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Addons loading order

I'm not sure if the order to load add-ons obey some rules? Or just random?
It seems my add-on is good in my environment, but not all of the others. And I think the reason is my codes run before theirs (Mine will hook the other addon's function)

Same add-ons and data unrelated, so I'm pretty sure is the loading order is different.

How to ensure mine is loaded after the one I hooked?

Check the manifest txt file in your addon folder and use the directives

Code:

##DependsOn

##OptionalDependsOn

put each addon name behind the directive line, with a splitting space, to assure that these addon names/library names get loaded BEFORE your addon's ON_LOAD event gets started.

e.g.

Code:

## OptionalDependsOn: libFilters-2.0 LibAddonMenu-2.0 ResearchAssistant SousChef VotansSettingsMenu PotionMaker CraftedPotions ChatMerchant InventoryGridView CraftBagExtended SetTracker AdvancedDisableControllerUI DetailedResearchScrolls

Inside your OnLoad event callback function you are able to check the addonName == "Other addon name" or if a global variable of the other addon exists you can check this by using something like

Lua Code:

--Is the addon "abc" is loaded yet?
if ABC ~= nil and ABC.functioName ~= nil then
--Addon abc is loaded and function functioName exists.
--Call the function now
ABC.functionName()
end

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baertram (Post 32645)

Check the manifest txt file in your addon folder and use the directives

Code:

##DependsOn

##OptionalDependsOn

put each addon name behind the directive line, with a splitting space, to assure that these addon names/library names get loaded BEFORE your addon's ON_LOAD event gets started.

e.g.

Code:

## OptionalDependsOn: libFilters-2.0 LibAddonMenu-2.0 ResearchAssistant SousChef VotansSettingsMenu PotionMaker CraftedPotions ChatMerchant InventoryGridView CraftBagExtended SetTracker AdvancedDisableControllerUI DetailedResearchScrolls

Inside your OnLoad event callback function you are able to check the addonName == "Other addon name" or if a global variable of the other addon exists you can check this by using something like

Lua Code:

--Is the addon "abc" is loaded yet?
if ABC ~= nil and ABC.functioName ~= nil then
--Addon abc is loaded and function functioName exists.
--Call the function now
ABC.functionName()
end

Thank you, I'll try it!