Working on a DKP Spam Channel Plugin.

Rainto · 01-02-06, 07:41 PM

Okay, so if the title didn't already make it clear I am working on turning a whisperbot voting sytem into a spamchannel system with a GUI. I however am having some issues with the actual coding of this. So far it is in the GUI part of the plugin. Since I am not really familiar with the way WoW plugins work I started reading the WoWinterface forums, the Wowwiki, and LUA-users.org. I Downloaded the WoW UI Designer since I love to be able to code with an IDE. However I found a problem with it :P It doesn't add the <Script file> tag to the .xml file with the graphical designer. Okay, that should be enough background on this. Here is the problem. I am trying to get a Label to show up as the player's name. So far I can get it to return a null value but that is all. Oh and if I take out line nine of the lua it will post the character name to the chatwindow with no issues.

FearInc.lua:

Code:

function DKP_Startup()
	this:RegisterEvent("VARIABLES_LOADED");
	tinsert(UISpecialFrames, "FearincForm");
end
function DKP_OnShow()
	local Label,PlayerName;
	PlayerName = UnitName("player");
	Label = getglobal("FearIncForm".."NameLabel");
	Label:SetText("Name:"..PlayerName);
	ChatFrame1:AddMessage('Hi my name is:' .. PlayerName);
end

FearIncForm.xml:

Code:

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <!--Autogenerated by wowuides, Version=1.0.200.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null-->
  <Script file="FearInc.lua" />
  <Frame name="FearIncForm">
    <!--<FrameSkin skinid="dcb143e1-a4ab-4e7c-b934-1efa40101d21" frameid="2d508883-59c2-4f83-ae10-27aaad48391b" />-->
    <Size>
      <AbsDimension x="310" y="452" />
    </Size>
    <Anchors>
      <Anchor point="CENTER" relativeTo="UIParent">
        <Offset>
          <AbsDimension x="0" y="0" />
        </Offset>
      </Anchor>
    </Anchors>
    <Backdrop bgFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Background" edgeFile="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Border" tile="true">
      <BackgroundInsets>
        <AbsInset left="11" right="12" top="12" bottom="11" />
      </BackgroundInsets>
      <TileSize>
        <AbsValue val="32" />
      </TileSize>
      <EdgeSize>
        <AbsValue val="32" />
      </EdgeSize>
    </Backdrop>
    <Layers>
      <Layer>
        <Texture name="$parentTitleBorder" file="Interface\DialogFrame\UI-DialogBox-Header">
          <Size>
            <AbsDimension x="160" y="32" />
          </Size>
          <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="TOP">
              <Offset>
                <AbsDimension x="0" y="5" />
              </Offset>
            </Anchor>
          </Anchors>
          <TexCoords left="0.2" right="0.8" top="0" bottom="0.6" />
        </Texture>
        <FontString name="$parentTitleString" font="Fonts\FRIZQT__.TTF" text="Fear Inc DKP">
          <Size>
            <AbsDimension x="140" y="0" />
          </Size>
          <Anchors>
            <Anchor point="TOP">
              <Offset>
                <AbsDimension x="0" y="-4" />
              </Offset>
            </Anchor>
          </Anchors>
          <FontHeight>
            <AbsValue val="12" />
          </FontHeight>
          <Color r="1" g="0.8196079" b="0" />
          <Shadow>
            <Color r="0" g="0" b="0" />
            <Offset>
              <AbsDimension x="1" y="-1" />
            </Offset>
          </Shadow>
        </FontString>
      </Layer>
    </Layers>
    <Frames>
      <Frame name="$NameLabel">
        <!--<FrameSkin skinid="f15d4970-d66d-444e-bb2d-1ad102c87fed" frameid="f15d4978-d66d-444e-bb2d-1ad102c87fed" />-->
        <Size>
          <AbsDimension x="281" y="31" />
        </Size>
        <Anchors>
          <Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
            <Offset>
              <AbsDimension x="15" y="-30" />
            </Offset>
          </Anchor>
        </Anchors>
        <Layers>
          <Layer>
            <FontString setAllPoints="true" font="Fonts\FRIZQT__.TTF" text="&lt;Name Label&gt;">
              <FontHeight>
                <AbsValue val="12" />
              </FontHeight>
              <Color r="1" g="0.8196079" b="0" />
              <Shadow>
                <Color r="0" g="0" b="0" />
                <Offset>
                  <AbsDimension x="1" y="-1" />
                </Offset>
              </Shadow>
            </FontString>
          </Layer>
        </Layers>
        <Scripts>
          <OnShow>DKP_OnShow();</OnShow>
        </Scripts>
      </Frame>
      <Button name="$parentDoneButton" text="Done">
        <!--<FrameSkin skinid="f15d4970-d66d-444e-bb2d-1ad102c87fed" frameid="f15d4973-d66d-444e-bb2d-1ad102c87fed" />-->
        <Size>
          <AbsDimension x="100" y="22" />
        </Size>
        <Anchors>
          <Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
            <Offset>
              <AbsDimension x="102" y="-430" />
            </Offset>
          </Anchor>
        </Anchors>
        <Scripts>
          <OnClick>FearIncForm:Hide();</OnClick>
        </Scripts>
        <NormalTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-Button-Up">
          <TexCoords left="0" right="0.625" top="0" bottom="0.6875" />
        </NormalTexture>
        <PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-Button-Down">
          <TexCoords left="0" right="0.625" top="0" bottom="0.6875" />
        </PushedTexture>
        <DisabledTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-Button-Disabled">
          <TexCoords left="0" right="0.625" top="0" bottom="0.6875" />
        </DisabledTexture>
        <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-Button-Highlight" alphaMode="ADD">
          <TexCoords left="0" right="0.625" top="0" bottom="0.6875" />
        </HighlightTexture>
        <NormalText name="$parentText" font="Fonts\FRIZQT__.TTF">
          <FontHeight>
            <AbsValue val="12" />
          </FontHeight>
          <Color r="1" g="0.8196079" b="0" />
          <Shadow>
            <Color r="0" g="0" b="0" />
            <Offset>
              <AbsDimension x="1" y="-1" />
            </Offset>
          </Shadow>
        </NormalText>
        <HighlightText font="Fonts\FRIZQT__.TTF">
          <FontHeight>
            <AbsValue val="12" />
          </FontHeight>
          <Color r="1" g="1" b="1" />
          <Shadow>
            <Color r="0" g="0" b="0" />
            <Offset>
              <AbsDimension x="1" y="-1" />
            </Offset>
          </Shadow>
        </HighlightText>
        <DisabledText font="Fonts\FRIZQT__.TTF">
          <FontHeight>
            <AbsValue val="12" />
          </FontHeight>
          <Color r="0.4901961" g="0.4901961" b="0.4901961" />
          <Shadow>
            <Color r="0" g="0" b="0" />
            <Offset>
              <AbsDimension x="1" y="-1" />
            </Offset>
          </Shadow>
        </DisabledText>
        <PushedTextOffset x="0" y="0" />
      </Button>
    </Frames>
    <Scripts>
      <OnLoad>DKP_Startup();</OnLoad>
    </Scripts>
  </Frame>
</Ui>

FearInc.toc:

Code:

## Interface: 1800
## Title: FearInc
## Author: Rainto
## Notes: Fear Inc.'s own DKP system.
## DefaultState: Enabled
## LoadOnDemand: 0
FearIncForm.xml
FearInc.lua

Rainto · 01-02-06, 09:47 PM

I've tried everything that I can think of now *sigh*. I've tried to find an AddOn that displays a player name in it, but I can't seem to even manage that one so.. any ideas? However, the problem is with the following line without any doubt.

Code:

Label:SetText("Name:"..PlayerName);