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Sends a message to hidden AddOn channels. ('''new with patch 1.12''') | Sends a message to hidden AddOn channels. ('''new with patch 1.12''') | ||
SendAddonMessage("prefix", "text", "PARTY|RAID|GUILD|BATTLEGROUND") | SendAddonMessage("prefix", "text", "PARTY|RAID|GUILD|BATTLEGROUND") | ||
== Parameters == | |||
=== Arguments === | |||
:;prefix : String - Message Prefix ( Used to figure out which addon sent the message ) | |||
:;text : String - Text to send | |||
:;type : String - AddOn channel to send to, valid types are "PARTY", "RAID", "GUILD", "BATTLEGROUND" | |||
== Example == | |||
SendAddonMessage( "CTRA", "User Data: XYZ", "RAID" ); | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
: Fires the Event [[ | : Fires the Event [[Events_C#CHAT_MSG_ADDON|CHAT_MSG_ADDON]] | ||
: The combined length of message plus prefix can be at most 254 characters. | : The combined length of message plus prefix can be at most 254 characters. | ||
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: The prefix cannot include a tab character ("\t") as it's used as a delimiter between the prefix and the text when the message is sent from the client. When the message is recieved by other clients, it's broken back in to two peices in the client and the sent to lua. Using a tab character in the text may be acceptable, but is unadvised. | : The prefix cannot include a tab character ("\t") as it's used as a delimiter between the prefix and the text when the message is sent from the client. When the message is recieved by other clients, it's broken back in to two peices in the client and the sent to lua. Using a tab character in the text may be acceptable, but is unadvised. | ||
: | : If you want to send messages inbetween your battleground group you will need to use "BATTLEGROUND" instead of "RAID" or "PARTY". | ||
: | : "Send'''Addon'''Message" isn't a typo, using "Send'''AddOn'''Message" will not work. | ||
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