Help with Chapter 11 of Hacking World Of Warcraft

Garou · 10-06-07, 05:27 PM

I am sorry, but I cant seem to figure out what I have done wrong at this point.
Upon loading the game with all addons disabled except my whereabouts addon I created, I do not see the box, nor do I see any interpreter errors

I have attached a screen shot, although there is nothing to see.

Here is the xml file. sorry it lost the indentation on the post.

Thank you for any help.

I was wondering if maybe it is because I have extra files defined in the toc that have not been created yet as the book says to do?

edit : PS it does appear in the addon list screen

<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="Whereabouts_Frame" toplevel="true" frameStrata="HIGH" enableMouse="true" moveable="true" parent="UIParent" clampedToScreen="true">
<Size>
<AbsDimension x="100" y="32"/>
</Size>
<Anchors>
<Anchor point="Center"/>
</Anchors>
<Backdrop edgeFile="Interface\Tooltips\UI-Tooltip-Border" bgFile="Interface\Tooltips\UI-Tooltip-Background">
<BackgroundInsets>
<AbsInset left="4" right="4" top="4" left="4"/>
</BackgroundInsets>
<EdgeSize>
<AbsValue val="16"/>
</EdgeSize>
<Color r="0" g="0" b="0" a="0.4"/>
<BorderColor r="1" g="0.8" b="0" a="0.4"/>
</Backdrop>
<Layers>
<Layer level="OVERLAY">
<FontString name="$parent_Text" inherits="GameFontNormal">
<Anchors>
<Anchor point="CENTER"/>
</Anchors>
</FontString>
</Layer>
</Layers>
<Scripts>
<OnLoad>
--Whereabouts_OnLoad(self);
</OnLoad>
<OnUpdate>
--Whereabouts_OnUpdate(self, elapsed);
</OnUpdate>
<OnMouseDown>
If ( Button == "LeftButton" ) then
self:StartMoving();
self.isMoving = true;
end
</OnMouseDown>
<OnMouseUp>
if ( self.isMoving ) then
self:StopMovingOrSizing();
self.isMoving = false;
end
</OnMouseUp>
<OnHide>
if ( self.isMoving) then
self:StopMovingOrSizing();
self.isMoving = false;
end
</OnHide>
</Scripts>
</Frame>
</Ui>

Eidolarr · 10-11-07, 09:58 PM

Strip the addon down to just a frame that prints something onload or somesuch, then slowly uncomment the other stuff until you can find out where it breaks. Post your .toc file. Also please use code blocks, they preserve whitespace and make it much easier on the eyes :]

OR, if you have devtools, try dumping the frame to see if it exists, then the top and the bottom to see if it's onscreen, then the alpha to see if it's visible, etc.

Actually, looking at your very first anchor, you write

Code:

<Anchor point="Center"/>

Try changing that to

Code:

<Anchor point="CENTER"/>

**Seerah** · 10-12-07, 09:54 AM

Also make sure that you don't have errors hidden in Interface Options. (Or install BugGrabber/BugSack)