Windower.console_Command()?

[sdphantom]

I found a temperary workaround for this, but it would be nice to be able to send windower commands directly into windower itself. Currently, I have the lua script write a temperary windower script file then tell windower to execute it using Windower.console_Exec(), setting the function to wait until the file finnished executing, then erase it.

[TinyTerror]

X-drop and I talked about this. I'll add it this weekend.

[X-Drop]

I have been trying to send commands to windower as well. Now I can write to a temparary text file and have windower execute the script but what windower will not do is execute the command "/console". Sure you can type this in manually, but I think they nerfed windowers ability to call this command via a script to prevent ppl from making loops. Honestly though, it's not hard to make loops using windower scripts anyways.

My point is, I wanna be able to have a parent lua script open up one or more child lua scripts. And no I don't wanna use dofile and run the file as a lua chunk. Rather I want the child scripts to run completely independant. As if I type in ".Lunar load script.lua" myself. But without being able to use "/console", I think I'm outta luck atm.

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[EDIT]
I'm a bonehead! Read futher for solution.

[sdphantom]

Here's the workaround code I made to accomplish this.

function getPath()
	local filePath=string.gsub(debug.getinfo(getPath).source, "@", "", 1)
	return string.sub(filePath,1,string.len(filePath)-string.len(Windower.script_GetArg(1)))
end

function runCmd(cmd)
	local windowerPath=string.sub(getPath(),1,string.find(string.lower(getPath()),"\\plugins\\lunar\\scripts"))
	local scriptFile
	local fopt

	scriptFile=os.tmpname()..".fws"
	if string.sub(scriptFile,1,1)=="/" or string.sub(scriptFile,1,1)=="\\" then
		scriptFile=string.sub(scriptFile,2)
	end

	fopt=io.open(windowerPath.."scripts/"..scriptFile,"wt")
	if fopt then
		fopt:write(cmd)
		fopt:close()
		Windower.console_Exec(scriptFile,true)
		os.remove(windowerPath.."scripts/"..scriptFile)
	else
		Windower.console_Write(" - Unable to write command script.")
	end
end

Here's how the runCmd() function is used.

runCmd([[
alias scriptmgr_reload .Lunar command ]]..Windower.script_GetArg(1)..[[ reload
alias scriptmgr_unload .Lunar command ]]..Windower.script_GetArg(1)..[[ unload
alias scriptmgr_show .Lunar command ]]..Windower.script_GetArg(1)..[[ show
alias scriptmgr_hide .Lunar command ]]..Windower.script_GetArg(1)..[[ hide
alias scriptmgr_exit .Lunar command ]]..Windower.script_GetArg(1)..[[ unload exit
]])


Here's some code that would load another script with the use of this function.

runCmd(".Lunar load "..curScript)


<Edit: Used simplier code from another script I wrote and is stored in archives>

[X-Drop]

I am such a knucklehead.... I completely wrote a similar script which also wrote a temparary windower script in an attempt to execute a Lunar script. But I tried in vain to form the statement. I tried,

• /console .Lunar load script.lua
  
• /echo .Lunar load script.lua
  
• /input .Lunar load script.lua
  
• /input ".Lunar load script.lua"
  
• /input /echo .Lunar load script.lua
  

I musta tried about 15 different combinations with and without quotes.... and *sob*! All I had to do was simply write .Lunar load script.lua!!

Thx Phantom.... I can get so carried away sometimes... lol

[TinyTerror]

So you guys got it figured out? I'll add the functions anyway for the sake of simplicity.

[sdphantom]

xdrop said:

I am such a knucklehead.... I completely wrote a similar script which also wrote a temparary windower script in an attempt to execute a Lunar script. But I tried in vain to form the statement. I tried,

• /console .Lunar load script.lua
  
• /echo .Lunar load script.lua
  
• /input .Lunar load script.lua
  
• /input ".Lunar load script.lua"
  
• /input /echo .Lunar load script.lua
  

I musta tried about 15 different combinations with and without quotes.... and *sob*! All I had to do was simply write .Lunar load script.lua!!

Thx Phantom.... I can get so carried away sometimes... lol

lol, np ^^

The windower scripts are formatted in the same way as you would type commands straight into the windower console, the same way batch scripting works.. as a mater of fact, that's exactly what a windower script is. ^.^;

[azural]

I had been trying to figure this out myself, Thanks . Thought I was just a moron for not seeing how it could be done. Can't wait for all this to be in the new release. Neat and tidy.