Menu dialog Plugin (1 Viewer)

[packstlauren]

Hi all,

I'm trying to develop a plugin which it's composed of a single menu dialog with some entries.
I want that this dialog could appear from all screens (ie video and tv fullscreen, music, video, Basic home screen,...)

I want to call this plugin with a key (for exemple Alt+Ctrl M).

Does somebody can tell me how to start a such plugin with a menu dialog. I didn't find anything in the documentation or in the forum.

Thanks in advance,

Pack

 

[packstlauren]

No responses,

Does somebody can tell me if a plugin which use a such menu dialog exist ?

I will try to be inspirated with this one.

 

[pilehave]

Your plugin should be created as a process-plugin and start when MediaPortal starts. Then it should hook the eventlistener and check it an action matches the one you define. Use some parts of the guide here:
MediaPortal1_Development/PluginDevelopersGuide - MediaPortal Manual Documentation
and replace

public class Class1 : GUIWindow, ISetupForm

with

public class Class1 : IPlugin, ISetupForm

and replace

    // Get Windows-ID
    public int GetWindowId()
    {
      // WindowID of windowplugin belonging to this setup
      // enter your own unique code
      return 5678;
    }

with

        // Get Windows-ID
        public int GetWindowId()
        {
            // WindowID of windowplugin belonging to this setup
            // enter your own unique code
            return -1;
        }

That should actually be enough to change a window-plugin to a process-plugin.

Then place the eventlistener

GUIGraphicsContext.OnNewAction += new OnActionHandler(OnAction);

in the

        public void Start()
        {
        }

function. Now you can check keystrokes, buttonpushes etc. in your OnAction function. Like this:

public void OnAction(Action action)
{
if(action.wID == Action.ActionType.ACTION_MOVE_DOWN) //user navigated down (key-down or remote-down or...
{
//do something
}

 

[packstlauren]

Thanks for your Help.

I'm now trying to debug my plugin with Visual Studio C# 2005. But the documentation did not correspond to this EDI.
If somebody can give me some links to help me.

I'm sorry for all those questions, but I a newbe with c# i'm a Java developer and C# environnement is very different...

I've switched to SharpDevelop and the debuger is now functionnal. I continue my investigations.

Pack

 

[2BitSculptor]

I've always wondered why the 'MENU' key on the remote was never used for calling the hidden menu for any particular screen, not just a DVD menu, much better I think than having to move left or right to exit a list or thumbnail facade.

I Hope to see this working....

Chuck

 

[packstlauren]

I'm trying to create a GUIDialogMenu with some default items with no action, one of them shows a second menu. When i click on a default item, the GUIDialogMenu closes and that's ok. But if I click on the item which open another menu, the second menu is shown but i can't closed it, even if i click on one of his items. It reappears systematically.

Here is my sample code used :

GUIDialogMenu DialogResult = (GUIDialogMenu)GUIWindowManager.GetWindow(
(int)GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_DIALOG_MENU);
DialogResult.SetHeading("Mon Menu");
GUIListItem item1 = new GUIListItem();
item1.Label = "Menu 1";
DialogResult.Add(item1);
GUIListItem item2 = new GUIListItem();
item2.Label = "Menu 2";
DialogResult.Add(item2);
DialogResult.DoModal(GUIWindowManager.ActiveWindow);

if (DialogResult.SelectedId == 1)
{
GUIDialogMenu DialogResult2 = (GUIDialogMenu)GUIWindowManager.GetWindow(
(int)GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_DIALOG_MENU);
DialogResult2.SetHeading("Mon Super Menu");
GUIListItem item3 = new GUIListItem();
item3.Label = "Menu 3";
DialogResult2.Add(item3);
GUIListItem item4 = new GUIListItem();
item4.Label = "Menu 4";
DialogResult2.Add(item4);
DialogResult2.DoModal(GUIWindowManager.ActiveWindow);

}

I found myself my problem. It was an error with my action