Stuck on syntax

Post by 619926

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Post by pelf

Is it this or self?

Post by Ketho

I think Pelf's question is kinda rethorical (><)

Since Cataclysm, the global variables: this, event, arg1, etc, are now deprecated
If your frame is defined in the .XML file, you now also have to explicitly pass the arguments ..

frame defined in XML<OnLoad>TthAog1Load(self)</OnLoad>
<OnEvent>TthAog1Event(self, event, ...)</OnEvent>function TthAog1Load(self)
self:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED")
end

function TthAog1Event(self, event, ...)
-- do stuff
end
frame defined in Lua
local function OnEvent(self, event, ...)
-- do stuff
end

local f = CreateFrame("Frame")
f:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_DISABLED")
f:SetScript("OnEvent", OnEvent)

I would rather point you to these tutorial (threads) though

Edit: (concerning the error)
The error says you are trying to call a function on a nill value. I looked at wowwiki's API and actually couldn't find RegisterEvent()RegisterEvent is a "widget method", and since this doesn't exist anymore, this.RegisterEvent(), also doesn't exist ..

Post by pelf

Right on! Good info. I don't know too much about the API as relates to frames and event handling so much as Lua syntax itself. Even that I'm not too versed in :).

Post by 619926

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Post by Ketho

I only know some Lua, and actually wasn't around at the time that Blizz made those changes :(

Anyways, I'm nothing compared to the people who know, like 1, 2, or more (object oriented) programming languages =)

Post by pelf

Well, outside of Lua, I know C# and VB.Net ... I learned on C++. But that's about it. I've gotten really obsessed with C# in the last 5 years and have been spending most of my time and learning there. It's pretty amazing IMHO.

Post by HighFive

I never even knew there were such globals. It's so weird.
Good thing they removed them.

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