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<blockquote data-quote="samuel337" data-source="post: 99531" data-attributes="member: 10347">1. Yes its possible. I don't believe there's a common way to grab data from the web, so just use the in-built .NET WebRequest and WebService methods. For website scraping, James has written some code that you can reuse. See <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=12576&amp;highlight=webepg+web" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=12576&amp;highlight=webepg+web</a>2. Download the MP code, and check out the Databases project.3. Try see if the weather plugin writes the data to the PropertyManager class. Plugins should do this, but they don't all comply. Otherwise you can get the weather settings from the MediaPortal.xml file using the MP config methods.4. not sure.5. I suggest you implement the ISetupForm interface in C# and write it in that. That way it appears in the MP Configuration dialog. If you can write the plugin in C#, you can write the setup form in C#.6. I'd be interested in how you allow the user to layout the gadgets on the screen...Sam</blockquote>

[QUOTE="samuel337, post: 99531, member: 10347"] 1. Yes its possible. I don't believe there's a common way to grab data from the web, so just use the in-built .NET WebRequest and WebService methods. For website scraping, James has written some code that you can reuse. See [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=12576&highlight=webepg+web[/url] 2. Download the MP code, and check out the Databases project. 3. Try see if the weather plugin writes the data to the PropertyManager class. Plugins should do this, but they don't all comply. Otherwise you can get the weather settings from the MediaPortal.xml file using the MP config methods. 4. not sure. 5. I suggest you implement the ISetupForm interface in C# and write it in that. That way it appears in the MP Configuration dialog. If you can write the plugin in C#, you can write the setup form in C#. 6. I'd be interested in how you allow the user to layout the gadgets on the screen... Sam [/QUOTE]

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