Export Data

vandel212 · 01/09/16, 02:31 PM

Hi, I'm writing an addon that will export mail attachment data. I am at the point where I collect the information, but I have no idea how to export it to a text file or something that I can use outside of the game.

I was looking into using saved variables, but I don't like that I'm required to reload the UI if I want to see the data that was exported. Any help is greatly appreciated.

sirinsidiator · 01/09/16, 02:34 PM

There is not really an alternative to using savedata. You could show it in a text box and copy it by hand, but that is limited to 1000 characters at a time.

vandel212 · 01/09/16, 02:52 PM

Oh I see. So with the saved variables thing, is there a way to make the addon dynamically create variable names based on a counter?

So you might have a counter "x = 1", then the variable name would be something like Item_x

sirinsidiator · 01/09/16, 03:06 PM

Sure. The save data is basically just a lua table. You can assign fields to the table like this:

Lua Code:

for x = 1, 6 do
  saveData["item_" .. x] = item
end

vandel212 · 01/09/16, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by sirinsidiator

Sure. The save data is basically just a lua table. You can assign fields to the table like this:

Lua Code:

for x = 1, 6 do
  saveData["item_" .. x] = item
end

Ah sweet! That worked perfect. Last question: There a way to remove a saved variable via the addon?

sirinsidiator · 01/09/16, 06:30 PM

Don't think so. At least I don't know of one. The saved variable files are determined by the addon meta files, which you cannot touch from within the game. You could make a script or program that manages them from outside the game, but I don't think many users would like that.

You can overwrite it with an empty table though if you just want to erase the content.
edit: this is pretty much an answer to your other thread too, so I am not gonna post it twice.