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Hi,
so I made the PluginsTutorial and it works just fine.
But now I want to create a dynamic thumbnailpanel (those of you, who know kaleidescape - that's the direction I'm heading for).
Since I need full control of the thumbs' properties (including position, order, etc.) I guess I cannot use MPs thumbnailpanel/facadeview.
I had moderate success using the GUIImage function, but this only works if there is a [CODE]
<control>
<type>image</type>
<id>whatever</id>
...
</control>
[/CODE]
code in the corresponding XML file - that means a control for every single thumb in the XML-code.
That's not a feasable option and it is not very flexible either.
So here are a few questions:
- can there be instances of one GUIImage, so that I would only need one Image-control (sort of as a reference, where size etc. are stored)?
- how can I create AND display a GUIImage without having an according control in the XML-file?
I tried
[CODE]
GUIImage testImage = new GUIImage(GetID,20,500,200,50,75,"texture path",0);
[/CODE]
But to no avail. I don't get error messages, but the image simply will not be displayed.

Those are probably quite basic questions, but as a beginner, I need some place to start ;-)

Thank you for your help
André

<blockquote data-quote="eightyf" data-source="post: 163453" data-attributes="member: 50694">Hi,so I made the PluginsTutorial and it works just fine.But now I want to create a dynamic thumbnailpanel (those of you, who know <a href="http://kaleidescape.com/experience/" target="_blank">kaleidescape </a>- that's the direction I'm heading for).Since I need full control of&nbsp; the thumbs' properties (including position, order, etc.) I guess I cannot use MPs thumbnailpanel/facadeview.I had moderate success using the GUIImage function, but this only works if there is a [CODE]&lt;control&gt;&lt;type&gt;image&lt;/type&gt;&lt;id&gt;whatever&lt;/id&gt;...&lt;/control&gt;[/CODE]code in the corresponding XML file - that means a control for every single thumb in the XML-code.That's not a feasable option and it is not very flexible either.So here are a few questions:- can there be instances of one GUIImage, so that I would only need one Image-control (sort of as a reference, where size etc. are stored)?- how can I create AND display a GUIImage without having an according control in the XML-file?I tried[CODE]GUIImage testImage = new GUIImage(GetID,20,500,200,50,75,&quot;texture path&quot;,0);[/CODE]But to no avail. I don't get error messages, but the image simply will not be displayed.Those are probably quite basic questions, but as a beginner, I need some place to start ;-)Thank you for your helpAndré</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eightyf, post: 163453, member: 50694"] Hi, so I made the PluginsTutorial and it works just fine. But now I want to create a dynamic thumbnailpanel (those of you, who know [URL="http://kaleidescape.com/experience/"]kaleidescape [/URL]- that's the direction I'm heading for). Since I need full control of the thumbs' properties (including position, order, etc.) I guess I cannot use MPs thumbnailpanel/facadeview. I had moderate success using the GUIImage function, but this only works if there is a [CODE] <control> <type>image</type> <id>whatever</id> ... </control> [/CODE] code in the corresponding XML file - that means a control for every single thumb in the XML-code. That's not a feasable option and it is not very flexible either. So here are a few questions: - can there be instances of one GUIImage, so that I would only need one Image-control (sort of as a reference, where size etc. are stored)? - how can I create AND display a GUIImage without having an according control in the XML-file? I tried [CODE] GUIImage testImage = new GUIImage(GetID,20,500,200,50,75,"texture path",0); [/CODE] But to no avail. I don't get error messages, but the image simply will not be displayed. Those are probably quite basic questions, but as a beginner, I need some place to start ;-) Thank you for your help André [/QUOTE]