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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

CastSpellByName -Documentation by Sliver-

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.

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