Problem Parsing Weapon Tooltips

[Syzgyn]

I'm trying to pull the weapon DPS out of its tooltip to use for some calculations. Here's my psuedo-code

xDEP_Tooltip:ClearLines();
	xDEP_Tooltip:SetInventoryItem("player", 16)
	
	local textFrame = getglobal(xDEP_Tooltip:GetName() .. "TextLeft" .. 5);
         local text = textFrame:GetText();
	local mh = string.sub(text, 2,5);
	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("MH: " .. mh);
	xDEP_Tooltip:Hide()
	
	xDEP_Tooltip:ClearLines();
	xDEP_Tooltip:SetInventoryItem("player", 17)
	
	local textFrame = getglobal(xDEP_Tooltip:GetName() .. "TextLeft" .. 5);
        text = textFrame:GetText();
	local oh = string.sub(text, 2,5);
	DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("OH: " .. oh);
	xDEP_Tooltip:Hide()

And the tooltip code

	<GameTooltip name="xDEP_Tooltip" inherits="GameTooltipTemplate">
		<Scripts>
			<Onload>
				this:SetOwner(this, "ANCHOR_NONE");
			</Onload>
		</Scripts>
	</GameTooltip>

The problem is it doesn't get anything past the first tooltip. So if I call it once It grabs the Main hand, but not the Off hand. Then if I all it again without reloading in between, it doesnt grab anything.

Any help would be much appreciated

[Maul]

I think the problem is you are trying to hide a tooltip that is never seen in the first place.

Try removing the lines -

xDEP_Tooltip:Hide()

and see if that helps.

[Syzgyn]

Excelent! Thanks muchly.

Another question: Is there some way to have a tooltip update while its up?

	<OnEnter>
		GameTooltip:SetOwner(this, "ANCHOR_RIGHT");
		AS_OnMouseOver();
	</OnEnter>

Thats what I'm using to have it show up now. Is there some call to have it update every second or so?

[wmrojer]

<OnUpdate>
  if GameTooltip:HasOwner(this) then
    GameTooltip:Hide()
  end
  GameTooltip:SetOwner(this, "ANCHOR_RIGHT");
  AS_OnMouseOver();
</OnUpdate>

This will have it update every frame. Put in limitation at your will.

[Maul]

I have a custom tooltip addon that replaces the standard one, and I use something like this to keep it updated with current info:

<OnUpdate>
        if (UnitExists("mouseover")) then
		MyGameTooltipUpdate("mouseover");
	end
</OnUpdate>

And the function I call simply refreshes the info and apllies a Show() to the tooltip.