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=Interface}}
Loads an interface definition XML file from a folder.

<pre>
LoadResources(directory, xmlFile, flag)
</pre>

== Arguments ==
;directory : <code>string</code> – Folder the file and the files it refers to are read from, for example <code>"Interface/InterfaceCore"</code>.
;xmlFile : <code>string</code> – Name of the XML file in that folder, for example <code>"InterfaceCore.xml"</code>.
;flag : <code>boolean</code> – Passed on to the loader. The stock UI always passes <code>IsInternalBuild()</code>.

== Returns ==
Nothing.

== Details ==
* The client reads and processes the XML file. The stock UI uses it for the font definitions and for <code>InterfaceCore.xml</code>, an <code><Interface></code> file that pulls in the pre-game windows with <code><Include file="..." /></code> entries relative to <code>directory</code>.
* <code>flag</code> must be a real boolean; <code>nil</code> or a number raises the generic ''Invalid Parameters'' message.
* The function needs at least three arguments and only reads the last three.
* The stock UI only calls it from <code>interfacecore/interfacecore.lua</code>, during start-up.

== Errors ==
None besides the generic ''Invalid Parameters'' message when an argument has the wrong type.

== Example ==
From <code>interfacecore/interfacecore.lua</code>:
<pre>
LoadResources( "interface/interfacecore/fonts", fontDirectory.."/fonts.xml", IsInternalBuild() )
LoadResources( "Interface/InterfaceCore", "InterfaceCore.xml", IsInternalBuild() )
</pre>

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

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