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<blockquote data-quote="Dadeo" data-source="post: 631601" data-attributes="member: 27204"><p><strong>Re: Plugin for MpeInstaller</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi Dukus:</p><p></p><p>I hope you know how much I LOVE the new MPEInstaller and this plugin. One big confusion I had was the the xml was called myextensions2.xml AND in MediaPortal.xml there is a section <section name="myextensions2"> but the plugin is MPEI.dll and you need a hover_MPEI.png . It took me a bit to figure that out! I'm slow!</p><p> </p><p>I have a few questions/suggestions:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Hidden Menu</strong> Even in your Blue3/wide skin files I have trouble with the hidden menu. It keeps closing and going back to the list so I can't navigate in it. This seems to happen only when I first open the window so I expect it is while it is updating. After a while, I can keep the menu open and navigate it correctly.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Selectedthumb</strong> - We really need to get all plugins to provide usable icons so the icons view is functional. Is there any way to display the #selectedthumb? It should work since they appear in the list and icons view, but it didn't work for me. I do think plugins should use generic icons, not MePo ones that only work with Blue3 (i.e for MPEI and Youtube.fm)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Blue3/wide Skin Files</strong> - Did you update the Blue3/wide skin files with the new changes yet? (doesn't look like it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />) I was looking how to add the new changes to aMPed. I tried to follow your new skinners documentation, and it looks very interesting, but I don't really understand how or when to use the MPEI.<ID> I tried entering the button example from the Wiki, but it produces a parsing error message in the xml on <Extension ID>. How do I get it to pick up the extension id of the related extension?</li> </ol><p>My personal preference is to add functional options to a context menu rather than buttons for each function. Buttons should imo be for GUI options like Views, Sort, Layouts, show changelog etc. For functions a context menu with Update, Update all, restart MP makes more sense to me.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: OK re-reading your post above, I think you meant I can add a button to update MY Extension for aMPed anywhere in the skin, by using the specific extension ID I have used for aMPed. Theoretically, I could add such a button for each plugin, but I don't know if their extension IDs will change. Are they constant?</p><p></p><p>For example, for Chefkochs new Alarm Plugin, I could add an update button in the myalarm.xml and users could update the Alarm plugin there, from within GUI? Did I understand correctly?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dadeo, post: 631601, member: 27204"] [b]Re: Plugin for MpeInstaller[/b] Hi Dukus: I hope you know how much I LOVE the new MPEInstaller and this plugin. One big confusion I had was the the xml was called myextensions2.xml AND in MediaPortal.xml there is a section <section name="myextensions2"> but the plugin is MPEI.dll and you need a hover_MPEI.png . It took me a bit to figure that out! I'm slow! I have a few questions/suggestions: [LIST=1] [*][B]Hidden Menu[/B] Even in your Blue3/wide skin files I have trouble with the hidden menu. It keeps closing and going back to the list so I can't navigate in it. This seems to happen only when I first open the window so I expect it is while it is updating. After a while, I can keep the menu open and navigate it correctly. [*][B]Selectedthumb[/B] - We really need to get all plugins to provide usable icons so the icons view is functional. Is there any way to display the #selectedthumb? It should work since they appear in the list and icons view, but it didn't work for me. I do think plugins should use generic icons, not MePo ones that only work with Blue3 (i.e for MPEI and Youtube.fm) [*][B]Blue3/wide Skin Files[/B] - Did you update the Blue3/wide skin files with the new changes yet? (doesn't look like it :P) I was looking how to add the new changes to aMPed. I tried to follow your new skinners documentation, and it looks very interesting, but I don't really understand how or when to use the MPEI.<ID> I tried entering the button example from the Wiki, but it produces a parsing error message in the xml on <Extension ID>. How do I get it to pick up the extension id of the related extension? [/LIST] My personal preference is to add functional options to a context menu rather than buttons for each function. Buttons should imo be for GUI options like Views, Sort, Layouts, show changelog etc. For functions a context menu with Update, Update all, restart MP makes more sense to me. EDIT: OK re-reading your post above, I think you meant I can add a button to update MY Extension for aMPed anywhere in the skin, by using the specific extension ID I have used for aMPed. Theoretically, I could add such a button for each plugin, but I don't know if their extension IDs will change. Are they constant? For example, for Chefkochs new Alarm Plugin, I could add an update button in the myalarm.xml and users could update the Alarm plugin there, from within GUI? Did I understand correctly? [/QUOTE]
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