interface for NON-GUI plugins

[frodo]

Hi,

On request i created a (simple) interface for non-gui plugins
its located in guilib/iplugin.cs and has the following interface

namespace MediaPortal.GUI.Library
{
	public interface IPlugin
	{
             void Start();
             void Stop();
	}
}

When Mediaportal i starting it will look in the folder plugins/proces for dll's implementing this interface. When it finds them the plugin will be loaded and the Start() method will be called
When Mediaportal is stopping the Stop() method will be called

Furthermore the plugin can/may implement the ISetupForm interface
to appear in the setup so users can enable/disable the plugin

Frodo

[jadz]

Frodo,

As far as I can tell, Media Portal is not looking in the plugins/process folder for plugins that have the ISetupForm interface, only the IPlugin interface.

What this means is that if you install a plugin that has the ISetupForm interface in the plugin/process folder, it will not show up in the list of plugins to configure.

The current work around for this in 0.0.0.9 is to install the plugin to both the plugins/process and the plugins/windows folder.

The actual plugin is run from the plugin/process folder, but to get it to show up in the configuration window (and get to the plugins setup screens) you have to have a copy in the plugins/windows folder too.

I have tested this to be the case with 0.0.0.9 and my WinLIRC Plugin (BETA TESTING).

[frodo]

right,
i will have to modify the configuration.exe a bit
so your plugin shows up
frodo

[STSC]

Will this also work when I put it into the folder plugins/windows?

I need a combined process/windows plugin.
It seems that I have to put the non-gui plugin into the process folder and the gui plugin into the windows folder. The thing is that I actually want to use only one assembly.