Is it possible to use a lua script to turn on or off a Quartz Cast Bar?

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Hey,

I doubt this is possible but felt like I might as well ask. Is it possible to create a lua script (using again a KgPanel but I don't know if that really matters) that turns on a setting in another addon? In this case I want to enable the focus cast bar in the Quartz addon at the same time as disabling the target Cast Bar. I have no idea what to look for in the Quartz lua file as I assume you would need to register it or something. Can anyone help me out?


Reason why: The reason is that I have a button to switch from DPS to Healer mode and the Unit frames I want to work differently (because of Mouse over macros for the Focus frame as I have the unit frames different. This means I also want the cast bars to switch and would prefer not using more profile switching as its getting hard to update for each profile).

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Does quartz not support dual profiling?

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I can do that but if I could do it the other way I would prefer it as its a lot of hassle as I have buttons to add a new action bar which then means i need to move the cast bar and unit frames higher to make room as well as the fact I have my UI uploaded so I would have to tell people they will need to switch profiles manually or set it up according to which spec is their duel spec and I would get a lot of people most likely saying there is a bug with it when its just they need to set it up. I get very simple questions like that and it can be a pain.

If its impossible then I understand. Would have been very useful in my situation.

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Right so you wish to make it toggleable with a KGPanels script?

From what I can dig up, there are a number of functions defined in \modules\ which can do what you need, some you will want to call are:
Focus

Focus:OnDisable()

Focus:OnEnable()

Player

Player:OnEnable()

Player:OnDisable()

Pseudo code:

local x = 0; --Not Healing
if x == 0 then
HealingCastbar:OnDisable();
NotHealingCastbar:OnEnable()
x = 1
else
NotHealingCastbar:OnDisable()
HealingCastbar:OnEnable();
x = 0
end

I'm just about as clueless as you though, someone else will probably reply with a far better/easier solution.

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Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Target",false)
Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Focus",true)

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There we have it lol

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Thank you so much guys. This will be so much easier to work with

---------- Post added 2012-08-16 at 03:38 PM ----------

Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Target",false)
Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Focus",true)

I tried using this on its own and it does not work. Do I need something to go with it?

I also tried:

if pressed then
if GetMouseButtonClicked() == "LeftButton" then
Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Target",false)
Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Focus",true)
end
end

but still doesn't work.

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Let me take another look at the file.

---------- Post added 2012-08-17 at 08:32 PM ----------

Ah, yes, "Quartz3" is an upvalue.

if pressed then
    if GetMouseButtonClicked() == "LeftButton" then
        local Quartz3 = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0"):GetAddon("Quartz")
        Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Target",false)
        Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Focus",true)
    end
end

That should do the trick.

PS: I think you can substitute your GetMouseButtonClicked call with a simple "button" - kgPanels already provides that global. I could be wrong here.

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After using this code on its own I get this lua error:

Message: [string "test_OnClickDown"]:3: Usage: GetAddon(name): 'name' - Cannot find an AceAddon 'Quartz'.
Time: 08/18/12 09:47:11
Count: 1
Stack: [C]: ?
[C]: ?
Interface\AddOns\Ace3\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:176: in function `GetAddon'
[string "test_OnClickDown"]:3: in function <[string "test_OnClickDown"]:1>

And does not work
Quartz is definitely enabled.

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if pressed then
    if GetMouseButtonClicked() == "LeftButton" then
        local Quartz3 = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0"):GetAddon("Quartz3")
        Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Target",false)
        Quartz3:SetModuleEnabled("Focus",true)
    end
end

Typo.

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Thanks Treeston, I should have looked more carefully