How to Debug Addon Problems

Generating WoW-Pro Debug Logs

• 1. Open the WoW-Pro Control Panel
  2. Click on “Show the log”
  3. A window will open up after a delay.

Opening the WoW-Pro Control Panel

Two ways to do this:

1. 1. 1. Right Click on the Wow-Pro window, select “About” under “WoW-Pro Guides”
      2. Hit , Select “Interface”, Then “Addons”, then “WoW-Pro”

Generating WoW-Pro Debug Logs

1. Open the WoW-Pro Control Panel
2. Click on “Show the log”
3. A window will open up after a delay. You can -C and the paste the text in your email or chat client.

You can improve the quality of the log by checking “Enable Debug” before you make the bad thing happen.
You can trim the log by clicking “Clear the log” before making the bad thing happen.

Guide State: Why is it showing me this step?

1. Right Click on the Wow-Pro window, select “Current Guide” under “WoW-Pro Guides”
2. Hit , Select “Interface”, Then “Addons”, then under “WoW-Pro”, select “Current Guide”

The window will display the current guide. The scroll bar lets you get the line of the guide of interest into view.
Putting the mouse over the step icon (The !, ?, gear, bubble, or other Icon) will display why the step was active,
not active or skipped.
You can then report “It said that ‘Step 2/QID 123: NextStep() Step Active’ but the quest does not show on the screen.” or something to that effect.