WoW:API MessageFrame AddMessage

AddMessage -Documentation by Jason Citron, Additions by Dan Yankowsky-

Outputs text to a local frame in the specified color.

AddMessage(text, red, green, blue, alpha, holdTime);

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Arguments

(String text, Number red, Number green, Number blue, Number alpha, Number holdTime)

text

The message to output

red

The intensity of the red component. A number between 0.0 and 1.0

green

The intensity of the green component. A number between 0.0 and 1.0

blue

The intensity of the blue component. A number between 0.0 and 1.0

alpha

The opacity of the text. A number between 0.0 and 1.0

holdTime

Time in seconds before the message fades.

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Returns

nil

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Example

AddMessage("Testing", 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 5);

Result

Testing -- in red

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Escape Sequences

It is possible to control the text in the MessageFrame with escape sequences in text

Set Color

Syntax:

|cAARRGGBB  colored text  

Example:

|cFFFF0000This Will Be In Red

Remove Color

Syntax:

|cAARRGGBB  colored text  |r  uncolored text

Example:

|cFF00FF00In Green|rDefault Color

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