1. Posted by darkscion0 on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:08:02

    Hello,

    I have a frame that is created via XML and let's say the dimensions are 300 x 300. In order to add a 32x32 texture to that frame via LUA, can I just tag it onto the existing frame as a child or do I need to create a new frame in LUA with the desired dimensions, make it a child of the existing frame and then create a texture to SetAllPoints to the newly created frame?

    Thanks

  2. Posted by jnwhiteh on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:10:59

    You can create the texture as a child of the existing frame without any issue. That's what the :CreateTexture() method does.

  3. Posted by darkscion0 on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:42:11

    Thanks. Judging from the replies to my other question, I was probably screwing up the SetPoint call for it.

  4. Posted by darkscion0 on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:51:25

    What's the proper way to call the global for the frame? If I have a frame created in XML called Testing can I use Testing:CreateTexture()?

  5. Posted by jnwhiteh on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:32:23

    Yes.

  6. Posted by darkscion0 on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:33:41

    Here's the specific scenario driving this discussion.

    I have a frame called LRA that was created with XML. I can hide and show it with LRA:Hide()/LRA:Show() and the frame identifying macro show's it as LRA when I have my mouse over it.

    The issue is the following code will display the new frame and texture, but they're parented to the UIParent/WorldFrame and I have no idea why it's not working.

     f = CreateFrame("frame","$parentButtonFrame",LRA)
 f:SetFrameStrata("MEDIUM")
 f:SetWidth(32)
 f:SetHeight(32)

 local t = f:CreateTexture("$testIcon", "BACKGROUND")
 local _, class = UnitClass("player")
 local coords = CLASS_ICON_TCOORDS[class]
 t:SetTexture("Interface\\GLUES\\CHARACTERCREATE\\UI-CHARACTERCREATE-CLASSES")
 t:SetTexCoord(unpack(coords))
 t:SetAllPoints(f)
 f:SetPoint("CENTER", LRA, "CENTER", 0, 0)
 f:Show()

    As you can see I try to attach it both by making LRA the parent of $parentButtonFrame as well as trying to set the relativeTo in the new frame's SetPoint call. I'm at a loss and frustrated as hell. It's like the globals for the XML frames just aren't there to access from LUA.

  7. Posted by darkscion0 on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:48:04

    Ok, now I'm really confused.

    I thought that there might have been an issue with the XML file creating the frame so I renamed my LRA.xml and added a new one which created the basic structure below. Both the frame and the texture are drawn, but the texture is still attached to UIParent.

     <Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <Script file="LRA.lua" />
   <Frame name="LRA" parent="UIParent" toplevel="true">
     <Size>
       <AbsDimension x="200" y="200" />
     </Size>
     <Anchors>
       <Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
         <Offset>
           <AbsDimension x="100" y="-150" />
         </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>
    </Frame>
 </Ui>
  8. Posted by darkscion0 on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:51:46

    Disregard. I feel like an idiot. Checked my TOC file and it was loading the .LUA file before the .XML file. Changed up the order and it was fixed.