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=Window}}
Recalculates the position of a window and all of its descendants from their anchors right away.

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WindowForceProcessAnchors(windowName)
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== Arguments ==
;windowName : <code>string</code> – Name of the window.

== Returns ==
Nothing.

== Details ==
* The client processes the anchors of the window first and then those of every child window, recursively.
* Anchors set the position, and with two corner anchors also the size. See [[API:WindowAddAnchor|WindowAddAnchor]] for how one, two and more anchors are handled.
* Use it when you need correct positions or sizes (for example from [[API:WindowGetScreenPosition|WindowGetScreenPosition]]) right after changing anchors or sizes.

== Errors ==
* <code>Error in function call 'WindowForceProcessAnchors': Window %s does not exist</code>
* <code>Error in function call 'WindowForceProcessAnchors': Window %s is currently locked and may not be modified from lua. ...</code><br/>This check never triggers in the current client. See [[API:WindowSetShowing|WindowSetShowing]].

== Example ==
From <code>ea_helptips/source/helptips.lua</code>:
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WindowForceProcessAnchors("EA_HelpTipsContainerWindow")
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== See also ==
* [[API:WindowAddAnchor|WindowAddAnchor]]
* [[API:WindowClearAnchors|WindowClearAnchors]]

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