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Project Updated:

Files Updated:

Mon, Jan 18 2010

Supports Game Version:

3.3.0

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Development Tools

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3.3.0 [Edit Tags]

Project Manager:

fmeus

Additional Authors:

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Current Version:

1.4

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Development Site:

CurseForge.com

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Downloads Total:

737

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About Event Tracker

Event overview

Event Tracker allows you to view detailed information such as argument information of tracked events/functions as well as what frames are monitoring specific event. For functions tracked it will also provide information on the time spent on execution functions (on a call per call base as well as the total execution time).

See the EventTracker blogpage @ http://fmeus.wordpress.com/eventtracker/ for more information on the usage of Event Tracker and the API to track your own functions.

To tell Event Tracker which standard WoW events to track for now you need to update the file EventTracker_events.lua yourself. The following is an example of how the contents of the file may look like.

--[[ =================================================================
    Description:
        Use this file to specify which events need to be tracked.
    ================================================================= --]]

-- Events to be tracked
    ET_TRACKED_EVENTS = {
        "PLAYER_LEVEL_UP",
        "PLAYER_XP_UPDATE",
        "PLAYER_TARGET_CHANGED",
    };

Be careful to specify only valid events. Event Tracker uses the function GetFramesRegisteredForEvent, which will cause WoW to hard crash when it is being called with a non-existing event.

The following slash commands are available

Command	Description
/et	Open/close EventTracker dialog
/et { help or ? }	Show this list of commands
/et add <event>	Add event to be tracked
/et remove <event>	Remove event to be tracked
/et registerall	Register all events to be tracked (# of events not known)
/et unregisterall	Unregister all events to be tracked (except for VARIABLES_LOADED)
/et resetpos:	Reset position of the main EventTracker frame

Created On:	Mon, Jun 8 2009
Localized:

1 Installation Guide
2 Translations
3 TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
4 Mac Support
5 Directory Structure

Installation Guide

Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
  - Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
  - WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
  - WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
  - StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
Start World of Warcraft
Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.

Translations

When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".

TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)

When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.

If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.

Mac Support

WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.

Directory Structure

World of Warcraft
    |_ Interface
    |_AddOns
    |_*AddonName*
    |_ *AddonName*.toc
    |_ *AddonName*.xml
    |_ *AddonName*.lua
    |_ (possibly others as well)...

Downloads (5)

	File Name	Release Type	Game Version	Downloads	Date
	Addon Curse.com	Beta	2.3.3	0	9/29/2008

File Name	Release Type	Game Version	Downloads	Date
Event Tracker 1.4	Release	3.3.0	61	1/18/2010
Event Tracker 1.3	Release	3.3.0	157	12/8/2009
Event Tracker 1.2	Release	3.2.0	342	8/4/2009
Event Tracker 1.1	Release	3.1.0	81	7/15/2009
Event Tracker 1.0	Release	3.1.0	96	6/8/2009

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Unrak said

Right well the following is reported by event tracker every time the WHO LIST is opened. I have no idea what it means or how to stop the who list opening, but it HAS tracked what it was asked to track \o/

[string "*:OnShow"]:1: in function <[string "*:OnShow"]:1>
[C]: in function `Show'
Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:32: in function `FriendsFrame_ShowSubFrame'
Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:165: in function `FriendsFrame_Update'
Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:124: in function <Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:120>
[C]: in function `Show'
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1576: in function `SetUIPanel'
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1421: in function `ShowUIPanel'
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1308: in function <Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1304>
[C]: in function `SetAttribute'
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1974: in function <Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1962>
[C]: in function `ShowUIPanel'
Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:484: in function `WhoList_Update'
Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:830: in function `FriendsFrame_OnEvent'
...s\Broker_ChannelWatch\Libs\LibWho-2.0\LibWho-2.0.lua:846: in function `?'
...s\Broker_ChannelWatch\Libs\LibWho-2.0\LibWho-2.0.lua:781: in function <...s\Broker_ChannelWatch\Libs\LibWho-2.0\LibWho-2.0.lua:780>
...ace\AddOns\GnomishYellowPages\GnomishYellowPages.lua:2749: in function `FriendsFrame_OnEvent'
[string "*:OnEvent"]:1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>

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fmeus said

Hi Unrak,

do you still by any chance have the testing code from the beginning of January active? One or both of the
following:

EventTracker_TrackProc( "SendWho", { "filter" } ); -- Send request to find players
EventTracker_TrackProc( "SetWhoToUI", { "state" } ); -- Send output to list or chat

Regards,
Frank

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Unrak said

They were in EventTracker_events.lua right?
Well i deleted them when i made a macro :
/script EventTracker_TrackProc( "SendWho", { "filter" } ); EventTracker_TrackProc( "SetWhoToUI", { "state" } );

So i start wow, open event tracker and then fire the macro. I get a few readings of state 0 and state 1 and then the Who List will open and the stack frump for State 1 is as i posted.

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fmeus said

From the stack posted in appears that both Gnomish Yellow Pages and Broker_Channel are responding to the who messages or are causing them.

I would suggest contacting the respective developers for these addons and tell them about the behavior you are experiencing. Maybe they are already aware of these issues and can provide a solution for you.

is doing something.

So I suggest to report the behavior you are seeing to the developer of Gnomish Yellow Pages.

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Unrak said

Will do - thanks for your help

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Unrak said

Better make that a double expresso.
ran the 2nd option and Bugsack went nuts.

Here's a breakdown of the report: http://www.grraids.net/Docs/ETreport.txt

Sorry about this. I never wanted to open a can of worms.

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fmeus said

When I have Gnomish Yellow Pages installed and I am in Dalaran, I could reproduce the issue. So GYP is definitely heavily using the social features.

This doesn't help you much, but might be an indication of the issues you see with the social window popping up from time to time.

And I have some more homework in figuring out why a stack overflow is being caused.

Sorry that I couldn't be of more help to you. Thanks for giving EventTracker a try.

Regards,
Frank

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fmeus said

During what operation did you get these errors.

I have tested it also using a macro followed by executing some who requests manually and I don't get error.
Maybe I will have to install Gnomish Yellow Pages, to get the same results....

I am also working on adding call stack information to ET, I am making good progress on it, just some UI issues to solve.

Regards,
Frank

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Unrak said

right i have Gnomish Yellow Pages, Broker_Channelwatch and Broker_altguild

All 3 cause the Who Is Panel to fire open randomly with an 'n-charname' argument. the charname is entirely random and if i leave the Who Is window open then the charname will change itself. The errors i was getting was as soon as i fired the macro with the script. Bugsack gave up after 117 errors :)

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Unrak said

Thanks for your fast response.
I put the code you suggested above the last } in EventTracker_events.lua and logged on and got the message:

1x EventTracker-1.2\EventTracker.lua:285: attempt to get length of global 'ET_TRACKED_EVENTS' (a nil value)
EventTracker-1.2\EventTracker.lua:325: in function `EventTracker_EventOnClick'
<string>:"*:OnClick":1: in function <[string "*:OnClick"]:1>

Locals:
button = "LeftButton"
event = "VARIABLES_LOADED"
timestamp = 1262611974
data = <table> {
}
realevent = true
time_usage = nil
wipe = <function> defined =[C]:-1

---

so thinking i put the code in the wrong place i moved it to after the last } and tried again. this time i got the message:

1x EventTracker-1.2\EventTracker_events.lua:20: attempt to call global 'EventTracker_TrackProc' (a nil value)

Locals:

---

Should i have assigned values to {state} and {filter} ?

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fmeus said

Hint to self: Do not answer any questions before at least having drunk 2 strong cups of coffee.

Now for the serious part, I gooffed up. The EventTracker_events.lua is loaded before any
other code, so the functions are not know yet. Sorry for that.

There are two ways that should work

1) - Remove the lines for EventTracker_TrackProc from EventTracker_events.lua
- Create a new file called ET_custom.lua and put the lines for EventTracker_TrackProc in the file
- Make sure the file ET_custom.lua is placed in the same folder as EventTracker itself
- Edit the file EventTracker.toc and as a last and new line put ET_custom.lua in there
- Save all changes and reload or restart WoW

2) - Remove the lines for EventTracker_TrackProc from EventTracker_events.lua
- Create an in-game macro with the following code
/script EventTracker_TrackProc( "SendWho", { "filter" } ); EventTracker_TrackProc( "SetWhoToUI", { "state" } );
- Save all changes and reload or restart Wow
- Use the newly created macro to active the tracking of SendWho and SetWhoToUI

You should no assign values to state and filter. Those are labels used in the ET frame to make the output a little more readible.

I am not at Wow-enabled machine at the moment, so I hope I didn't goofup again.....

Regards,
Frank

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Unrak said

This could be the answer to a problem i have. I run a lot of addons and recently i have seen that the /who social window will pop up by itself on occassion. I am not sure which of my addons is causing it (but i believe it maye be Broker_channelwatch or Gnomish Yellow Pages). Will this tool allow for watching when the /who window pops up and tell me what called that function? What would i need to add to EventTracker_events.lua to enable it to do that? (i am a Lua noob so if you could provide me the code i would be very happy). I forsee a donation if i can solve this mystery as the mod authors don't seem to recognise the issue or cannot duplicate it.
To reiterate, the window i am talking about is the Who window you see if you click social button. Sometimes i get "n-charactername" in the edit box, sometimes it is blank.
Thanks in anticipation.

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fmeus said

Hi,

EventTracker allows you to monitor the events that are generated by the game itself and you can tell ET to track specific calls. However ET does not provide information which function/procedure caused another function to be called, for events it just states which addons track a certain event.

For your issue you could add the following events to EventTracker_events.lua file;
WHO_LIST_UPDATE

But this will only tell that a certain event if a certain event has been happened in the game.

It would be more helpful to track the following functions;
SendWho()
SetWhoToUI()

You could add the following two lines to the end of the file EventTracker_events.lua
EventTracker_TrackProc( "SendWho", { "filter" } ); -- Send request to find players
EventTracker_TrackProc( "SetWhoToUI", { "state" } ); -- Send output to list or chat

If state is set to 0 the output will go to the chat window, if there are more the social window will popup.
If state is set to 1 the social window will always be used to display the results.

Maybe based on the information within the filter you will be able to track down the issue you are having.

I will try to see for a future version of EventTracker it will be possible to determine the stack of a
function call so it will be easier to see which addon is using which functions.

Regards,
Frank

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Racicot said

can we get some instructions. maybe slash commands plse.
thankyou

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fmeus said

Instructions can be found at http://fmeus.wordpress.com/eventtracker/

What kind of slash commands do you have in mind?

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