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[Grimsin]

Yea totally sweet! And i am using meta tables... here is my metatable setup. Im still having issues with the party frames im down to making the code that makes it switch party styles... it does not like my dropdownmnu selection one bit....

here is my metatable setup in my core though which btw you can dump the metatable with the /dump to.

local eventFrame = CreateFrame("Frame", nil, UIParent)
eventFrame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGIN")
eventFrame:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
    
    GrimUI.Data = setmetatable(GrimUIData, defaults)
 
    for name, module in pairs(modules) do
        if module.OnFirstLoad and not GrimUIData.modsConfigured[name] then
            module:OnFirstLoad(GrimUIData)
            GrimUIData.modsConfigured[name] = true
        end
        if module.OnInitialize then
            module:OnInitialize()
        end
    end
end)

this following code is my dropdown menu. this is the second one i have made i think the problem is with the use of locals being the same in both of the dropdown menus code... ill post both the one for artskins works just fine. soon as i add the one for the party frame style it freaks out...

artskins -

GrimUISkinMenu = CreateFrame("Frame", "GrimUISkinMenu", GrimOptionsPanel, "UIDropDownMenuTemplate"); 
    GrimUISkinMenu:ClearAllPoints() 
    GrimUISkinMenu:SetPoint("LEFT",GrimOptionsPanel, 0, 95); 
    GrimUISkinMenu:Show() 
    
    name = GrimUISkinMenu:CreateFontString()
    name:SetPoint('LEFT', GrimUISkinMenu, 'RIGHT', -5, 0)
    name:SetFontObject(GameFontNormal)
    name:SetText('Art Skin')
    -- info.text = "First Menu Item"; --the text of the menu item 
    -- info.value = 0; -- the value of the menu item. This can be a string also. 
    -- info.func = function() MyDropDownMenuItem_OnClick() end; --sets the function to execute when this item is clicked 
    -- info.owner = this:GetParent(); --binds the drop down menu as the parent of the menu item. This is very important for dynamic drop down menues. 
    -- info.checked = nil; --initially set the menu item to being unchecked with a yellow tick 
    -- info.icon = nil; --we can use this to set an icon for the drop down menu item to accompany the text 
    -- UIDropDownMenu_AddButton(info, level); --Adds the new button to the drop down menu specified in the UIDropDownMenu_Initialise function. In this case, it's MyDropDownMenu 
     
     
    -- info.text = "Second Menu Item"; 
    -- info.value = 1; 
    -- info.func = function() MyDropDownMenuItem_OnClick() end; 
    -- info.owner = this:GetParent(); 
    -- info.checked = nil; 
    -- info.icon = nil; 
    -- UIDropDownMenu_AddButton(info, level); 
     
    local items = { 
       "Horde Skin 1", 
       "Alliance Skin 1", 
       "Black Metal Skin by Noob123 ", 
       "Alliance Skin 2", 
    } 
     
    local function OnClick(self) 
       UIDropDownMenu_SetSelectedID(GrimUISkinMenu, self:GetID()) 
       GrimUIData.ArtSkinNumb = self.value
       GrimUI:GetModule("ArtSkins"):UpdateSkin()
    end 
     
    local function initialize(self, level) 
       for k,v in pairs(items) do 
          info = UIDropDownMenu_CreateInfo() 
          info.text = v 
          info.value = k 
          info.func = OnClick 
          UIDropDownMenu_AddButton(info, level) 
       end 
    end 
     
     
     
    UIDropDownMenu_Initialize(GrimUISkinMenu, initialize) 
    UIDropDownMenu_SetWidth(GrimUISkinMenu, 100); 
    UIDropDownMenu_SetButtonWidth(GrimUISkinMenu, 124) 
    UIDropDownMenu_SetSelectedID(GrimUISkinMenu, 1) 
    UIDropDownMenu_JustifyText(GrimUISkinMenu, "LEFT")

and then this is the one for the style selection but it does not work it of course comes after the one i posted above but in the same file. Neither of which are in any file related to what they do which is why there are global function calls from my other files... two different methods and maybe the method im using is the problem. maybe someone has an idea?

------------------------------------
    -- GrimUI PartyFrame Layout style menue
    ----------------
 
 
    GrimUIPartyStyleMenu = CreateFrame("Frame", "GrimUIPartyStyleMenu", GrimOptionsPanel, "UIDropDownMenuTemplate"); 
    GrimUIPartyStyleMenu:ClearAllPoints() 
    GrimUIPartyStyleMenu:SetPoint("LEFT",GrimOptionsPanel, 0, 70); 
    GrimUIPartyStyleMenu:Show() 
    
    name = GrimUIPartyStyleMenu:CreateFontString()
    name:SetPoint('LEFT', GrimUIPartyStyleMenu, 'RIGHT', -5, 0)
    name:SetFontObject(GameFontNormal)
    name:SetText('Party Frame Style')
     
    local items = { 
       "Vertical Style", 
       "Horizontal Style", 
    } 
     
    local function OnClick(self) 
       UIDropDownMenu_SetSelectedID(GrimUIPartyStyleMenu, self:GetID()) 
       GrimUIData.GUIPartyStyle = self.value
       
        GrimUI.UpdatePartyStyle()
        GrimUI.Party1LayoutInitiate()
        GrimUI.Party2LayoutInitiate()
        GrimUI.Party3LayoutInitiate()
        GrimUI.Party4LayoutInitiate()
    end 
     
    local function initialize(self, level) 
       for k,v in pairs(items) do 
          info = UIDropDownMenu_CreateInfo() 
          info.text = v 
          info.value = k 
          info.func = OnClick 
          UIDropDownMenu_AddButton(info, level) 
       end 
 
    end 
     
     
     
    UIDropDownMenu_Initialize(GrimUIPartyStyleMenu, initialize) 
    UIDropDownMenu_SetWidth(GrimUIPartyStyleMenu, 100); 
    UIDropDownMenu_SetButtonWidth(GrimUIPartyStyleMenu, 124) 
    UIDropDownMenu_SetSelectedID(GrimUIPartyStyleMenu, 1) 
    UIDropDownMenu_JustifyText(GrimUIPartyStyleMenu, "LEFT")

[Grimsin]

hmm or it has to do with the fact i need to clearallpoints on the frames attached to the frame being resized so it can resize those on the new frames sizes... i think? haha damn this is starting to get overly complicated...

-- still no luck on the style selection and just figured out my frame moving stuff causes taint in combat heh.... not that im really that surprised...

[Grimsin]

Is it just not possible at all to move the PaperDollFrame, SpellBookFrame and GameOptionsFrame in combat? no method of secure code?

[Seerah]

Why do you have to be able to move them in combat?

[Grimsin]

sometimes i have the paperdoll frame open in combat... not often but occasionally. or i realize i dont have a spell on my bar and want to open the spell book and grab it in combat if need be or use it in combat but be able to move the frames...

edit - and thinking about it... none of this is for "me" lol. my interface works just fine for me... its when i add options for other people to have a choice on things is where i run into problems lol.