Editing WoWBench/Getting started (section)

== Starting WoWBench ==
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Getting up and running with WoWBench is really only a matter of starting it.

=== Startup with [[AddOn Studio]]: ===
a. <code>View > Lua Console</code>

[[File:AddOn_Studio_2022_for_WoW_-_Features_Lua_Console_Menu_-_220412.0.png]]

b. <code>Lua Console > Choose shell... > Bench</code>

[[File:AddOn_Studio_2022_for_WoW_-_Features_Lua_Console_Bench_Button_-_220412.0.png]]

c. WoWBench loaded in AddOn Studio

[[File:AddOn_Studio_2022_for_WoW_-_Features_Lua_Console_Bench_Console_-_220412.0.png]]

Link for getting back to these docs can be found at the top of the Bench console log:

[[File:AddOn Studio 2022 for WoW - Features Lua Console Bench Docs Link - 220412.1.png]]

=== Startup with the command line: ===
:<code>C:\wowbench>'''lua wowbench.lua -f'''</code>

The "-f" switch probably isn't what you want to use for each startup, but if you give ''no'' [[#Command line arguments|command line arguments]], it will show parameter help rather than starting up.

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 [WoWBench v1.11.0.a4 +bitlib]
 
 
 -------- [Parsing .TOC files] -------------------------------------------------
 
 ---[world.toc]
 Running &lt;OnLoad>s and &lt;Scripts>s...
 Your name is Mikk.
 Alice has entered the world.
 Bob has entered the world.
 Charles has entered the world.
 
 ---[blizzardui.toc]
 Running &lt;OnLoad>s and &lt;Scripts>s...
 
 ---[BlizzardInterface/FrameXML/FrameXML.toc]
 Running &lt;OnLoad>s and &lt;Scripts>s...
 
 -------- [Loading saved variables and firing ADDON_LOADED for each addon] -----
 
 -------- [Firing VARIABLES_LOADED] --------------------------------------------
 
 -------- [Startup events, showing frames, first OnUpdates, etc] ---------------
 Firing SPELLS_CHANGED...
 Showing frames initially shown...
 Firing PLAYER_LOGIN...
 Firing PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD...
 
 
 -------- [I am alive!] --------------------------------------------------------
 Use "help" for help
 
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