viewing wow code
 

I want to take a look at the code for WoW's FocusUnit() function. Is this possible and if so, how?

You can get WoW's Lua and XML files directly from the game. That should give you a start. Unfortunately, I can not explain to you how this is done. Hopefully someone will chime in here with the information. :o

EDIT: OK, after a little searching I managed to find it.

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Viewing_Bl...interface_code

Towlong-Yak has a current version extracted to a website. While I am told it is incomplete, I have no idea what is missing as it looks all there.

https://www.townlong-yak.com/framexml/live

The AddOn system is split up in two parts, one part is the FrameXML and our addons, the other part is exposed to the FrameXML by the game itself.
We have access to the former, the latter is closed-source.

Bad news for you, FocusUnit is in the latter.

Many thanks guys.

Actually it's good news: saves me the work of trying to make an addon :banana:

There is a handy GitHub repository that gets updates all the time with wow interface files. Even PTR versions https://github.com/tomrus88/Blizzard...ster/Interface

Ok thanks, but just to check that what was said above is correct, it won't be possible to view the code for FocusUnit(), right?

It will show how you can use FocusUnit(), not the code that makes up the FocusUnit function... or how you can write your own.. or how to circumvent etc..

On that site I linked, if you paste FocusUnit for example into the text box in the header it will show which files include that string. In this case with FocusUnit, you cannot find the actual function, only when it's called. So it must be a protected, hidden function which will most likely be intertwined with important core code that cannot be accessed.

So.......... It's like p3lim said, I guess.

Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. :o

Well people don't always agree and since they gave new information after the reply from p3lim, I thought it would be worth clarifying the reason for the posting of this new information. It doesn't mean I doubted p3lim.

Yaeh, I know. Like I said, though, I just couldn't help myself. I had to be an ....... @$$whole (yes, I know it's spelled without the "w", but when you are one all over.....). :o