WoW API: UIFrameFadeUpdate

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UIFrameFadeUpdate(elapsed)

Used by the UI to fade frames in and out. Keeps a table of frames its currently fading. Each frame in that table has a table of fadeInfo.

Fading frame attribute listing
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frame.timeToFade  [Num]		Time it takes to fade the frame in or out
frame.mode  ["IN", "OUT"]	Fade mode
frame.finishedFunc [func()]	Function that is called when fading is finished
frame.finishedArg1 [ANYTHING]	Argument to the finishedFunc
frame.finishedArg2 [ANYTHING]	Argument to the finishedFunc
frame.finishedArg3 [ANYTHING]	Argument to the finishedFunc
frame.finishedArg4 [ANYTHING]	Argument to the finishedFunc
frame.fadeHoldTime [Num]	Time to hold the faded state

all of the finished* entries must be set for each individual fade, and are used by UIFrameFlashUpdate (and related) to reverse/restart fade direction when something is flashing.