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Character name in XML

Hello,

So I'm doing more AddOn tests, and I'm finally working on something.
I need to put the character name of the character the player's account is logged in, in a text in an anchor in the XML. So let's say, I have a black anchor, and I want to put the character name of the character I'm playing at the moment in that black anchor.
I think I have to get the name from the Guild Roster and do this in the lua, but I'm not too sure how to do this. I think it is with "GetGuildMemberCharacterInfo(integer guildId, integer memberIndex)"

Any ideas of how can I do this?

Thanks ^^

If you got in XML :

Lua Code:

<Label name="myControl" />

In LUA, it will be :

Lua Code:

mycontrol:SetText(GetUnitName("player"))

There is other ways to do this, but this one is almost quite easy.

Oh, hm. So I got this, as you say:

Code:

<GuiXml>

    <Controls>

        <TopLevelControl name="Test1" mouseEnabled="true" movable="true">

            <Dimensions x="400" y="400" />

            <Anchor point="CENTER" />

            <Controls>

                <Backdrop name="myControlBG" inherits="ZO_ThinBackdrop" />

                <Label name="myControl" font="ZoFontWindowTitle" color="CFDCBD" wrapMode="ELLIPSIS">

                    <AnchorFill />

                </Label>

            </Controls>

        </TopLevelControl>

    </Controls>

</GuiXml>

And in the Lua, just what you said in the line 1, yet I get this error:

Code:

user:/AddOns/Test1/Test1.lua:1: attempt to index a nil value

stack traceback:

        user:/AddOns/Test1/Test1.lua:1: in function '(main chunk)'

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for the reply : )

Because doing like this need that you write the lua code in your function which will be executed when addon will be loaded. (with event_add_on_loaded).

If you write

Lua Code:

mycontrol:SetText(GetUnitName("player"))

and your LUA file is before your XML file in the metdata (.txt file). You'll get the error you quoted.

Another way of doing this is :

Lua Code:

<GuiXml>
    <Controls>
        <TopLevelControl name="Test1" mouseEnabled="true" movable="true">
            <OnInitialized>
                doStuff(self)
            </OnInitialized>
            <Dimensions x="400" y="400" />
            <Anchor point="CENTER" />
            <Controls>
                <Backdrop name="myControlBG" inherits="ZO_ThinBackdrop" />
                <Label name="myControl" font="ZoFontWindowTitle" color="CFDCBD" wrapMode="ELLIPSIS">
                    <AnchorFill />
                </Label>
            </Controls>
        </TopLevelControl>
    </Controls>
</GuiXml>

+ in LUA

Lua Code:

function doStuff(control)
    mycontrol:SetText(GetUnitName("player")) -- method 1
end

You can also use $(parent), like this :

Lua Code:

<GuiXml>
    <Controls>
        <TopLevelControl name="Test1" mouseEnabled="true" movable="true">
            <OnInitialized>
                doStuff(self)
            </OnInitialized>
            <Dimensions x="400" y="400" />
            <Anchor point="CENTER" />
            <Controls>
                <Backdrop name="myControlBG" inherits="ZO_ThinBackdrop" />
                <Label name="$(parent)CharName" font="ZoFontWindowTitle" color="CFDCBD" wrapMode="ELLIPSIS">
                    <AnchorFill />
                </Label>
            </Controls>
        </TopLevelControl>
    </Controls>
</GuiXml>

+ in LUA

Lua Code:

function doStuff(control)
    control:GetNamedChild("CharName"):SetText(GetUnitName("player")) -- control is the self object which come from the XML
end

Ahh, I get it, alright, many thanks : )

If you need some example code for getting started, you may look at Hello World