Frame is not linked to its parent

[LazZ]

The XPBarRaces simpleframes are not created as child frames to the progressionMenu for some reason, and it seems like it's not created on the ORIGIN_FRAME_GAME_UI either when printing the parents of both the progressionMenu and XPBarRaces[1]. Can someone help?

progressionMenu = BlzCreateFrame("EscMenuBackdrop", BlzGetOriginFrame(ORIGIN_FRAME_GAME_UI, 0), 0, 0)
BlzFrameSetSize(progressionMenu, 0.25, 0.34)
BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(progressionMenu, FRAMEPOINT_CENTER, 0.2, 0.36)
BlzFrameSetVisible(progressionMenu, false)

frameSkinsText = BlzCreateFrameByType("BACKDROP", "", progressionMenu, "", 0)
BlzFrameSetSize(frameSkinsText, 0.166, 0.057)
BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(frameSkinsText, FRAMEPOINT_CENTER, 0.2, 0.49)
BlzFrameSetTexture(frameSkinsText, "war3mapImported\\Progression.tga", 0, true)

XPBarRaces = {}
local raceNames = {}
raceNames[1] = "Human"
raceNames[2] = "Orc"
raceNames[3] = "Undead"
raceNames[4] = "Night Elf"

local yPos = 0
for i = 1, 4 do
    XPBarRaces[i] = BlzCreateSimpleFrame("MyStatusBarBordered", progressionMenu, i)
    BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(XPBarRaces[i], FRAMEPOINT_CENTER, 0.15, 0.5 - yPos)
    BlzFrameSetSize(XPBarRaces[i], 0.12, 0.01)
    BlzFrameSetText(BlzGetFrameByName("MyStatusBarText", i), raceNames[i] .. "    -    Level 1")
    BlzFrameSetTexture(XPBarRaces[i], "Replaceabletextures\\Teamcolor\\Teamcolor03.blp", 0, true) -- Use values 00 to 27 for different colors
    BlzFrameSetValue(XPBarRaces[i], 50)

    yPos = yPos + 0.012
end

 

[pr114]

Can you try to create them as reguler frames (not Simple). I think I had a similar situation and this solved it.

 

[LazZ]

Replacing the simpleframe with the below code makes it invisible:

XPBarRaces[i] = BlzCreateFrameByType("MyStatusBarBordered", "", progressionMenu, "", i)

It's still created since I can print its parent frame, but this time I tried to print the parent of the "frameSkinsText" as well "XPBarRaces" (both use the same function) and I still get a different parent frame.

I also tried to create it with BlzCreateFrame, but that crashes the script.

 

[pr114]

Can you post your fdf, and the BlzCreateFrame line you used.

 

[LazZ]

XPBarRaces[i] = BlzCreateFrameByType("MyStatusBarBordered", "", progressionMenu, "", i)

I just realised the .fdf uses a simpleframe.

FDF:

// -- INCLUDE FILES ---------------------------------------------------------

IncludeFile "UI\FrameDef\UI\replaypanel.fdf",

// -- LOCAL TEMPLATES -------------------------------------------------------
Frame "SIMPLESTATUSBAR" "MyStatusBarBordered" {
   DecorateFileNames,
   Width 0.158,
   Height 0.012,
   BarTexture "SimpleBuildTimeIndicator",
   //BarTexture "SimpleHpBarConsole",
   //BarTexture "SimpleXpBarConsole",
   Frame "SIMPLEFRAME" "MyStatusBarBorder" {
       SetAllPoints,
       DecorateFileNames,

       Layer "ARTWORK" {
           Texture {
               //File "SimpleBuildTimeIndicatorBorder",
               File "SimpleXpBarBorder",
           }
           String "MyStatusBarText" INHERITS "ReplayPanelStringTemplate" {
               //FontJustificationH JUSTIFYLEFT,
               Text "Text",
           }

       }
   }
}

Frame "SIMPLESTATUSBAR" "MySimpleBar" {
   //No Border, no default Texture, no overlay Text
   Width 0.158,
   Height 0.012,
}

 

[pr114]

Seems like there is only the simple variant of the statusbar.

You could instead of making a statusbar, use backdrop frames and stretch the 'fill' backdrop accordingly. Though this is fairly tedious.

If for the purpose of controlling the visibility with the parent 'progressionMenu', you might just add lines of BlzFrameSetVisible...XPBarRaces to get the desired behaviour, whereever you would toggle visibility of the progression menu.

 

[LazZ]

Yeah I couldn't get to work either with other frametypes, so I'll probably just do my own backdrop thing, like you said.
The visibility control works, but the simpleframe wont "go in front" of the backdrop, even if I use BlzFrameSetLevel to control what goes in front.

 

[pr114]

If that is the problem, you might want to try creating another Simpleframe with a texture, in place of the Backdrop frame.

 

[Planetary]

Simpleframes cannot be children of non-simple frames.

The differing framehandle issue is reiterated here: UI - The concept of Parent-Frames

I haven't found a way to use parents with simpleframes, so I opt to make my own parent table and run loops on them with helper functions when the "parent" is hidden, shown, etc.

Also, progress bars are wonky. I have experienced strange issues with the texture layers competing for layer position. To get around this, I make sure any stacking of frames with bars uses simpleframes for everything. You'll have to let us know if you find a workaround. You could use a background fill layer and manually set the width, for example.

 

[LazZ]

Well I've reached a point where I don't want to research too much about simpleframes and all the rest of it, so I ended up doing everything manually.
I took a screenshot of a progress bar, went into Photoshop to fix the dimensions and alpha channels and imported it as an image. I then made these small images: which I use as the bar fill. So now I can create them as normal frames and have full control over their parent frames and whatnot.

    XPBarRaces = {}
    XPBarFill = {}
    XPBarRaceText = {}

    local tempTex = {}
    tempTex[1] = "war3mapImported\\Bar Human.tga"
    tempTex[2] = "war3mapImported\\Bar Orc.tga"
    tempTex[3] = "war3mapImported\\Bar Undead.tga"
    tempTex[4] = "war3mapImported\\Bar Night Elf.tga"

    local tempText = {}
    tempText[1] = "Human - Level 1"
    tempText[2] = "Orc - Level 1"
    tempText[3] = "Undead - Level 1"
    tempText[4] = "Night Elf - Level 1"

    local yPos = 0
    for i = 1, 4 do
        XPBarRaces[i] = BlzCreateFrameByType("BACKDROP", "", progressionMenu, "", 0)
        BlzFrameSetSize(XPBarRaces[i], 0.1, 0.015)
        BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(XPBarRaces[i], FRAMEPOINT_LEFT, 0.1, 0.41 - yPos)
        BlzFrameSetTexture(XPBarRaces[i], "war3mapImported\\bar.tga", 0, true)
        BlzFrameSetLevel(XPBarRaces[i], 1)

        XPBarFill[i] = BlzCreateFrameByType("BACKDROP", "", progressionMenu, "", 0)
        BlzFrameSetSize(XPBarFill[i], 0.033, 0.013)
        BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(XPBarFill[i], FRAMEPOINT_LEFT, 0.1, 0.41 - yPos)
        BlzFrameSetTexture(XPBarFill[i], tempTex[i], 0, true)

        XPBarRaceText[i] = BlzCreateFrameByType("TEXT", "text", progressionMenu, "EscMenuButtonTextTemplate", 0)
        BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(XPBarRaceText[i], FRAMEPOINT_CENTER, 0.15, 0.41 - yPos)
        BlzFrameSetText(XPBarRaceText[i], tempText[i])

        yPos = yPos + 0.018
    end