Help with XML and MoneyFrameTemplate...

[huntsfromshadow]

Having a problem with the XML UI of an addon I'm building.
Can anyone give any advice?

I'm trying to write (to learn addon wirting) a little addon that keeps track of how much money I've earned during my play session.

I'm suck on the UI.

This XML below creates a dialog in the middle of the scree, and I see both the Text and the moneyframe in the right places, but the moneyframe has no text. Icons for the gold, silver, and copper, but no text.

Does anyone have any advice? I have looked at the ShowMeTheMoney Addon but i can't seem to get just the UI of that part to work.

I'd like to know 'why' it is doing this as well. Dosen't help me to have a solution if I don't understand why it works.

<Frame name="CashFlow_Dialog" hidden="true" virtual="true" frameStrata="DIALOG" parent="UIParent">
		<Size><AbsDimension x="200" y="200" /></Size>
		<Anchors><Anchor point="CENTER" /></Anchors>
		<Backdrop bgFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Background" edgeFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Border" tile="true">
			<TileSize><AbsValue val="32"/></TileSize>
			<EdgeSize><AbsValue val="32"/></EdgeSize>
			<BackgroundInsets>
				<AbsInset left="11" right="12" top="12" bottom="11"/>
			</BackgroundInsets>
		</Backdrop> 
</Frame>
	
<Frame name="CashFlow_CurrentCash" hidden="false" inherits="CashFlow_Dialog" moveable="true" enableMouse="true">
	<Layers>
		<Layer level="Artwork">
			<FontString name="$parent_Text1" inherits="GameFontNormal" text="Current Cash:">
				<Anchors>
					<Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
						<Offset><AbsDimension x="10" y="-10"/></Offset>
					</Anchor>
				</Anchors>
			</FontString>		
		</Layer>
	</Layers>

	<Frames>
		<Frame hidden="false" inherits="SmallMoneyFrameTemplate" >
			<Anchors><Anchor point="CENTER" /></Anchors>
				<Scripts>
					<OnLoad>
						MoneyFrame_SetType("STATIC");
					</OnLoad>
				</Scripts>
			</Frame>
		</Frames>
	</Frame>

[mulesh]

Your frame needs script handlers and functions to collect and render the players money.

If you have the WoW AddOn Kit, look at the MoneyFrame.XML and MoneyFrame.LUA files, particularly the "SmallMoneyFrameTemplate" that you are using.