01:34 PM

zohar101

A Cyclonian

Forum posts: 43

File comments: 191

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Originally posted by Cargor
You're spelling SetPoint() in both Broker-sections with a small 'p', but it should be a capital one
Do you have Lua errors enabled? The typo should normally print an error. Tested it on my client and they are working fine.

EDIT: Just saw that I have an unpublished major update to cargoShip lying around here for several months, coming soon!

Ahh so simple. Thank you!

Have no idea how to enable lua error check in the editor I was using. But I'll find out.

So I corrected the spelling but still wasn't getting it. Decided to turn off all addons but this and suddenly I got this lua error:

Message: ...erface\AddOns\Broker_MicroMenu\LibDataBroker-1.1.lua:3: LibDataBroker-1.1 requires CallbackHandler-1.0
Time: 03/08/10 16:06:50
Count: 1
Stack: [C]: in function `assert'
...erface\AddOns\Broker_MicroMenu\LibDataBroker-1.1.lua:3: in main chunk

Locals: (*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "LibDataBroker-1.1 requires CallbackHandler-1.0"

I should add I downloaded and am using your new version 2.1
Is this a problem with the plugin? Should I post it to its author?

Last edited by zohar101 : 03-08-10 at 05:00 PM.

03-08-10, 10:40 AM
xConStruct A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 199 File comments: 376 Uploads: 20	You're spelling SetPoint() in both Broker-sections with a small 'p', but it should be a capital one Do you have Lua errors enabled? The typo should normally print an error. Tested it on my client and they are working fine. EDIT: Just saw that I have an unpublished major update to cargoShip lying around here for several months, coming soon! __________________ « Website \| GitHub » Oh hai! Last edited by xConStruct : 03-08-10 at 10:41 AM.

03-08-10, 08:02 AM

zohar101

A Cyclonian

Forum posts: 43

File comments: 191

Uploads: 0

Originally posted by Cargor
It should be compatible with every broker addon. Could you post your layout code, so that I can have a look at it?

Yeah course. I changed what my original settings were once things weren't working and just went with the simplest

--[[
### IMPORTANT ###
Set the value to 'false' to actually ENABLE THE LAYOUT:
]]

if false then return end -- We don't want to enable it for Lib-users

--[[
I think, the layout is fairly self-explanatory,
Here's a list of all available options:
noIcon, useLabel, formatting,
parent, width, height, scale, alpha
fontFamily, fontSize, fontStyle, fontObject, noShadow
]]

--local friends = cargoShip("picoFriends")
--friends:SetPoint("CENTER")

local gmotd = cargoShip("Broker_GuildMOTD")
gmotd:Setpoint("CENTER")

--local micromenu = cargoShip("Broker_Micromenu")
--micromenu:Setpoint("CENTER")

Picofriends works just fine but not the broker ones. I had more plugins in there I tested out but it was getting to be cluttered so I erased them.
I commented out one at a time every time so they wouldn't overlap.

Last edited by zohar101 : 03-08-10 at 08:14 AM.

03-08-10, 07:42 AM
xConStruct A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 199 File comments: 376 Uploads: 20	It should be compatible with every broker addon. Could you post your layout code, so that I can have a look at it? __________________ « Website \| GitHub » Oh hai!

03-07-10, 03:47 PM
zohar101 A Cyclonian Forum posts: 43 File comments: 191 Uploads: 0	So I'm trying this out since I need only 2 plugins to show and this is the simplest setup I could find. I have no programming experience at all but based on what you had in layout, it seemed simple enough so I gave it a try. I can get some plugins to show like picofriends but anything with broker in it like Broker_Daily or Broker_GuildMOTD etc. doesn't work. I'm setting it with no options, displaying dead center to test it out so there's no confusion. I'm probably missing something obvious. Is this not compatible with some plugins? Thanks in advance, sorry for the noobness:P

08-27-09, 11:42 AM
Monolit A Black Drake Forum posts: 81 File comments: 403 Uploads: 8	Everything works now, thanks, keep questioning myself why didn't I check .toc myself

08-26-09, 12:33 AM
xConStruct A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 199 File comments: 376 Uploads: 20	Aww, you're right :/ such a stupid mistake. Thanks for the report, update comes in a few hours. __________________ « Website \| GitHub » Oh hai!

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Okay, well, to be honest, the only reason I still play WoW is because of addon development. The rest became boring after four years of active playing =P
And since I write them in my free time and also release them for free, there are of course the subscription fee's ... so if you want to support me, here's your chance!

And ... umm ... there's still the habit of eating lots of chocolate while thinking of addons :/

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