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: Casts a spell by the spells given name. | : Casts a spell by the spells given name. | ||
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;''Note:'' | |||
: You might encounter difficulties when using this on a localized version of WoW. | |||
: Get the exact name and suffix of the Spell by using the [[API_GetSpellName|GetSpellName]]-function. If the spell's name includes special characters (like ä, á, â,...) you will have to use utf8-escape codes (which you can find [http://www.allegro-c.de/unicode/zcodes.htm here]). | |||
: This is because Lua currently does not support unicode! | |||
: For example, if you're using the german version of the WoW-client, instead of | |||
CastSpellByName("Dämonenrüstung(Rang 1)"); | |||
: you will have to write | |||
CastSpellByName("D\195\164monenr\195\188stung(Rang 1)"); | |||
: This problem does only appear when working with Lua. When you're just using macro it should work with the ä's and ü's. | |||
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[[Category:API Spell Functions|CastSpellByName]] | [[Category:API Spell Functions|CastSpellByName]] | ||
Revision as of 09:41, 8 March 2005
- Arguments
- ( name )
- name
- String - Spell Name(as seen when mouse-over).
- Returns
-
- ??
- Example
- ( syntax )
- CastSpellByName("spellname(Rank X)")
CastSpellByName('Life Tap(Rank 2)')
- Result
- Casts life tap on player(This example is warlock specific).
- Description
- Casts a spell by the spells given name.
- Note:
- You might encounter difficulties when using this on a localized version of WoW.
- Get the exact name and suffix of the Spell by using the GetSpellName-function. If the spell's name includes special characters (like ä, á, â,...) you will have to use utf8-escape codes (which you can find here).
- This is because Lua currently does not support unicode!
- For example, if you're using the german version of the WoW-client, instead of
CastSpellByName("Dämonenrüstung(Rang 1)");
- you will have to write
CastSpellByName("D\195\164monenr\195\188stung(Rang 1)");
- This problem does only appear when working with Lua. When you're just using macro it should work with the ä's and ü's.