WoW API: SendAddonMessage
Sends a message to hidden AddOn channels. (new with patch 1.12)
SendAddonMessage("prefix", "text", "PARTY|RAID|GUILD|BATTLEGROUND")
Example
SendAddonMessage("CTRA", "User Data: XYZ", "RAID");
Notes
- Fires the Event CHAT_MSG_ADDON
- The combined length of message plus prefix can be at most 254 characters.
- The message will be unaffected by inebriation.
- Messages sent to "RAID" when not in a raid will be delivered as if it had been sent as a "PARTY" message.
- Using "RAID" or "PARTY" when not in a party or raid sends no message.
- (From Slouken)
- The prefix cannot include a tab character ("\t") as it's used as a delimiter between the prefix and the text when the message is sent from the client. When the message is recieved by other clients, it's broken back in to two peices in the client and the sent to lua. Using a tab character in the text may be acceptable, but is unadvised.
- The actual function name may end up being SendAddOnMessage() to be consistent with existing function names.
- If you want to send messages inbetween your battleground group you will need to use "BATTLEGROUND" instead of "RAID" or "PARTY".