https://wiki.returnofreckoning.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=API%3ASendChatTextAPI:SendChatText - Revision history2026-10-17T22:06:46ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.11https://wiki.returnofreckoning.com/index.php?title=API:SendChatText&diff=30692&oldid=prevMaintenance script: UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)2026-10-16T19:48:35Z<p>UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{LuaApi|group=Chat}}<br />
Sends a line of chat text or a slash command, exactly as if the player had typed it.<br />
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SendChatText(text, channel)<br />
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== Arguments ==<br />
;text : <code>wstring</code> – The text or slash command, for example <code>L"/afk"</code> or <code>L"Hello"</code>.<br />
;channel : <code>wstring</code> – Channel command to put in front of <code>text</code>, for example <code>L"/guild"</code>, or <code>L""</code>.<br />
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== Returns ==<br />
Nothing.<br />
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== Details ==<br />
* '''Only one call per frame is processed.''' The client remembers the frame of the last call; any further call in the same frame is ignored, even if its arguments are wrong. Spread several commands over several frames (for example with an <code>OnUpdate</code> handler).<br />
* If <code>text</code> is empty, nothing happens.<br />
* <code>text</code> is first handled on its own as a chat command. If it is not handled that way, the client builds <code>channel.." "..text</code>, or <code>"/say "..text</code> when <code>channel</code> is empty, and handles that. The built line is limited to 1050 characters.<br />
* The stock UI uses this function both for normal chat (passing the current channel's server command) and for many slash commands with an empty channel.<br />
* The function needs at least two arguments and only reads the last two.<br />
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== Errors ==<br />
None besides the generic ''Invalid Parameters'' message when an argument is not a wide string.<br />
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== Example ==<br />
Sending a slash command, from <code>default/ea_socialwindow/source/socialwindowtaboptions.lua</code>:<br />
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SendChatText( L"/afk "..afkNote, L"" )<br />
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Sending what the player typed to the current channel, from <code>default/ea_chatwindow/source/chatwindow.lua</code>:<br />
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if( chatText ~= L"" )<br />
then<br />
SendChatText( chatText, chatChannel )<br />
end<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[API:GetChatChannelNames|GetChatChannelNames]]<br />
* [[API:ConfirmedTransferGuild|ConfirmedTransferGuild]]</div>Maintenance script