WoW:Getting started with writing AddOns: Difference between revisions

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XML files can be used to specify the visual style of your frames. More importantly though a frame allows you to easily pass events to your Lua files. [[Frame XML]] files are how [[Blizzard]] defines most of their own UI windows in the game. Check out [[XML User Interface]] for details. Here's a short example of an XML file:
XML files can be used to specify the visual style of your frames. More importantly though a frame allows you to easily pass events to your Lua files. [[Frame XML]] files are how [[Blizzard]] defines most of their own UI windows in the game. Check out [[XML User Interface]] for details. Here's a short example of an XML file:


<pre>
  <Script file="MyAddon.lua"/>  
  <Script file="MyAddon.lua"/>  
  <Frame name="MyAddon">  
  <Frame name="MyAddon">  
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     </Scripts>
     </Scripts>
  </Frame>
  </Frame>
</pre>


== Start Coding ==
== Start Coding ==