AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft documentation: Difference between revisions

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* Twitter: [http://twitter.com/AddonStudioWoW @AddonStudioWoW]

== About AddOn Studio ==

''An introduction to the AddOn Studio IDE and AddOn development''

''A more detailed Quick Start''

=== Installation ===

# Click the AddOn Studio download link provided.

# In the open zip file, move the 'AddOn Studio for WoW' folder to your desktop, or another folder.

# In the 'AddOn Studio for WoW' folder, run the 'WowAddonStudio.exe' application.

=== Basic usage ===

# Uninstall or keep the Visual Studio install

''Even more detailed Installation and running of AddOn Studio for the first time.''

However, if for some reason you see a sea of files all named WowAddonStudio with no extension except one ".exe", then is because you have your Windows Explorer set to not show extensions, which is fine, and is how Windows usually comes by default.  In fact, one of the files is actually named "WowAddonStudio.exe.config" and with extensions hidden will look like the right file, but its not. To see extensions, "hide extensions for known file types" can be disabled.

Now that you have found the exe file, you can make an shortcut. There are tons of ways to do this.

For Windows 7 and Windows Vista (or Windows 10, 8.1, or 8 as an alternate way) just right-click on the application file, the real ".exe" file, and then click either "Pin to task bar" or "Pin to startup menu". At that point you should see a pinned shortcut icon on either and you are done.

On XP (or Windows Vista or Windows 7 as an alternate way) you can, using the *right* mouse button, drag the file to the taskbar "quick launch" menu, or the start menu, or the desktop. And when you release the mouse button, select "create shortcut". And you are done :)

''Hints and help for Getting Started in AddOn Studio''

:''(More to be added here later...)''

:''In AddOn Studio: navigate Help > Tutorials > AddOn Studio Tutorials''

== WoW customization reference ==

''Further advanced help and options.''

# The only relevant portion of the install theoretically for AddOn dev is in the 'Data' folder. Inside that folder are folders that look like 'enTW' and 'zhTW'. Those are the language specific portions of WoW and are also the UI specific portions in total. The WoW UI content is always language specific, even if there are redundancies between them. In this case 'enTW' is English localized for Taiwan, and 'zhTW' is technically Chinese localized for Taiwan even though its really kind of its own language, and just to give you some context and perspective. The 'WTF' folder in the base WoW install folder can also be significant if you are trying to ensure or test variables. AddOn Studio will use the currently set WoW language by default, which is stored in the WTF folder in Config.wtf. Which language AddOn Studio uses can also be changed in the AddOn Studio settings.

* [http://habrahabr.ru/blogs/gdev/119312/ 06/01/2011 - Old Russian Tutorial] - but one of the best I've seen outside of WoWWiki ([http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fhabrahabr.ru%2Fblogs%2Fgdev%2F119312%2F English Translation])<br/>Got to love the brutal honesty in the commentary, and in the ensuing discussion about WoW in general. God save our English language. :)

== See also ==

* [[AddOn Studio 2022 for WoW]]

* [[AddOn Studio for WoW]]