https://wiki.returnofreckoning.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=API%3ACharacterSettingsExportUiProfileAPI:CharacterSettingsExportUiProfile - Revision history2026-10-17T15:22:27ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.11https://wiki.returnofreckoning.com/index.php?title=API:CharacterSettingsExportUiProfile&diff=30218&oldid=prevMaintenance script: UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)2026-10-16T19:41:06Z<p>UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{LuaApi|group=CharacterSettings}}<br />
Copies one of the current character's UI profiles to another character, as a new profile.<br />
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CharacterSettingsExportUiProfile(profileName, serverName, characterName, newProfileName)<br />
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== Arguments ==<br />
;profileName : <code>wstring</code> – Name of the current character's profile to copy.<br />
;serverName : <code>wstring</code> – Server of the target character.<br />
;characterName : <code>wstring</code> – Name of the target character.<br />
;newProfileName : <code>wstring</code> – Name of the new profile for the target character.<br />
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== Returns ==<br />
Nothing.<br />
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== Details ==<br />
* The profile must exist for the current character and be owned by it. Otherwise one of the errors below is logged and nothing is copied.<br />
* The target folder is <code>serverName</code>\<code>characterName</code>\<code>newProfileName</code> inside the user settings folder. If it already exists, the third error below is logged and nothing is copied.<br />
* Otherwise the profile's folder is copied to the target folder.<br />
* No event is fired.<br />
* All four arguments must be wide strings. The function needs at least four arguments and only reads the last four.<br />
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== Errors ==<br />
Logged; the call does not raise a Lua error:<br />
* <code>ERROR Exporting UI Profile '%s'. Profile does not exist for this character.</code><br />
* <code>ERROR Exporting UI Profile '%s'. You may not modify a profile owned by another character.</code><br />
* <code>ERROR Exporting UI Profile '%s'. Export Path '%s' already exists.</code><br />
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== Example ==<br />
From <code>ea_uiprofileswindow/source/exportuiprofilewindow.lua</code>, where the target character comes from the window's character list:<br />
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local exportCharacter = m.selectedCharacter.characterName<br />
local exportServer = m.selectedCharacter.serverName<br />
local exportProfile = EA_Window_UiProfileExportEditBox.Text<br />
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CharacterSettingsExportUiProfile( m.selectedProfileName, exportServer, exportCharacter, exportProfile )<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[API:CharacterSettingsImportUiProfile|CharacterSettingsImportUiProfile]]<br />
* [[API:CharacterSettingsGetAllUiProfiles|CharacterSettingsGetAllUiProfiles]]<br />
* [[API:CharacterSettingsGetOtherCharactersUsingProfile|CharacterSettingsGetOtherCharactersUsingProfile]]</div>Maintenance script