MyFootball - layout help

[no1spirite]

Hi All,

I've started writing a MyFootball plugin which will eventually show results, fixtures, tables, etc for all the major leagues. Heres my first attempt (only results for english leagues at the moment) but I'm having problems displaying the layouts for the scores.

Ideally I would want team1 in one column (right aligned), the score in another column (center aligned) and team2 in another column (left aligned). At the moment I'm storing the whole string in a textbox with "\n" and "\t" doing the formatting. Adding three seperate text boxes side by side results in having three seperate spincontrols.

Anyone got any ideas?

Cheers,

no1spirite

[no1spirite]

Just an after thought. Can this be done using a gridcontrol? Theres not much documentation on this control so can someone point me in the way of an example.

Cheers,

no1spirite

[no1spirite]

Still nothings guys?!

I've tried creating a group with gridlayout

<control>
<type>group</type>
<layout>GridLayout(3, 0)</layout>
<posX>255</posX>
<posY>170</posY>
<id>16</id>
.....
.....

The idea was to dynamically create labels for each data element and then display these within the group. The code I have so far for this is....

[SkinControlAttribute(16)] protected GUIGroup newGroup = null;
.....
.....

GUILabelControl newLabel = new GUILabelControl(GetID, ......);
newGroup.Children.Add(newLabel);

...but it aint working. What am I missing to dynamically create and display controls?

Thanks in advance



[EDIT]

I go it. I wasn't including the Control.Visible method

[/EDIT]

[no1spirite]

For anyone who is interested on the progress of this plugin I've also added the league table listings and results for the following leagues.

English Premier League
English Champions League
English League One
English League Two
Spanish La Liga
German Bundesliga
Italian Serie A
Dutch Eredivisie
Portuguese Liga
French Ligue 1

I've also included the results for the Champions League and Uefa Cup but no leagues as yet,

Next steps:
1) Add fixture listings
2) Add more leagues (Austrian, Belgium, Scottish, Norway, etc)
3) Add scorers, bookings and sending offs to the results
4) Add internationals

Let me know if anyone has got any ideas for other things to add.

I know it's not pretty (especially in widescreen) but I'll concentrate on the cosmetics once I have the functionality.

Also, I'm still struggling with the layout. Each element (team, score, games played, points, etc) is displayed in its own individual label that's created on the fly. This cause a problem with not being able to scroll down the page if elements go beyond the bottom of the screen (see the UEFA cup results as an example). Anyone got any ideas of pure genius on how I can layout the elements?

I'll keep you posted.

P.S I wish someone would say something. It's getting lonely in this thread all alone

[Psycho Reptile]

Something . Developing and maintaining plugins / skins for MP can be lonely sometimes. Keep up the good work. If only it was rugby and not football, come on South Africa RWC2007!!!

[Vattenmelon]

I tried it with latest svn and blue two wide and replicant. Crashed mediaportal both times after choosing the plugin in the menu.

[no1spirite]

Is anyone else having the same probs as Vattenmelon?

In the meantime, I have added the rugby results just for you Psycho. Good exercise to see how easy it is to port across to other sports. Maybe I should call it 'MySportsScores' or something.

Anyways, you boys have an easy route to the finals. Fiji then Scotland or Argentina. Come on, how easy do you need it.

C'mon England (although we aint got a chance).

[rolls1400]

HAHA!! That really sucks, I got really excited when I saw "football" from an american point of view.....oh well. good luck to you!

[Vattenmelon]

After some more tries, I found out that the problem occurs when I press the up or down arrow on the remote. If I use the mouse to select the buttons, It works.

[Psycho Reptile]

Originally Posted by no1spirite

I have added the rugby results just for you Psycho.
.....
Anyways, you boys have an easy route to the finals. Fiji then Scotland or Argentina. Come on, how easy do you need it.

C'mon England (although we aint got a chance).

Thanks for adding the rugby results sprite , although I haven't had a chance to try your plugin yet .

So much for the easy route to the filal, well tried Fiji!!!