Help with TEXTAREA frame

[emperor_d3st]

Hey there.

I'm trying to create a textarea frame without custom FDFs

// I tried loading the blizzard TOC file both before creation and in the map init
call BlzLoadTOCFile("UI\Frames\framedef\ui\escmenutemplates.fdf")

// If I create a text, it works fine:
//set DEqCStatSheet[pid] = BlzCreateFrameByType("TEXT", "CSheet"+"p"+I2S(pid), EquipmentBackDropFrame[pid], "", 0)

// This shows nothing when I use BlzFrameSetText on it
//set DEqCStatSheet[pid] = BlzCreateFrame("EscMenuTextAreaTemplate", EquipmentBackDropFrame[pid], 0, 0)

// This crashes when I make the parent visible:
set DEqCStatSheet[pid] = BlzCreateFrameByType("TEXTAREA", "CSheet"+"p"+I2S(pid), EquipmentBackDropFrame[pid], "EscMenuTextAreaTemplate", 0)

call BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(DEqCStatSheet[pid], FRAMEPOINT_TOPLEFT, 0.10, DEqHeroIconBottomRightY)
call BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(DEqCStatSheet[pid], FRAMEPOINT_BOTTOMRIGHT, 0.237, DEqBackDropBottomRightY)
call BlzFrameSetSize(DEqCStatSheet[pid], 0.25, 0.25)

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Uncle]

Hey there.

I'm trying to create a textarea frame without custom FDFs

// I tried loading the blizzard TOC file both before creation and in the map init
call BlzLoadTOCFile("UI\Frames\framedef\ui\escmenutemplates.fdf")

// If I create a text, it works fine:
//set DEqCStatSheet[pid] = BlzCreateFrameByType("TEXT", "CSheet"+"p"+I2S(pid), EquipmentBackDropFrame[pid], "", 0)

// This shows nothing when I use BlzFrameSetText on it
//set DEqCStatSheet[pid] = BlzCreateFrame("EscMenuTextAreaTemplate", EquipmentBackDropFrame[pid], 0, 0)

// This crashes when I make the parent visible:
set DEqCStatSheet[pid] = BlzCreateFrameByType("TEXTAREA", "CSheet"+"p"+I2S(pid), EquipmentBackDropFrame[pid], "EscMenuTextAreaTemplate", 0)

call BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(DEqCStatSheet[pid], FRAMEPOINT_TOPLEFT, 0.10, DEqHeroIconBottomRightY)
call BlzFrameSetAbsPoint(DEqCStatSheet[pid], FRAMEPOINT_BOTTOMRIGHT, 0.237, DEqBackDropBottomRightY)
call BlzFrameSetSize(DEqCStatSheet[pid], 0.25, 0.25)

What am I doing wrong?

You're loading the .fdf file not the .toc file.

BlzLoad -> TOC <- File

I don't think you're ever supposed to load an .fdf but I could be wrong.

 

[emperor_d3st]

You're loading the .fdf file not the .toc file.

I don't think you're ever supposed to load an .fdf

Yes. I tried both with .toc and .fdf

But maybe the toc file is not at the path of
call BlzLoadTOCFile("UI\Frames\framedef\ui\escmenutemplates.toc")

Hmm, I'll try to check it somehow.

 

[Elprede]

Place UI\Frames\framedef\ui\escmenutemplates.fdf on a line by itself followed with an empty line in a custom .toc file. Then load the custom .toc file. Read up more on this in a tutorial by Tasyen.

 

[emperor_d3st]

Thank

Place UI\Frames\framedef\ui\escmenutemplates.fdf on a line by itself followed with an empty line in a custom .toc file. Then load the custom .toc file. Read up more on this in a tutorial by Tasyen.

Thank you, but I was under the impression that you can create TextAreas without any custom imports? That might not be the case.
I'm creating a system and I want to minimize the custom assets as much as I can.