Plugin Newbie - Simply Trying to Replicate the First Example Error (1 Viewer)

[ZippyRainbow]

Hi All,

I am new at creating Plugins, and I have tried replicating the steps from the How to write a plugin for MediaPortal in Visual Basic (.Net) page.. But I just must be missing something. Is there another step I have missed?

I have just installed MediaPortal onto my Work Machine, I have just logged in once to check if it is working, which it is.

The Errors I get are all similar to the following...
Class 'Class1' must implement 'Function Author() As String' for interface 'MediaPortal.GUI.Library.ISetupForm'. C:\Dev\MPPlugin\MPInsertDVD\MPInsertDVD\Class1.vb

Is there something extra I need to do which I have not included. I could copy the code down here, but it is the same as what is on the sample page.

If anyone has some extra info that would be good.

Regards,
Paul

 

[jameson_uk]

The error suggests you have not copied the full code.

It is saying that

Public Function Author() As String
  Return "YourNameHere"
End Function

has not been implemented in class1

 

[pilehave]

Is there a reason to why you chose Visual Basic and not C#?

Most plugins are in C#. So unless you have a preference for Visual Basic, you should probably go for C#...makes it a lot easier to use existing code or duplicate features implemented in other plugins

 

[ZippyRainbow]

Thanks Jameson_Uk, But I am pretty sure I have... I will copy and paste my code directly here.. Maybe I have mistyped something, but I checked it a couple of times.

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports MediaPortal.GUI.Library
Imports MediaPortal.Dialogs

Namespace MPInsertDVD
    Public Class Class1
        Inherits GUIWindow
        Implements ISetupForm



        Public Sub New()
        End Sub

        ' With GetID it will be an window-plugin / otherwise a process-plugin
        ' Enter the id number here again
        Public Overrides Property GetID() As Integer
            Get
                Return 551
            End Get
            Set(ByVal value As Integer)
            End Set
        End Property
        ' Returns the name of the plugin which is shown in the plugin menu
        Public Function PluginName() As String
            Return "MP DVD Insert"
        End Function
        ' Returns the description of the plugin is shown in the plugin menu
        Public Function Description() As String
            Return "Media Portal - DVD Insert - Create Default Video File for DVD/BluRay Collection"
        End Function
        ' Returns the author of the plugin which is shown in the plugin menu
        Public Function Author() As String
            Return "Paul Rainbow"
        End Function

        ' show the setup dialog
        Public Sub ShowPlugin()
            MessageBox.Show("Nothing to configure, this is just an example")
        End Sub

        ' Indicates whether plugin can be enabled/disabled
        Public Function CanEnable() As Boolean
            Return True
        End Function

        ' Get Windows-ID
        Public Function GetWindowId() As Integer
            ' WindowID of windowplugin belonging to this setup
            ' enter your own unique code
            Return 551
        End Function

        ' Indicates if plugin is enabled by default;
        Public Function DefaultEnabled() As Boolean
            Return True
        End Function

        ' indicates if a plugin has it's own setup screen
        Public Function HasSetup() As Boolean
            Return True
        End Function



        ''' <summary>
        ''' If the plugin should have it's own button on the main menu of MediaPortal then it
        ''' should return true to this method, otherwise if it should not be on home
        ''' it should return false
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <param name="strButtonText">text the button should have</param>
        ''' <param name="strButtonImage">image for the button, or empty for default</param>
        ''' <param name="strButtonImageFocus">image for the button, or empty for default</param>
        ''' <param name="strPictureImage">subpicture for the button or empty for none</param>
        ''' <returns>true : plugin needs it's own button on home
        ''' false : plugin does not need it's own button on home</returns>

        Public Function GetHome(ByRef strButtonText As String, _
        ByRef strButtonImage As String, _
        ByRef strButtonImageFocus As String, _
        ByRef strPictureImage As String) As Boolean
            strButtonText = String.Empty
            strButtonImage = String.Empty
            strButtonImageFocus = String.Empty
            strPictureImage = String.Empty
            Return False
        End Function

    End Class
End Namespace

The other main thing I could see by the References... but they look fine to me.

Is there a reason to why you chose Visual Basic and not C#?

Pilehave, I am just used to VB as it is the mainformat I have learnt.. I guess I just find it easier to ready/understand.

 

[charli181]

Not sure if you resolved this yet, but the answer I found was to do add the implements to the end.

Public Function Author() As String Implements ISetupForm.Author
Return "Charli181"
End Function

 

[ZippyRainbow]

No I hadn't resolved it. I will try your suggestion soon Charli

Yes Charli, that was the fix.. I just needed to add " Implements ISetupForm.XYZ" to the end of each Function in the list. Maybe I don't understand VB.Net too much, but I am not sure why that isn't in the sample code.

Now to actual test/change this function... might need to clone myself to find the time.