How to output text to my own chatbox

[botje]

Like title suggest, i want to output ingame, so i dont have 2 windows to check for output.

but it must not be seen by others ofcourse.

Botje

[lisa]

well i've been trying to work out how to post to a diff chat window, no joy though.

I can tell you a macro of

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 /Script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage('|cf0ffff00We are the champions') 

Works in posting to the General tab and won't be seen by others.
Or if making it with bot would look like

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 sendMacro("DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage('|cf0ffff00We are the Champions|r')") 

I pulled this from Rock's RBAssist.xml couldn't find any mention of the default chat frame on the wiki list of functions though.

If your trying to get a log of events, then maybe just untick all the channel options for general and just create a new channel and tick them all on there. Would leave the first tab for your messages and unfortunately the system messages.

[botje]

thanx, im gonna try that ^^

Botje

[rock5]

couldn't find any mention of the default chat frame on the wiki list of functions though.

You wouldn't, as it's a frame. AddMessage is the function. But I couldn't fine reference of default chat frame in the frame list as well. Strange.

Anyway, that displays the messages in the main chat window regardless of the filter settings I think. If you want to send another type of message you could use 'SendSystemChat'. It sends an orange system message so I guess it would be filtered with the system messages if that help. I'm not aware of any other way.

[lisa]

You wouldn't, as it's a frame. AddMessage is the function. But I couldn't fine reference of default chat frame in the frame list as well. Strange.

Anyway, that displays the messages in the main chat window regardless of the filter settings I think. If you want to send another type of message you could use 'SendSystemChat'. It sends an orange system message so I guess it would be filtered with the system messages if that help. I'm not aware of any other way.

I think he was trying to put his own messages as this does but to a different tab, so not to General but to "guild" as an example. So being able to post to say chat window tab 4 instead of 1 is what he is really after. I found no joy from the wiki list for doing this. AddMessage didn'r have much written on it. I tried adding system to a different tab but this addmessage function only posts to the general tab it seems.

Still no joy on different tab but I did get the text for displaying middle of screen without showing in chat Tab

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/Script SystemMsgFrame:AddMessage(' Buff up Mr Forgetful. ')

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 sendMacro("SystemMsgFrame:AddMessage(' Buff up Mr Forgetful. ')") 

[rock5]

Well you can send messages to guild channel no problem, just use SendChatMessage

As to sending directly to the other chat boxes, I found it! The chat frames are actually called 'ChatFrame1', 'ChatFrame2', etc.

So to send a message to the second chat window, use this.

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ChatFrame2:AddMessage("message")

[lisa]

As to sending directly to the other chat boxes, I found it! The chat frames are actually called 'ChatFrame1', 'ChatFrame2', etc.

Awesome, works great =)