Maintenance script: UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)

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UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)

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{{LuaApi|group=Target}}
Returns the name of a nearby world object.

<pre>
name = GetNameForObject(objectId)
</pre>

== Arguments ==
;objectId : <code>number</code> – Object id of the world object.

== Returns ==
;name : <code>wstring</code> – Name of the object, or <code>L""</code>.

== Details ==
* <code>L""</code> is returned when the object is not known to the client, when there is no player object, when the object does not accept the player's realm (Order or Destruction), or when it is more than 180 units away from the player.
* The stock interaction windows use it for the name of the NPC the player is talking to and check for <code>L""</code>.

== Errors ==
None besides the generic ''Invalid Parameters'' message when the argument is missing or not a number.

== Example ==
From <code>ea_interactionwindow/source/interactionquestwindow.lua</code>:
<pre>
local targetName = GetNameForObject(sourceID)
local displayName = L" "

if (targetName ~= L"")
then
displayName = GetStringFormat( StringTables.Default.INTERACTOR_NAME_FORMAT, { targetName } )
end
</pre>

== See also ==
* [[API:GetUpdatedTargets|GetUpdatedTargets]]

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Maintenance script: UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)