Wiley-World.of.Warcraft.Programming.A.Guide.and.Reference.for.Creating.WoW.Addons

1146 Part IV ■ ReferenceProtectedFrames in the FrameXML include the action bars (the frames that group the actionbuttons together), the panels that display information like your character status andquest log, and the granddaddy of the rest of the UI, UIParent.Frame has all the methods from Region, ScriptObject and VisibleRegion, plus thefollowing:AllowAttributeChangesTemporarily allows insecure code to modify the frame’s attributes duringcombat.Frame:AllowAttributeChanges()This permission is automatically rescinded when the frame’s OnUpdate scriptnext runs.CanChangeAttributeReturns whether secure frame attributes can currently be changed.enabled = Frame:CanChangeAttribute()Applies only to protected frames inheriting from one of the secure frametemplates; frame attributes may only be changed by non-Blizzard scripts whilethe player is not in combat (or for a short time after a secure script calls:AllowAttributeChanges()).Returns:enabled—1 if secure frame attributes can currently be changed; otherwise nil(1nil)CreateFontStringCreates a new FontString as a child of the frame.fontstring = Frame:CreateFontString([“name“ [, “layer“ [, “inherits“]]])Arguments:name (optional)—Global name for the new font string (string)layer (optional)—Graphic layer on which to create the font string; defaults toARTWORK if not specified (string, layer)inherits (optional)—Name of a template from which the new front stringshould inherit (string)Returns:fontstring—Reference to the new FontString object (fontstring)CreateTextureCreates a new Texture as a child of the frame.texture = Frame:CreateTexture([“name“ [, “layer“ [, “inherits“]]])Arguments:name (optional)—Global name for the new texture (string)layer (optional)—Graphic layer on which to create the texture; defaults toARTWORK if not specified (string, layer)inherits (optional)—Name of a template from which the new texture shouldinherit (string)