Summoning Battle Pets from a Secure Button

[MuffinManKen]

Does anyone know what attributes to set on a SecureActionButton to summon a battle pet? I was sure I'd figured this out at one point, but when I went back to my notes and tested the code, it didn't work.

btn = CreateFrame("Button", "TestPet", UIParent, "SecureActionButtonTemplate,ActionButtonTemplate");
btn:SetAttribute("type", "summonpet");
btn:SetAttribute("summonpet", C_PetJournal.GetPetInfoByIndex(1));
btn:SetPoint("Center",UIParent)

I can't seem to find any documentation anywhere on what to set the "type" attribute to. GetActionInfo() helpfully tells me "summonpet" is a thing, but is that the type? It's own attribute? Both?

[p3lim]

Afaik, summoning pets can be done insecurely.

[Kanegasi]

You could sift through PetLeash's code and see how they do it. I don't remember if it was PetLeash or another addon, but I remember in the past some pet addon piggybacked movement keys to get that hardware event to summon pets. PetLeash doesn't do that, pets are summoned standing still, but I don't recall any pets being summoned in combat, so not sure if it's secure or not.

[MuffinManKen]

Originally Posted by p3lim Afaik, summoning pets can be done insecurely.

It can, but this is for AutoBar where almost every button needs to be secure. Having a mix of secure and insecure buttons would add complexity that I'd rather avoid.

[MuffinManKen]

Originally Posted by Kanegasi You could sift through PetLeash's code and see how they do it. I don't remember if it was PetLeash or another addon, but I remember in the past some pet addon piggybacked movement keys to get that hardware event to summon pets. PetLeash doesn't do that, pets are summoned standing still, but I don't recall any pets being summoned in combat, so not sure if it's secure or not.

It probably isn't secure, but I'll take a look anyway.

[MuffinManKen]

If all else fails, I could hack it with macro/macrotext, but if it can be done simply by setting the appropriate attributes, I'd rather do it that way.

[p3lim]

Originally Posted by Kanegasi I don't remember if it was PetLeash or another addon, but I remember in the past some pet addon piggybacked movement keys to get that hardware event to summon pets.

Heh.

[JDoubleU00]

Originally Posted by p3lim Heh.

I'm guessing that won't work anymore?

[p3lim]

Originally Posted by rocnroll I'm guessing that won't work anymore?

API has been completely rewritten twice since then, but feel free to try replacing the old calls with new ones and see if it works.