A Save Variable Question

[zireko]

This maybe and easy question but I've been playing around with a new code I wrote for my QuestCounter. My counter when double clicked will show 1, 2, 3, and so on. So someone can count how many quest they've done. I also have the mouse wheel when moved to reset it back to 0 and a slash command to hide it if you want. Now I have it where if you reloadui or logout it will remember where the location of the addon is and put it back so you don't have to keep moving it around. My question comes in on this example. If I have clicked my QuestCounter and have it saying Completed: 7 when I reload the ui it will set back to QuestCounter which is the original text. What I want it to do is if I logout and it says Completed: 7 when I log back in it will still say Completed: 7 . Here is my code below.

txt

## APIVersion: 100009
## Title: |cFFFFB0QuestCounter|r 1.0 
## Description: QuestCounter is just a simple counter that you can use to count the quest you've done.
## Author: |c00C000Zireko
## Version: 1.0
## SavedVariables: Cou_Variables
 
QuestCounter.xml
QuestCounter.lua

xml

<GuiXml>
    <Controls>
        <TopLevelControl name="QuestCounter" clampedToScreen="true" mouseEnabled="true" movable="true" resizeToFitDescendents="true" hidden="false">
            <Controls>
                <Label name="$(parent)Count" font="ZoFontBookScroll" color="CFDCBD" wrapMode="ELLIPSIS" verticalAlignment="CENTER" horizontalAlignment="CENTER" text="QuestCounter">
                    <Anchor point="CENTER" />
                </Label>
            </Controls>
        </TopLevelControl>
    </Controls>
</GuiXml>

lua

--Still trying to figure out how to save the clicked count so on relog or reload it holds how many quest you've double clicked for.
 
local SV
local defaults = {
    ["Count"] = {
        ["offsetx"] = 0,
        ["offsety"] = 0,
        ["point"] = CENTER,
        ["relPoint"] = CENTER,
        ["ClickedCount"] = 0, 
    },
}
 
local ClickedCount = 0
 
local function ClickCount()
    ClickedCount = ClickedCount + 1
    QuestCounterCount:SetText("Completed: "..ClickedCount)
end
 
local function ResetCount()
    ClickedCount = 0
    QuestCounterCount:SetText("QuestCounter")
end
 
 
local function OnMoveStop(self)
    local valid, point, _, relPoint, offsetx, offsety = self:GetAnchor(0)
    if valid then
        SV.Count.point = point
        SV.Count.relPoint = relPoint
        SV.Count.offsetx = offsetx
        SV.Count.offsety = offsety
        SV.Count.ClickedCount = ClickedCount
    end
end
 
local function OnAddOnLoaded(eventCode, addon)
    if addon == "QuestCounter" then
        EVENT_MANAGER:UnregisterForEvent("QuestCounter", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED)
 
        SV = ZO_SavedVars:New("Cou_Variables", 2, nil, defaults)
        QuestCounter:SetAnchor(SV.Count.point, nil, SV.Count.relPoint, SV.Count.offsetx, SV.Count.offsety)
        
        QuestCounter:SetHandler("OnMoveStop", OnMoveStop)
        QuestCounter:SetHandler("OnMouseDoubleClick", ClickCount)
        QuestCounter:SetHandler("OnMouseWheel", ResetCount)
        
        SLASH_COMMANDS["/qlc"] = function()
            QuestCounter:ToggleHidden()
        end
 
    end
end
 
EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForEvent("CountCounter", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED, OnAddOnLoaded)

[circonian]

I didn't see this post until now or I would have answered here, but earlier I saw your statement about this problem on your addon page & sent you a PM about how to fix it.

Hope it helps.

[Garkin]

If you want to store counter, you have to use saved variables - i.e. move your counter to saved variables table.

Just to show something different, I have also moved your code from XML to LUA.

local QuestCounter
local SV
local defaults = {
    Count = {
        offsetx = 0,
        offsety = 0,
        point = CENTER,
        relPoint = CENTER,
    },
    ClickedCount = 0,
}
     
local function ClickCount()
    SV.ClickedCount = SV.ClickedCount + 1
    QuestCounter.Count:SetText("Completed: " .. SV.ClickedCount)
end
     
local function ResetCount()
    SV.ClickedCount = 0
    QuestCounter.Count:SetText("QuestCounter")
end
 
local function OnMoveStop(self)
    local valid, point, _, relPoint, offsetx, offsety = self:GetAnchor(0)
    if valid then
        SV.Count.point = point
        SV.Count.relPoint = relPoint
        SV.Count.offsetx = offsetx
        SV.Count.offsety = offsety
    end
end
 
local function CreateAddonWindow()
    --main window
    QuestCounter = WINDOW_MANAGER:CreateTopLevelWindow()
    QuestCounter:SetAnchor(SV.Count.point, nil, SV.Count.relPoint, SV.Count.offsetx, SV.Count.offsety)
    QuestCounter:SetClampedToScreen(true)
    QuestCounter:SetResizeToFitDescendents(true)
    QuestCounter:SetMouseEnabled(true)
    QuestCounter:SetMovable(true)
    QuestCounter:SetHidden(false)
           
    --label
    QuestCounter.Count = WINDOW_MANAGER:CreateControl(nil, QuestCounter, CT_LABEL)
    QuestCounter.Count:SetAnchor(CENTER, QuestCounter, CENTER, 0, 0)
    QuestCounter.Count:SetFont("ZoFontBookScroll")
    QuestCounter.Count:SetColor(ZO_NORMAL_TEXT:UnpackRGBA())
    QuestCounter.Count:SetWrapMode(TEXT_WRAP_MODE_ELLIPSIS)
    QuestCounter.Count:SetVerticalAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER)
    QuestCounter.Count:SetHorizontalAlignment(TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER)
    QuestCounter.Count:SetText("QuestCounter")
end
     
local function OnAddOnLoaded(eventCode, addon)
    if addon == "QuestCounter" then
        --this event is no longer needed, unregister it
        EVENT_MANAGER:UnregisterForEvent("QuestCounter", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED)
 
        --initialize saved variables
        SV = ZO_SavedVars:New("Cou_Variables", 1, defaults)
 
        --this will create the same window as in your XML. There is just one difference - I made controls unnamed (there is no global reference to UI elements)
        CreateAddonWindow()
 
        --mouse click handlers
        QuestCounter:SetHandler("OnMoveStop", OnMoveStop)
        QuestCounter:SetHandler("OnMouseDoubleClick", ClickCount)
        QuestCounter:SetHandler("OnMouseWheel", ResetCount)
 
        --slash command
        SLASH_COMMANDS["/qlc"] = function()
            QuestCounter:ToggleHidden()
        end
    end
end
     
EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForEvent("QuestCounter", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED, OnAddOnLoaded)