Manifest Version Number

[circonian]

This is a long shot, but is there any way to get the manifest version number

## Version: 0.9

from lua code? I never remember to change it in both places when I do updates

[Halja]

Chip added it for us awhile back.

GetAPIVersion()

[votan]

Originally Posted by Halja Chip added it for us awhile back. GetAPIVersion()

circonian means addon version, not API version.

And yes, would be nice to have all meta data from manifest available in Lua.

[merlight]

That's why I don't put version in the manifest I'm afraid it's not only inaccessible, but silently ignored because it's not one of the known keywords.

AddOnManager could keep a table of all "^## (%w+): ?(.*)" key-value pairs, and provide a function that would return the corresponding value for any given key.

[circonian]

Originally Posted by merlight That's why I don't put version in the manifest I'm afraid it's not only inaccessible, but silently ignored because it's not one of the known keywords. AddOnManager could keep a table of all "^## (%w+): ?(.*)" key-value pairs, and provide a function that would return the corresponding value for any given key.

Did I misunderstand? Don't you have to put the version in the manifest? That's how the game knows if your addon is out of date?

[merlight]

Originally Posted by circonian Did I misunderstand? Don't you have to put the version in the manifest? That's how the game knows if your addon is out of date?

That's APIVersion. Version is ignored.

[circonian]

Originally Posted by merlight That's APIVersion. Version is ignored.

Oh, woops, yeah what was I thinking

[CaptainBlagbird]

Originally Posted by merlight AddOnManager could keep a table of all "^## (%w+): ?(.*)" key-value pairs, and provide a function that would return the corresponding value for any given key.

That would be awesome

bump bump

[Ayantir]

yes or ..

number numAddons = GetAddonsInstalled()
string addonName = GetAddonName(number index)
boolean isLoaded, string:nilable addonVersion, string:nilable addonAPI, string:nilable addonDescription, string:nilable addonAuthor = GetAddonInfo(addonName)

so we could do

for i, GetAddonsInstalled() do
      local addonName = GetAddonName(i)
      if GetAddonInfo(addonName) then
            -- Addon addonName is loaded !
      end
end

or

if GetAddonInfo("anObviousAddonWhichDontLeakAnyGlobal") then

There is also SavedVars and Depends and and Optional depends on, but it could be a really good start

[haggen]

Ayantir nailed it, thank you!