NON-GUI plugin problem in MediaPortal interface - VB.NET (1 Viewer)

[Anonymous]

Frodo

There is a problem with the implementation of NON-GUI plugins. If you want to write a plug-in using VB.NET (as I was just starting), the "Stop" interface is a bit of a problem ...

Public Sub Stop() Implements Mediaportal.GUI.Library.IPlugin.Stop
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.MsgBox("Ben's plugin stopped.")
End Sub

Stop is a keyword in vb.net and the compiler throws an exception ("Keyword is not valid as an identifier"). Ends up that you can't implement the stop interface, which is required, and therefore can't write a plugin

Can we change it to "Finish" or "Cleanup"? Perhaps even make it optional?

Ben

BTW - you guys do great work.

 

[samuel337]

Try enclosing the Stop word in square brackets, like this [Stop] , whenever you don't want VB.NET to recognise it as a keyword.

So try this:
Public Sub [Stop]() Implements Mediaportal.GUI.Library.IPlugin.Stop
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.MsgBox("Ben's plugin stopped.")
End Sub

HTH

Sam

 

[Anonymous]

Cool - works fine.

I hadn't come across that before.

Thanks.

 

[samuel337]

no problem, mate.

I only discovered that a while ago working on another project...pretty hidden feature I reckon in VB.NET.

Sam