Basic plugin question - how to display a list? (1 Viewer)

[hagur]

Hi,

I'm experimenting with plugin development. I have gone through the plugin development guide and now I have two questions.

- How do I add a list control to my plugin? I want to display a list of arbitrary items. I did try to copy a definition of a list from the resources.xml file into my skin file but I cannot get the list to show up.

- How can I read/write settings for my plugin? Does MP provide this feature or should I just write my own using app.config files etc. ?

Thanks in advance!

 

[arion_p]

- How do I add a list control to my plugin? I want to display a list of arbitrary items. I did try to copy a definition of a list from the resources.xml file into my skin file but I cannot get the list to show up.

Take a look at one of MP's own plugins (e.g. My Videos).

- How can I read/write settings for my plugin? Does MP provide this feature or should I just write my own using app.config files etc. ?

There is an MPSettings class for that purpose. It saves settings in MediaPortal.xml. Again have a look at any plugin (usually the Init code) or the Config sections in MP Configuration project