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Refreshing a frame?

I'm trying to write a routine that makes a simple box on the screen. Based on a conditional statement, I would like to change the background color of the box and have it refresh.

I have everything written and it makes sense, except for the "refresh" part. I can't find how to do this. Can anyone lend a hand? Here's a few of the pieces, and thanks in advance!

Code:

local context=UI.CreateContext("myWindowFrame")

local bigBox = UI.CreateFrame("Text", "placeHolder", context)



bigBox:SetWidth(20)

bigBox:SetHeight(20)

bigBox:SetPoint("TOPCENTER", UIParent, "TOPCENTER",0,0)

bigBox:SetBackgroundColor(0,0,0,1)

bigBox:SetVisible(true)



local box1 = UI.CreateFrame("Text", "box1", bigBox)

box1:SetWidth(10)

box1:SetHeight(10)

box1:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", bigBox, "TOPLEFT",0,0)

--box1:SetBackgroundColor(1,0,0,1)

box1:SetVisible(true)



--the conditional will call this:

function changemyColor(myC)

        if myC == "whatever" then

                box1:SetBackgroundColor(1,0,0,1)

                --How do I trigger a refresh of my little box after this?

        end

end

Not sure you need to do anything. I just plugged your code in and added the following line only to trigger the change:

bigBox.Event.LeftClick = function() changemyColor("whatever") end

Now when you click the box, it turns the top left quad red. Is that what you are attempting?

Code:

local context=UI.CreateContext("myWindowFrame")

local bigBox = UI.CreateFrame("Text", "placeHolder", context)



bigBox:SetWidth(20)

bigBox:SetHeight(20)

bigBox:SetPoint("TOPCENTER", UIParent, "TOPCENTER",0,0)

bigBox.Event.LeftClick = function() changemyColor("whatever") end

bigBox:SetBackgroundColor(0,0,0,1)

bigBox:SetVisible(true)



local box1 = UI.CreateFrame("Text", "box1", bigBox)

box1:SetWidth(10)

box1:SetHeight(10)

box1:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", bigBox, "TOPLEFT",0,0)

--box1:SetBackgroundColor(1,0,0,1)

box1:SetVisible(true)



--the conditional will call this:

function changemyColor(myC)

        if myC == "whatever" then

                box1:SetBackgroundColor(1,0,0,1)

                --How do I trigger a refresh of my little box after this?

        end

end