Trying my hand at ouf

[10leej]

So in this thread Phanx reinspired me to try my hand at making an ouf layout.

So far though I'm trying just to make a player health bar and all I get is just the backround and no status bar. According to the documentation I found in ouf itself the healthbar should default to the standard health bar is you don't imply a texture or color to it. So i'm confused.

code:

local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "Bob", UIParent)

frame:SetPoint("CENTER",UIParent,0,0)

local function Spawn(frame, unit, isSingle)
    frame:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent)
    frame:SetSize(100, 25)

    local bg = frame:CreateTexture(nil, "BACKGROUND")
    bg:SetAllPoints(true)
    bg:SetTexture(0, 0, 0, 0.5)
    frame.bg = bg
end

oUF:RegisterStyle("Bob", Spawn)
oUF:Spawn("player")

-- Position and size
local Health = CreateFrame("StatusBar", nil, frame)
Health:SetHeight(20)
Health:SetPoint('TOP')
Health:SetPoint('LEFT')
Health:SetPoint('RIGHT')

-- Options
Health.frequentUpdates = true
Health.colorTapping = true
Health.colorDisconnected = true
Health.colorClass = true
Health.colorReaction = true
Health.colorHealth = true

-- Register it with oUF
frame.Health = Health
frame.Health.bg = Background

[MoonWitch]

Congrats and welcome to the oUF'ers

First you declare your health stuff, then you spawn the frames.

https://gist.github.com/8102856 is a boilerplate I made

You add the healthstatusbar to the shared part

[10leej]

So then I'm doing it backwards, ok well if I rip your code then put my stuff in there I still don't get anything. Probably missing something though now that I think about it....

------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- oUF Layout boiletplate
-- Author : Kelly Crabbé
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Namespace
------------------------------------------------------------------------
local _, ns = ...
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Config
------------------------------------------------------------------------
local NORMALFONT = STANDARD_TEXT_FONT
local TEXTURE = [=[Interface\ChatFrame\ChatFrameBackground]=]
local BACKDROP = {
  bgFile = TEXTURE, insets = {top = -1, bottom = -1, left = -1, right = -1}
}
 
-----------------------------
-- Add custom functions (overrides)
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- UnitSpecific settings
------------------------------------------------------------------------
local UnitSpecific = {
  player = function(self)
	-- player specific stuff
	local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "Bob", UIParent)
	frame:SetPoint("CENTER",UIParent,0,0)
	frame:SetSize(100,100)
  end,
  target = function(self)
	-- target specific stuff
  end,
  party = function(self)
    -- party frames
  end,
  boss = function(self)
    -- boss frames
  end,
  arena = function(self)
    -- arena frames
  end
}
UnitSpecific.raid = UnitSpecific.party  -- raid is equal to party
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Shared settings
------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function Shared(self, unit)
  self:SetScript("OnEnter", UnitFrame_OnEnter)
  self:SetScript("OnLeave", UnitFrame_OnLeave)
 
  self:RegisterForClicks"AnyUp"
 
  -- shared functions
  	local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "Bob", UIParent)
	frame:SetPoint("CENTER",UIParent,0,0)
  	-- Position and size
	local Health = CreateFrame("StatusBar", nil, frame)
	Health:SetHeight(50)
	Health:SetPoint('TOP')
	Health:SetPoint('LEFT')
	Health:SetPoint('RIGHT')

	-- Options
	Health.frequentUpdates = true
	Health.colorTapping = true
	Health.colorDisconnected = true
	Health.colorClass = true
	Health.colorReaction = true
	Health.colorHealth = true

	-- Register it with oUF
	frame.Health = Health
	frame.Health.bg = Background
 
  -- leave this in!!
  if(UnitSpecific[unit]) then
    return UnitSpecific[unit](self)
  end
end
 
oUF:RegisterStyle('Bob', Shared)
oUF:Factory(function(self)
  self:SetActiveStyle('Bob')
  self:Spawn('player'):SetPoint('CENTER', -300, -250)
  self:Spawn('target'):SetPoint('CENTER', 300, -250)
 
  self:SpawnHeader(nil, nil, 'custom [group:party] show; [@raid3,exists] show; [@raid26,exists] hide; hide',
    'showParty', true, 'showRaid', true, 'showPlayer', true, 'yOffset', -6,
    'oUF-initialConfigFunction', [[
      self:SetHeight(16)
      self:SetWidth(126)
    ]]
  ):SetPoint('TOP', Minimap, 'BOTTOM', 0, -10)
end)
 
local PreperationHandler = CreateFrame('Frame')
PreperationHandler:RegisterEvent('PLAYER_LOGIN')
PreperationHandler:SetScript('OnEvent', function(self, event)
  -- Insert base function here
end)

[MoonWitch]

local frame = CreateFrame("Frame", "Bob", UIParent)
  frame:SetPoint("CENTER",UIParent,0,0)
  frame:SetSize(100,100)

You can just use self, since a frame to hook into isn't needed, oUF handles all that.

-- Register it with oUF
  self.Health = Health

The Self.Health is a reference to self.Health from oUF itself, in that part you're telling oUF that the frame you called Health is self.Health from oUF. Otherwise oUF doesn't know what to do with it.

And this should purely work...

------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- oUF Layout boiletplate
-- Author : Kelly Crabbé
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Namespace
------------------------------------------------------------------------
local _, ns = ...
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Config
------------------------------------------------------------------------
local NORMALFONT = STANDARD_TEXT_FONT
local TEXTURE = [=[Interface\ChatFrame\ChatFrameBackground]=]
local BACKDROP = {
  bgFile = TEXTURE, insets = {top = -1, bottom = -1, left = -1, right = -1}
}
 
-----------------------------
-- Add custom functions (overrides)
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- UnitSpecific settings
------------------------------------------------------------------------
local UnitSpecific = {
  player = function(self)
  -- player specific stuff
  end,
  target = function(self)
  -- target specific stuff
  end,
  party = function(self)
    -- party frames
  end,
  boss = function(self)
    -- boss frames
  end,
  arena = function(self)
    -- arena frames
  end
}
UnitSpecific.raid = UnitSpecific.party  -- raid is equal to party
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Shared settings
------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function Shared(self, unit)
  self:SetScript("OnEnter", UnitFrame_OnEnter)
  self:SetScript("OnLeave", UnitFrame_OnLeave)
 
  self:RegisterForClicks"AnyUp"
 
  -- shared functions
  -----------------------------
  -- Health   
  -- Your Health Statusbar
  local Health = CreateFrame("StatusBar", nil, self)
  Health:SetHeight(50)
  Health:SetStatusBarTexture(TEXTURE)
  Health:SetPoint('TOP')
  Health:SetPoint('LEFT')
  Health:SetPoint('RIGHT')
 
 -- Your health background, not needed but handy to see
local Healthbg = Health:CreateTexture(nil, 'BACKGROUND')
 Healthbg:SetAllPoints(Health)
 Healthbg:SetTexture(TEXTURE)
 Healthbg:SetVertexColor(139/255, 70/255, 70/255)
 Healthbg.multiplier = .75
 
  -- Options
  Health.frequentUpdates = true
  Health.colorTapping = true
  Health.colorDisconnected = true
  Health.colorClass = true
  Health.colorReaction = true
  Health.colorHealth = true
 
  -- Register it with oUF
  self.Health = Health
  self.Health.bg = Healthbg
 
  -----------------------------
  -- Power
  -- Your Power Statusbar
  local Power = CreateFrame("StatusBar", nil, self)
  Power:SetHeight(50)
  Power:SetStatusBarTexture(TEXTURE)
  Power:SetPoint('TOP')
  Power:SetPoint('LEFT')
  Power:SetPoint('RIGHT')
 
 -- Your Power background, not needed but handy to see
 local Powerbg = Power:CreateTexture(nil, 'BACKGROUND')
 Powerbg:SetAllPoints(Power)
 Powerbg:SetTexture(TEXTURE)
 Powerbg:SetVertexColor(139/255, 70/255, 70/255)
 Powerbg.multiplier = .75
 
  -- Options
  Power.frequentUpdates = true
  Power.colorPower = true -- powertype colored bar
  Power.colorClassNPC = true -- color power based on NPC 
  Power.colorClassPet = true -- color power based on pet type
 
  -- Register it with oUF
  self.Power = Power
  self.Power.bg = Powerbg
 
  -- leave this in!!
  if(UnitSpecific[unit]) then
    return UnitSpecific[unit](self)
  end
end
 
oUF:RegisterStyle('Bob', Shared)
oUF:Factory(function(self)
  self:SetActiveStyle('Bob')
  self:Spawn('player'):SetPoint('CENTER', -300, -250)
  self:Spawn('target'):SetPoint('CENTER', 300, -250)
end)

[10leej]

Originally Posted by MoonWitch You can just use self, since a frame to hook into isn't needed, oUF handles all that.

Ok I was under a different impression then.

Unfortunately though, still don't get anything that looks like a unitframe. Not certain as to whats going on as I think it should work, but nothing.

code

[Phanx]

I see no sign of BugSack in your UI. You should fix that ASAP. Most of the errors you will encounter while developing addons are going to occur during the loading process, which just so happens to be exactly the time when the default UI's error handler can't catch them.

Also, you never give the unit frames a size, so of course you can't see them.