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WoWWiki>Egingell: /* Arguments */

2009-08-21T08:02:28Z

Arguments

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

	=== Returns ===		=== Returns ===
	:loaded, reason		:loaded, reason

WoWWiki>Spikeles: /* Reason Codes */

2009-06-13T14:26:39Z

Reason Codes

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	:;MISSING : "Missing"; -- The addon is physically not there.		:;MISSING : "Missing"; -- The addon is physically not there.
	:;NOT_DEMAND_LOADED : "Not loadable on demand"; -- As of 1.8 only addons marked as LoadOnDemand can be loaded via this function.		:;NOT_DEMAND_LOADED : "Not loadable on demand"; -- As of 1.8 only addons marked as LoadOnDemand can be loaded via this function.
			:;INTERACE_VERSION : -- Unknown, presumably the interface version in the .toc file is incorrect

WoWWiki>WoWWiki-Fin: updated example code: removed unnecessary parens; minor formatting changes

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updated example code: removed unnecessary parens; minor formatting changes

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	=== Usage ===		=== Usage ===
	local loaded,reason = LoadAddOn("MyOtherAddOn")		local loaded, reason = LoadAddOn("MyOtherAddOn")
	if (not loaded) then
	if (reason == "DISABLED") then		if not loaded then
	do stuff		if reason == "DISABLED" then
	elseif (reason == "MISSING") then		-- do stuff
	do other stuff		elseif reason == "MISSING" then
	elseif (reason == "CORRUPT") then		-- do other stuff
	do something else		elseif reason == "CORRUPT" then
	elseif (reason == "INTERFACE_VERSION") then		-- do something else
	do something different		elseif reason == "INTERFACE_VERSION" then
			-- do something different
	end		end
	else		else
	do something special		-- do something special
	end		end

	== Details ==		== Details ==

WoWWiki>Tekkub at 08:48, 18 July 2007

2007-07-18T08:48:09Z

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	{{wowapi}}		{{wowapi}}
	~~<center>'''LoadAddOn'''</center>~~

	Request the loading of an On-Demand AddOn.		Request the loading of an On-Demand AddOn.
			loaded, reason = LoadAddOn(index or "name")

	~~loaded, reason = LoadAddOn(index or "name")~~
	== Parameters ==		== Parameters ==
	=== Arguments ===		=== Arguments ===
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	:;MISSING : "Missing"; -- The addon is physically not there.		:;MISSING : "Missing"; -- The addon is physically not there.
	:;NOT_DEMAND_LOADED : "Not loadable on demand"; -- As of 1.8 only addons marked as LoadOnDemand can be loaded via this function.		:;NOT_DEMAND_LOADED : "Not loadable on demand"; -- As of 1.8 only addons marked as LoadOnDemand can be loaded via this function.

	~~----~~
	~~__NOTOC__~~

WoWWiki>Egingell: Moved Reason Codes to /* Details */

2007-07-10T14:56:12Z

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	:;loaded : Flag - Indicates if the AddOn was loaded, 1 if it is, nil if it is not.		:;loaded : Flag - Indicates if the AddOn was loaded, 1 if it is, nil if it is not.
	:;reason : String - The reason why the AddOn cannot be loaded. This is nil if the addon was loaded, otherwise it contains a code indicating the reason. ~~(Observed reason codes: "DISABLED", "NOT_DEMAND_LOADED", "MISSING", "CORRUPT", "INTERFACE_VERSION", "DEP_MISSING", "DEP_INTERFACE_VERSION" and I asume other DEP_ reasons)~~		:;reason : String - The reason why the AddOn cannot be loaded. This is nil if the addon was loaded, otherwise it contains a code indicating the reason.

	=== Usage ===		=== Usage ===
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	== Details ==		== Details ==
	: Prior to the 1.8 patch, this could be used to load addons which were not on-demand if they were disabled at start up and then enabled during the play session. The 1.8 patch restricted this to ONLY addons which are truly marked on demand in their .toc files (## LoadOnDemand: 1).		: Prior to the 1.8 patch, this could be used to load addons which were not on-demand if they were disabled at start up and then enabled during the play session. The 1.8 patch restricted this to ONLY addons which are truly marked on demand in their .toc files (## LoadOnDemand: 1).

			===Reason Codes===
			(taken from FrameXML\GlobalStrings.lua)<br />
			(they are all prefixed with "ADDON_", use getglobal("ADDON_"..reason) for localizing)
			:;BANNED : "Banned"; -- Addon is banned by the client.
			:;CORRUPT : "Corrupt"; -- The addon's file(s) are corrupt.
			:;DEP_BANNED : "Dependency banned"; -- Addon's dependency is banned by the client.
			:;DEP_CORRUPT : "Dependency corrupt"; -- The addon's dependency cannot load because its file(s) are corrupt.
			:;DEP_DISABLED : "Dependency disabled"; -- The addon cannot load without its dependency enabled.
			:;DEP_INCOMPATIBLE : "Dependency incompatible"; -- The addon cannot load if its dependency cannot load.
			:;DEP_MISSING : "Dependency missing"; -- The addon's dependency is physically not there.
			:;DEP_NOT_DEMAND_LOADED : "Dependency not loadable on demand"; -- The addon's dependency must be loadable on demand too.
			:;DISABLED : "Disabled"; -- Addon is disabled on the character select screen.
			:;INCOMPATIBLE : "Incompatible"; -- The addon is too old.
			:;MISSING : "Missing"; -- The addon is physically not there.
			:;NOT_DEMAND_LOADED : "Not loadable on demand"; -- As of 1.8 only addons marked as LoadOnDemand can be loaded via this function.

	----		----
	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__

WoWWiki>Eternally777: /* Details */

2006-11-30T20:44:20Z

Details

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	== Details ==		== Details ==
	: Prior to the 1.8 patch, this could be used to load addons which were not on-demand if they were disabled at start up and then enabled during the play session. The 1.8 patch ~~will restrict~~ this to ONLY addons which are truly marked on demand in their .toc files (## LoadOnDemand: 1).		: Prior to the 1.8 patch, this could be used to load addons which were not on-demand if they were disabled at start up and then enabled during the play session. The 1.8 patch restricted this to ONLY addons which are truly marked on demand in their .toc files (## LoadOnDemand: 1).

	----		----
	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__

WoWWiki>JIM the Inventor: updated the template

2006-08-21T14:44:53Z

updated the template

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			{{wowapi}}
	<center>'''LoadAddOn'''</center>		<center>'''LoadAddOn'''</center>

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	----		----
	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	~~{{Template:WoW API}}~~

WoWWiki>Futrtrubl at 17:30, 5 February 2006

2006-02-05T17:30:26Z

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	<center>'''LoadAddOn'~~'' - ''Documentation by [[User:Flickering\|Flickering]]~~''</center>		<center>'''LoadAddOn'''</center>

	Request the loading of an On-Demand AddOn.		Request the loading of an On-Demand AddOn.
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	:;loaded : Flag - Indicates if the AddOn was loaded, 1 if it is, nil if it is not.		:;loaded : Flag - Indicates if the AddOn was loaded, 1 if it is, nil if it is not.
	:;reason : String - The reason why the AddOn cannot be loaded. This is nil if the addon was loaded, otherwise it contains a code indicating the reason. (Observed reason codes: "DISABLED", "NOT_DEMAND_LOADED", "MISSING", "CORRUPT")		:;reason : String - The reason why the AddOn cannot be loaded. This is nil if the addon was loaded, otherwise it contains a code indicating the reason. (Observed reason codes: "DISABLED", "NOT_DEMAND_LOADED", "MISSING", "CORRUPT", "INTERFACE_VERSION", "DEP_MISSING", "DEP_INTERFACE_VERSION" and I asume other DEP_ reasons)

	=== Usage ===		=== Usage ===
	local loaded,reason = LoadAddOn("MyOtherAddOn")		local loaded,reason = LoadAddOn("MyOtherAddOn")
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	elseif (reason == "CORRUPT") then		elseif (reason == "CORRUPT") then
	do something else		do something else
			elseif (reason == "INTERFACE_VERSION") then
			do something different
	end		end
	~~return~~		else
			do something special
	end		end

WoWWiki>Muert: Removed Categories

2006-01-04T04:29:44Z

Removed Categories

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	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	{{Template:WoW API}}		{{Template:WoW API}}
	~~[[Category:API Functions\|LoadAddOn]]~~
	~~[[Category:API AddOn Functions\|LoadAddOn]]~~