ZO xml newb

[Tar000un]

Hi,

i ve started to code an addon today, my first addon and dev in lua x)
And i ve few problems with the xml part.

<GuiXml>
    <Controls>
        <TopLevelControl name="MyAddOnUI" mouseEnabled="true" movable="true" clampedToScreen="true" >
		  <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" offsetX="10" offsetY="50" />

          <OnMoveStop>
			MyAddOn.OnMoveStop( self )
          </OnMoveStop>

          <OnUpdate>
            MyAddOn.Update()
          </OnUpdate>
          
          <Controls>
            <Backdrop name="$(parent)BG" inherits="ZO_DefaultBackdrop" centerColor="000000" alpha="0.8" >
              <AnchorFill />
              <Edge edgeSize="2" />
            </Backdrop>
            <Label name="$(parent)Window" font="ZoFontAnnounceSmall" 
				verticalAlignment="CENTER" text="MyAddOn" 
				horizontalAlignment="CENTER" alpha="0.85" >
              <AnchorFill />
            </Label>			
          </Controls>		  
          
        </TopLevelControl>
    </Controls>
</GuiXml>

First, i ve a problem with padding of the backdrop, where i tryed to use a <ResizeToFitPadding />, after the <AnchorFill />, but still with this horrible thing : http://i60.tinypic.com/33113bb.jpg

In a second step, i want to use a dds and modifiy the texture of the windows, but i didnt succed.

Moreover, can we draw a circle ? or would i draw a square then fill it with a circle dds ?

[Tar000un]

I succeded to avoid the horrible thing (which is simply invisible now...) and i tried to create a texture with gimp, which always failed. I suppose the gimp plugin out-of-date, and i had to install Paint.net.

As my own answer, we need to draw an empty element and fill it with the texture.

[Tar000un]

Because the xml doc is a ****ing pain for newbs (specially for non-english person, like me...) :

I used a LUA code to create xml node but that dont really answer my needs and arranging the vars in a table seems a source of UI's errors.
example here about the LUA code : https://code.google.com/p/zork-esoui...extureTest.lua

But after few tests, to find how to place the nodes, i got a solution ! A sample of my new xml :

<Controls>
     <Backdrop name="$(parent)_BG" inherits="ZO_CenterlessBackdrop" 
              edgeColor="000000" centerColor="000000" alpha="0">
          <AnchorFill />
     </Backdrop>
     <Texture name="$(parent)_Texture" />
     <Label name="$(parent)_Label" font="ZoFontGameLarge" 
         verticalAlignment="BOTTOM" horizontalAlignment="CENTER" 
         text="MyAddon" alpha="0.5" >              
     </Label>        		
</Controls>

Which is filled by the code :

    AddOnUI_Texture:SetDimensions( 128, 128);
    AddOnUI_Texture:SetAnchor(TOPLEFT, AddOnUI_BG, TOPLEFT, 0, 0);
    AddOnUI_Texture:SetTexture(MyTexture);

    AddOnUI_Label:SetDimensions( 128, 20);
    AddOnUI_Label:SetAnchor(BOTTOM, AddOnUI_BG, BOTTOM, 0, 0);
    AddOnUI_Label:SetText("The Label");