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<blockquote data-quote="J-B-N" data-source="post: 1052689" data-attributes="member: 17587">Hi, I had a few moments over so I decided to write a small plugin for Mediaportal 1, mostly for fun and keeping my coding skills fresh. I am no longer an active programmer and have never professionally coded in C#. Using the template plugin from the Wiki made the start really simple!Anyhow, I decided to write a plugin that download Bings daily image. I also noticed there is one for Mediaportal 2. The idea is simple – I want a new background image every day.I now have a few questions:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I opted for a solution that downloads the Bing image to a theme directory in the Titan skin folder. Is there a smarter way? 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The most important issue is that I want to be able to refresh the background image from a background/separate thread. I simply start a background worker in the plugin Init and download a fresh image if needed. When the download has completed I want to refresh the background – how do I do that? I found code on how to do a skin refresh from the GUI (for the manual download). 
</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Lastly, is the recommended way to run code periodically to start a new thread and have it called after a while? I am thinking about checking for a new image every 3 hours or something.</li>
</ol>Any help is appreciated!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="J-B-N, post: 1052689, member: 17587"] Hi, I had a few moments over so I decided to write a small plugin for Mediaportal 1, mostly for fun and keeping my coding skills fresh. I am no longer an active programmer and have never professionally coded in C#. Using the template plugin from the Wiki made the start really simple! Anyhow, I decided to write a plugin that download Bings daily image. I also noticed there is one for Mediaportal 2. The idea is simple – I want a new background image every day. I now have a few questions: [LIST=1] [*]I opted for a solution that downloads the Bing image to a theme directory in the Titan skin folder. Is there a smarter way? [*]The most important issue is that I want to be able to refresh the background image from a background/separate thread. I simply start a background worker in the plugin Init and download a fresh image if needed. When the download has completed I want to refresh the background – how do I do that? I found code on how to do a skin refresh from the GUI (for the manual download). [*]Lastly, is the recommended way to run code periodically to start a new thread and have it called after a while? I am thinking about checking for a new image every 3 hours or something. [/LIST] Any help is appreciated! [/QUOTE]

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