Im new to WOW Iterface

[Zaxer]

Hello there,
I have just started to make my own custom addons, I dont know ANYTHING about LUA, but i have this AddOn Studio that i tried, But it just seem to make the XML [design], But i want to learn about LUA. But i script Visual Basic, If that mathers. So if anyone could post a small beginning tutorial/guide, I would really be thankful,
Thanks,

/Zaxer

[Yhor]

Last time I used addOn studio it was kind of buggy. There's a lot of information about Lua programming at Lua.org, but if you pretty much just want to learn for making addons, I'd recommend the book http://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft.../dp/0470229810

I don't think there's a better place to start.

[Slakah]

http://www.wowwiki.com/api
http://www.lua.org/pil/
http://lua-users.org/wiki/TutorialDirectory
http://wowprogramming.com

Are all fantastic reasources, and if you have a question post it up on here or go to the IRC channel (http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ead.php?t=2651) and you'll probably find someone willing to help.

[Exawatt]

I'm going to echo the other posters: Programming in Lua (and the demo page) was the best introductory guide for me, but I had some programming background...

[Zaxer]

Thanks,
Im learning a bit more now.
But i have a problem here,
Im trying to make this just as a test but it doesnt work, It says this:

Well, Here is the code:

function Frame1.Load
this:RegisterEvent("AddFriend")

function Button1_OnClick()
this:AddFriend("Zaxer")
end

What am i doing wrong?

P.S Can you please give me your MSN so it will be easier to discuss this?

[Recluse]

Originally Posted by Zaxer function Frame1.Load this:RegisterEvent("AddFriend") function Button1_OnClick() this:AddFriend("Zaxer") end

I'm not sure what the rest of the code looks like, but you didn't end the first function for starters. Also, from the error there, it looks like your Button1 doesn't exist yet, so you can't make an OnClick() function for it unless it exists.

Here's some simple code that makes a box on the screen that you can click. You'll have to define what it will do, though. Right now, all it will do is put some text in your chat box to know it is working.

MyAddon.toc:

## Interface: 30100
## Author: recluse
## Title: MyAddon

MyAddon.lua

MyAddon.lua:

MyAddon = {}

function MyAddon:AddFriend(name)
	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Called AddFriend() with tne name "..name)
end

local function Button1_OnClick(button, click)
	MyAddon:AddFriend("Zaxer")
end

do
	MyAddon.Frame1 = CreateFrame("Frame", nil, UIParent)
	MyAddon.Frame1:SetHeight(100); MyAddon.Frame1:SetWidth(100)
	MyAddon.Frame1:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER", 0, 0)
	MyAddon.Frame1:SetBackdrop({
		bgFile = "Interface\\Tooltips\\UI-Tooltip-Background", tile = true, tileSize = 16,
		edgeFile = nil, edgeSize = 0,
		insets = {left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0},
	})
	

	MyAddon.Button1 = CreateFrame("Button", nil, MyAddon.Frame1)
	MyAddon.Button1:SetAllPoints(MyAddon.Frame1)
	MyAddon.Button1:RegisterForClicks("AnyUp")
	MyAddon.Button1:SetScript("OnClick", Button1_OnClick)
	MyAddon.Button1:Show()
	
	MyAddon.Frame1:Show()
end

[Slakah]

Originally Posted by Zaxer Thanks, Well, Here is the code: function Frame1.Load this:RegisterEvent("AddFriend") function Button1_OnClick() this:AddFriend("Zaxer") end What am i doing wrong? P.S Can you please give me your MSN so it will be easier to discuss this?

"AddFriend" isn't an event, I'm guessing you've got an XML file which must be working, but either your lua file isn't being loaded because it's not referenced in the toc or it's loading and just erroring because of the errors in the code posted above i.e.

Frame1.Load is missing the () and an end to close the function.

As for your request for msn address's, why not just go on IRC?

[Zaxer]

Hmm, I use WoWAddOn Studio to create the XML. I just drag the Button to the frame. And then doubleclick it and then this appears in the code:

function Button1_OnClick()
  --put your event handler logic here
end