Help with Calendar Script!

Mayron · 09-20-12, 08:23 AM

Hi I'm very new to lua programming and this script below will most likely look very wrong but I want to create a name with text inside which only shows up when there is a calendar event pending and will not show when there is not.

This is it:

Code:

-- Calendar Button
local classcolor = (CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS or RAID_CLASS_COLORS)[(select(2, UnitClass("player")))]	
local cal = CreateFrame("Frame", nil, UIParent)
cal:SetPoint("BOTTOM", Minimap, "BOTTOM")

local calText = cal:CreateFontString(nil, "OVERLAY")
calText:SetPoint("BOTTOM", cal, "BOTTOM", 0, -2)
calText:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.ttf", 12, "THINOUTLINE")
calText:SetTextColor(classcolor.r, classcolor.g, classcolor.b)
info:SetText("Calendar")

calText:RegisterEvent("CALENDAR_UPDATE_PENDING_INVITES")
calText:RegisterEvent("CALENDAR_ACTION_PENDING")
calText:SetScript("OnEvent",
	if event == "CALENDAR_UPDATE_PENDING_INVITES" then
		self:Show()
	else
	self:Hide()
	end
	if event == "CALENDAR_ACTION_PENDING" then
	self:Hide()
	end
end)

calText:SetScript("OnClick", function (self, button, down)
if(not CalendarFrame) then LoadAddOn("Blizzard_Calendar") end
Calendar_Toggle()
end)
---------------------

Getting a lot of errors and in the end I gave up.
Also I want the text "Calendar" to show in class color but I will save that until the end as that was just getting in the way and making it more confusing. Thank you.

Phanx · 09-20-12, 04:53 PM

1. You are running info:SetText("Calendar") ... but you never defined any object as info.

2. You are trying to register events and set scripts on calText, which is a font string. Font strings don't support events or scripts. You need to do those things with cal, which is a frame, instead.

Mayron · 09-20-12, 05:53 PM

Ok, I've researched and asked around abit and created this:

Code:

local classcolor = (CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS or RAID_CLASS_COLORS)[(select(2, UnitClass("player")))]	
local cal = CreateFrame("Frame", nil, UIParent)
local calText = cal:CreateFontString(nil, "OVERLAY")

cal:SetPoint("BOTTOMLEFT",calText,"BOTTOMLEFT",-2, -2)
cal:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT",calText,"TOPRIGHT",2, 2)

calText:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.ttf", 12, "THINOUTLINE")
calText:SetTextColor(classcolor.r, classcolor.g, classcolor.b)
calText:SetText("Calendar")
calText:SetPoint("BOTTOM",Minimap,"BOTTOM")

cal:RegisterEvent("CALENDAR_UPDATE_PENDING_INVITES")
cal:RegisterEvent("CALENDAR_ACTION_PENDING")

cal:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
	if CalendarGetNumPendingInvites() > 0 then
		self:Show()
	else
		self:Hide()
	end
end)

cal:SetScript("OnClick", function()
if(not CalendarFrame) then LoadAddOn("Blizzard_Calendar") end
Calendar_Toggle()
end)

but keep getting this error:
<unnamed> doesn't have a "OnClick" script

with this line:
cal:SetScript("OnClick", function()

Is this better? And if so, what is wrong with this line? Cannot figure it out. Thank you.

Also that info text was a typo

Phanx · 09-20-12, 07:23 PM

If you want to handle clicks, you need an object that handles clicks. A plain frame cannot handle clicks. You need a button, or some derivative of a button. Probably just a button is fine:

Code:

local cal = CreateFrame("Button", nil, UIParent)

On a side note, if you're intending for your button to be attached to the minimap, you should probably parent it to the Minimap, not UIParent.

Mayron · 09-21-12, 12:38 AM

Thank you so much! Got it all working now