Sending item links in a macro

[Arnock]

So I'm completely unfamiliar with lua, and I'm trying to figure out how to make a macro to say that I'm buying or selling something

So far, I've worked out how to send a message in /say

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/script SendChatMessage("Buying all \124cff1eff00\124Hitem:35624:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0\124h[Eternal Earth]\124h\124r 5 gold each, please CoD ");

but reading through http://www.wowwiki.com/API_SendChatMessage I can't seem to figure out how to send the message in trade

can someone help me out with this?

[_Chloe]

Easy:

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SendChatMessage("Buying all \124cff1eff00\124Hitem:35624:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0\124h[Eternal Earth]\124h\124r 5 gold each, please CoD ", nil, nil, 2);

Basically replace the 2 with whatever channel number trade is.

[majiben]

Is it possible to insert text into open chat boxes? Like if I wanted to PM someone who I hadn't previously spoken to.

[majiben]

Actually I can't get any of this to work,and even copy and pastes of their "hello world" examples.

EDIT:
seems /run was needed and was found through some google though the wowwiki link neglected to mention this >.<

Still the one you linked chole doesn't say the message in trade chat, just in /s

[majiben]

After some more poking and copying/splicing this macro worked for me

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/script SendChatMessage("Buying all \124cff1eff00\124Hitem:35624:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0\124h[Eternal Earth]\124h\124r 5 gold each, please CoD ", "CHANNEL", nil, 2);

[majiben]

The code for linking items is quite long, can it be shorted to fit more than 2 in a macro? or am I out of luck? Also I was having trouble finding a data base for finding item codes. So far thottbot has worked but I need to add an additional :0 and change some of the letters at the beginning to copy the format used in message arnock posted.

[Panzerdin]

I believe you're stuck with it.

[Arnock]

Thanks, I didn't realize I had to put in "nil" where the chat type and language modifiers were

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[Arnock]

The code for linking items is quite long, can it be shorted to fit more than 2 in a macro? or am I out of luck? Also I was having trouble finding a data base for finding item codes. So far thottbot has worked but I need to add an additional :0 and change some of the letters at the beginning to copy the format used in message arnock posted.

I used the wowhead "link" tool, just copied the item code rather than the whole script

I.e.

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Shift-click this to place a link into a chat message: \124cffa335ee\124Hitem:45251:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0\124h[Shoulderplates of the Deconstructor]\124h\124r");

[fafhrd]

You don't need to screw around with making the links yourself with the item IDs, you can make the game fill them in for you:

http://wiki.bwerp.net/World_of_Warcraft_macros

Basically, type out in your chat window (ie NOT in a macro):

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/script CreateMacro("macro name", 6, "/2 Selling 5xBLAH 4g!", 1, 0)

And instead of BLAH above, shift click your item link in before hitting enter. The CreateMacro funciton will create a macro with the appropriate code to have an item link.

You can then go to your macros list and do whatever you want with the macro (change name/icon/text). Length restrictions still apply though, and item links take up a lot more characters than they display, so you only get to link about 3 items before a macro fills up.

Change that last 1 to "nil" if you want the macro to be per-account instead of per character.

[moduspwnens]

I use Fizzwidget Linkerator. It auto-inserts links to items or spells as you type, or as you copy/paste. It also has a neat feature for linking items to yourself.

/link Thunder

would return me Thunderfury, Deep Thunder, and probably the Shaman spell "Thunder".

/shrug, if you're only making one macro it's probably not worth it, but if you link items occasionally, it's nice.