SavedVariablesPerCharacter

[Benalish]

I was able to successfully create the file to save the variables of my addon.

## SavedVariablesPerCharacter: MyAddon_Settings

But if I want call these variables every time I load the addon, what should I do?

[Cirax]

This should help you.
http://www.wowpedia.org/Saving_varia..._game_sessions

[Phanx]

I cleaned up that wiki page some to remove some really outdated information, so it should be relevant again now. If you read it before now, I'd suggest going back to re-read it, and then removing any references to the VARIABLES_LOADED event from your addon (use ADDON_LOADED where arg1 is the folder name of your addon instead) and probably removing PLAYER_LOGOUT (it's completely unnecessary for the vast majority of addons).

Also, if you want to use a table to hold multiple variables, here is a simple function you can use to initialize your default values. It works no matter how many levels of sub-tables are in your defaults.

-- Define your default table:
local MyDefaults = {
	enable = true,
	showTheThing = false,
	x = 47,
	foo = "bar",
	t = {
		[12] = "twelve",
		[68] = true,
		cats = "meow",
	}
}

-- This function will make sure your saved table contains all the same
-- keys as your table, and that each key's value is of the same type
-- as the value of the same key in the default table.
local function CopyDefaults(src, dst)
	if type(src) ~= "table" then return {} end
	if type(dst) ~= "table" then dst = {} end
	for k, v in pairs(src) do
		if type(v) == "table" then
			dst[k] = CopyDefaults(v, dst[k])
		elseif type(v) ~= type(dst[k]) then
			dst[k] = v
		end
	end
	return dst
end

local addon = CreateFrame("Frame", "MyAddon")
addon:RegisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED")
addon:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, arg1)
	if event == "ADDON_LOADED" and arg1 == "MyAddon" then
		-- Call the function to update your saved table:
		MyAddonSavedVariables = CopyDefaults(MyDefaults, MyAddonSavedVariables)
		-- Unregister this event, since there is no further use for it:
		self:UnregisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED")
	end
end)

[Benalish]

MyAddonSavedVariables is the file specified in line ## SavedVariablesPerCharacter:?

[SDPhantom]

There is no control over the actual file it writes to or where it's located, just what global variables WoW stores in it. To shorten Phanx's explanation, the SavedVariablesPerCharacter directive just tells WoW what globals to save for your addon. These globals will be available when ADDON_LOADED fires for your addon.

[Benalish]

local addon = CreateFrame("Frame", "MyAddon")
addon:RegisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED")
addon:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, arg1)
	if event == "ADDON_LOADED" and arg1 == "MyAddon" then
		-- Call the function to update your saved table:
		MyAddonSavedVariables = CopyDefaults(MyDefaults, MyAddonSavedVariables)
                print(MyAddonSavedVariables)
		-- Unregister this event, since there is no further use for it:
		self:UnregisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED")
	end
end)

This code print the valor (?) of MyAddonSavedVariables. But if I write the print function outside this, the code doesn't work

local addon = CreateFrame("Frame", "MyAddon")
addon:RegisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED")
addon:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, arg1)
	if event == "ADDON_LOADED" and arg1 == "MyAddon" then
		-- Call the function to update your saved table:
		MyAddonSavedVariables = CopyDefaults(MyDefaults, MyAddonSavedVariables)
		-- Unregister this event, since there is no further use for it:
		self:UnregisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED")
	end
end)

print(MyAddonSavedVariables)

[Phanx]

Originally Posted by Benalish MyAddonSavedVariables is the file specified in line ## SavedVariablesPerCharacter:?

Yes, though "MyAddonSavedVariables" is a variable name, not a file name, and you can specify it in either the SavedVariables field or the SavedVariablesPerCharacter field, depending on whether you want all of the user's characters to share a single copy of the variable (so changes made on one character would apply to all characters) or each have their own copy (so changes made on one would not affect any others).

[SDPhantom]

Originally Posted by Benalish ... if I write the print function outside this, the code doesn't work local addon = CreateFrame("Frame", "MyAddon") addon:RegisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED") addon:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, arg1) if event == "ADDON_LOADED" and arg1 == "MyAddon" then -- Call the function to update your saved table: MyAddonSavedVariables = CopyDefaults(MyDefaults, MyAddonSavedVariables) -- Unregister this event, since there is no further use for it: self:UnregisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED") end end) print(MyAddonSavedVariables)

This is because the script you registered in addon:SetScript() hasn't run yet. Look at the function there as a callback. It only runs when the frame receives any event that is registered to it. Since it's running the callback function when ADDON_LOADED fires, it's running long after your print() call. Try loading your addon, then typing /dump MyAddonSavedVariables into chat.

[Phanx]

Code outside of a function runs immediately when WoW reads your file.

Code inside of a function does not run until that function is called. In your example, the code inside the function you set as your frame's OnEvent script does not run until the game fires the ADDON_LOADED event with your addon's name as the first argument. That happens after all of your addon's files and saved variables have been read.

[gmarco]

Originally Posted by SDPhantom These globals will be available when ADDON_LOADED fires for your addon.

Is the use of:

PLAYER_LOGIN

similar ?

So I can save to check with ADDON_LOADED the arg1 ...

[gmarco]

I did something like this to check if the addon db was in an old format and eventually convert.

frame_cleu:RegisterEvent("ZONE_CHANGED_NEW_AREA")
frame_cleu:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD")
frame_cleu:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGIN")
 
frame_cleu:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self, event, ...)
 
    if event == "PLAYER_LOGIN" then     
        
        if RemGankCFG["newdbver"] == nil then RemGank_DB_Convert() end
        
        if RemGankCFG["enabled"] == true then 
            print(string_format("%s: enabled", prgname))
        else 
            print(string_format("%s: disabled. Type /remgank enable to start", prgname))            
        end
        
    end
 
    if event == "ZONE_CHANGED_NEW_AREA" or event == "PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD" then    
 
              -- blabla

[SDPhantom]

Originally Posted by gmarco Is the use of: PLAYER_LOGIN similar ? So I can save to check with ADDON_LOADED the arg1 ...

It's not recommended to use PLAYER_LOGIN in replacement of ADDON_LOADED. For major reasons, PLAYER_LOGIN is not guaranteed to fire in all circumstances. Firing at inappropriate times or not at all is a side effect of picking a wrong and irrelevant event to register.

The purpose of PLAYER_LOGIN is to tell addons that all unit-specific data for the player is now available, like UnitName(). This fires only once and might not fire when the UI is reloaded. If an addon is LoD, it may never see this event at all.

ADDON_LOADED is specifically meant for this procedure. It signals the entire environment that an addon has finished loading and all global API and saved data provided by said addon is now available.

[gmarco]

Understood :-)