Here's what I have so far

[Dreadlorde]

I started learing LUA and XML, and now I'm trying to make a little addon that will show my durability next a little anvil like DurabilityFu does.

This is the XML I have so Far.

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/ 
..\..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">
<Frame name="DurabilityMeter" toplevel="true" parent="UIParent" movable="true" 
            hidden="false">
<Size x="200" y="200"/>
<Anchors>
 <Anchor point="CENTER" relativeto="UIPARENT" relativepoint="CENTER">
  <Offset x="100" y="100"/>
 </Anchor>
</Anchors>

Questions:
1. So far have I done anything wrong?
2. I wan't to make the frame movable, did I already do that by having movable="true" in there?
3. To have a graphic, do I have to have something in the XML?

[Seerah]

1. I've been using WoW UI Designer to make my frame in the little addon I have in my UI comp. But in my .xml file it says:

    <Size>
      <AbsDimension x="350" y="400" />
    </Size>

I don't know what the difference is between the two - it probably works both ways. :P

2. not quite - http://www.wowwiki.com/HOWTO:_Make_a_Frame_Draggable

3. You might....

I know I'm not much help on 1 & 3, but I do know how to do #2

[Dreadlorde]

So the code should look like this:

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/ 
..\..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">
<Frame name="DurabilityMeter" toplevel="true" parent="UIParent">
<Size x="200" y="200"/>
<Anchors>
 <Anchor point="CENTER" relativeto="UIPARENT" relativepoint="CENTER">
  <Offset x="100" y="100"/>
 </Anchor>
</Anchors>
<Scripts>
<OnLoad>
 this:RegisterForDrag("LeftButton");
</OnLoad>
<OnDragStart>
 this:StartMoving();
 this.isMoving = true;
</OnDragStart>
<OnDragStop>
 this:StopMovingOrSizing();
 this.isMoving = false;
</OnDragStop>
</Scripts>

right?

[Seerah]

I think you missed this first sentence from the wiki page.

First, the XML tags movable="true" and enableMouse="true" must be in the frames declaration.

[Dreadlorde]

:P

oops

[Phanx]

Make sure you have closing </Frame> and </Ui> tags at the end.

In there before the Scripts section, you need to add specific layers for your icon and text:

		<Layers>
			<Layer level="ARTWORK">
				<Texture name="DurabilityMeter_Icon" file="Interface\Icons\Trade_BlackSmith" alphaMode="BLEND">
					<Anchors>
						<Anchor point="LEFT" relativePoint="LEFT"/>
					</Anchors>
					<Size x="64" y="64"/>
				</Texture>
				<FontString name="DurabilityMeter_Text" inherits="GameFontNormal" text="">
					<Anchors>
						<Anchor point="LEFT" relativePoint="LEFT">
							<Offset x="64"/>
						</Anchor>
					</Anchors>
				</FontString>
			</Layer>
		</Layers>

Unless you want to blow up the icon and text to gargantuan proportions, 200x200 is probably a bit big for the frame, especially since it's going to be mouse-aware. You'll probably also want to scale down the icon from its default 64x64 size.

Then in your Lua you'll use DurabilityMeter_Text:SetText(text), where text is your current durability text. I'd recommend taking a look at FuBar_DuraTek instead of DurabilityFu for example Lua code... DuraTek is about the tenth of the size, and very basic, without all the fancy extras of DurabilityFu.

Also, proper indentaion will make your code easier to read.

[Seerah]

Originally Posted by Phanx Also, proper indentaion will make your code easier to read.

quote for proper truthfulnessliness

yay! Phanx saved me from being the only one helping Dread! He was gonna be doomed.

[Dreadlorde]

thanks phanx

[Shirik]

agg why do people still use "this"

If you're still reading this thread, please change your "this" to "self" as "this" is a global where "self" is a local, making "this" evil, slow, and deprecated. On top of that, it will be removed in the future.

[Seerah]

Because we're noobs. Thanks for enlightening, Shirik.

[Shirik]

Every time someone uses a global "this," "event," or "arg1," god kills a kitten. Think of all the poor kittens

[Seerah]

kitty!!!!!

[Dreadlorde]

I don't believe in God, so it can't kill kittens.


HA!

I gave up one this also.