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<blockquote data-quote="Dadeo" data-source="post: 530118" data-attributes="member: 27204">[USER=56421]DieBagger[/USER] -Thanks for doing those.&nbsp; I really could have used them when I started skinning <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I read through them and did not find any mistakes, but I am not a great expert either.What is missing is the usage, links to related xmls and controls, tips and known issues. But that is missing on almost every Wiki page.&nbsp; For example, documentation on videowindow is only helpful if you know what media overlays are, the relationship between music and video overlays, the role of videooverlaytop.xml, the use of allowoverlay and the difference between built in overlays and imported overlays.So I hope to start adding some more general information that then links to the GUI controls pages, to give more of an overview.I also added some basic description of Styles to <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/MediaPortal1_Development/SkinArchitecture#Styles" target="_blank">Skin Architecture</a>[USER=27829]rekenaar[/USER] - maybe there should be a sticky for Skin Wiki Documentation - so there is&nbsp; a central place to keep track of all the changes and additions people are making. Then this post could be moved there?&nbsp; That way NoBugs, and others don't have to go hunting through various threads in different forums?EDIT:&nbsp; Could anyone attempt to document the dialogs?&nbsp; These are hard coded in MP so it is very difficult to know or remember which Dialog xml is used by MP in various windows.&nbsp; There is a page on <a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/MediaPortal1_Development/List_of_Dialogs" target="_blank">Dialogs</a> but it is out of date and does not tell you when MP uses which Dialog.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dadeo, post: 530118, member: 27204"] [USER=56421]DieBagger[/USER] -Thanks for doing those. I really could have used them when I started skinning :) I read through them and did not find any mistakes, but I am not a great expert either. What is missing is the usage, links to related xmls and controls, tips and known issues. But that is missing on almost every Wiki page. For example, documentation on videowindow is only helpful if you know what media overlays are, the relationship between music and video overlays, the role of videooverlaytop.xml, the use of allowoverlay and the difference between built in overlays and imported overlays. So I hope to start adding some more general information that then links to the GUI controls pages, to give more of an overview. I also added some basic description of Styles to [URL="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/MediaPortal1_Development/SkinArchitecture#Styles"]Skin Architecture[/URL] [USER=27829]rekenaar[/USER] - maybe there should be a sticky for Skin Wiki Documentation - so there is a central place to keep track of all the changes and additions people are making. Then this post could be moved there? That way NoBugs, and others don't have to go hunting through various threads in different forums? EDIT: Could anyone attempt to document the dialogs? These are hard coded in MP so it is very difficult to know or remember which Dialog xml is used by MP in various windows. There is a page on [URL="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/MediaPortal1_Development/List_of_Dialogs"]Dialogs[/URL] but it is out of date and does not tell you when MP uses which Dialog. [/QUOTE]

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