external program support in the home menu

scifigeek · 2007-03-24, 07:47

now i use a hack that allows me to use external programs in the home menu. until' a year or so from now when everything is mature and has the best of everything, it's nice to currently use external programs fro the main menu of mp. the hack will likely be broken with the next major update. please add this feature! this is the one thing that made meedio great....
thank you,
scifigeek

The_Stig · 2007-03-24, 09:01

Hey scifigeek,

afaik Bavarian is working on the Home-Plugin. Since he has much to do, it could take a while. So please be patient!

Regards

overfiendau · 2007-03-29, 08:38

could you please explain the hack you used? I need to add a menu item in 0.2.2

scifigeek · 2007-03-29, 14:52

here it is... it's a plug-in, but more or less it's really a hack.
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/file...MultiShortcut/ the page also has instructions, if you have problems, there is also a thread in this forum, just search for the plug0-in title.
scifigeek

stormbringer · 2007-04-06, 14:15

I know this ,too. THE ONLY thing that´s anoying is that it couldn´t implemented in the basic home screen - because of the dyn.ID - or am I wrong?

2007-03-24, 07:47	#1 (permalink)
scifigeek Portal User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	external program support in the home menu now i use a hack that allows me to use external programs in the home menu. until' a year or so from now when everything is mature and has the best of everything, it's nice to currently use external programs fro the main menu of mp. the hack will likely be broken with the next major update. please add this feature! this is the one thing that made meedio great.... thank you, scifigeek

2007-03-24, 09:01	#2 (permalink)
The_Stig Portal Tester Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 722 Thanks: 19 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts My System	Hey scifigeek, afaik Bavarian is working on the Home-Plugin. Since he has much to do, it could take a while. So please be patient! Regards __________________ Some say he works as a tester for Team Mediaportal and some say that he smells bugs, even before they are written into the Code. All we know is, he's called The Stig.

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overfiendau Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	could you please explain the hack you used? I need to add a menu item in 0.2.2

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2007-04-06, 14:15	#5 (permalink)
stormbringer Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 255 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I know this ,too. THE ONLY thing that´s anoying is that it couldn´t implemented in the basic home screen - because of the dyn.ID - or am I wrong?