WoW:API Frame RegisterEvent: Difference between revisions
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Registers which events the object would like to monitor. This ensures the code placed in the <OnEvent> section is not called for any unneccessary events such as an incoming chat message when your addon is only looking to perform actions based upon the start of casting a spell. | Registers which events the object would like to monitor. This ensures the code placed in the <OnEvent> section is not called for any unneccessary events such as an incoming chat message when your addon is only looking to perform actions based upon the start of casting a spell. The last frame to register for an event is the last one to receive it. | ||
obj:RegisterEvent(''event''); | obj:RegisterEvent(''event''); | ||
Revision as of 04:57, 3 June 2008
← Widget API ← Frame < RegisterEvent
Registers which events the object would like to monitor. This ensures the code placed in the <OnEvent> section is not called for any unneccessary events such as an incoming chat message when your addon is only looking to perform actions based upon the start of casting a spell. The last frame to register for an event is the last one to receive it.
obj:RegisterEvent(event);
- Arguments
- event
- The name of the event to register the object as monitoring. See Events (API)
- Returns
- nil
- Example
myChatAddon:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG");
- Result
- You could now add code to the <OnEvent> section of your addon, and anytime a chat message was received it would execute your code.
- Description
- Registers which events an object is monitoring.
- See also: obj:UnregisterEvent