WoW:API IsAddOnLoadOnDemand: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 04:46, 15 August 2023

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Determine if an AddOn is loaded on demand (via .toc file dependencies or LoadAddOn) rather than at startup

loadDemand = IsAddOnLoadOnDemand(index or "name")

(index or "name")

index: Integer - The index of the AddOn in the user's AddOn list. You cannot access Blizzard-provided AddOns through this mechanism.
name: String - The name of the AddOn to be queried. You can access Blizzard-provided AddOns through this mechanism.

loadDemand

loadDemand: Flag - Indicates if the AddOn is loaded on demand, 1 if it is, nil if it is loaded on startup

Load every LoD addon.

for i = 1, GetNumAddOns() do
    if (IsAddOnLoadOnDemand(i)) then
        LoadAddOn(i)
    end
end

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 {{wowapi}}__NOTOC__
-Determine if an AddOn is LoadOnDemand.
+Determine if an AddOn is loaded on demand (via [[The TOC Format|.toc file]] dependencies or [[API LoadAddOn|LoadAddOn]]) rather than at startup
   loadDemand = IsAddOnLoadOnDemand(index or "name")
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 :loadDemand
-:;loadDemand : Flag - Indicates if the AddOn is Load on Demand, 1 if it has been, nil if it has not.
+:;loadDemand : Flag - Indicates if the AddOn is loaded on demand, 1 if it is, nil if it is loaded on startup
 == Example ==
-:This asks whether the addon, "AddonName" is Load on Demand, then changes the variable "addonLoadOnDemand" to correspond the answer.
+:Load every LoD addon.
-  if (IsAddOnLoadOnDemand("AddonName")) then
+  for i = 1, GetNumAddOns() do
-   addonLoadOnDemand = true;
+     if (IsAddOnLoadOnDemand(i)) then
- else
+         LoadAddOn(i)
-   addonLoadOnDemand = false;
+     end
   end