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<blockquote data-quote="bpell" data-source="post: 644763" data-attributes="member: 106216">I'm new to developing for MediaPortal as of yesterday (Vb.Net) so excuse some of my ignorance of the internals.&nbsp; It looks like first that you're not returning anything from the getSelectedItem and there is no &quot;ByRef&quot; variable.&nbsp; I suspect you want to use a Function to return the selected value.&nbsp; Here's an example from another control, it's an extension method I created, as you can see, it returns a String value (or an Int value) based on the selected item in the dialog that I create.&nbsp; This is a different dialog than you're using, but the principle is the same.[code]Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServicesImports System.Windows.FormsImports MediaPortal.GUI.LibraryImports MediaPortal.Dialogs''' &lt;summary&gt;''' Extension methods for MediaPortal.''' &lt;/summary&gt;''' &lt;remarks&gt;&lt;/remarks&gt;Public Module MediaPortalExtensions&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;summary&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' Shows a context menu with it's items populated from a string array, then returns the selected index in that list.&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;/summary&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;param name=&quot;win&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;param name=&quot;menuItems&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;param name=&quot;header&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;returns&gt;The selected index of the item choosen.&nbsp; If no item is choosen or the dialog window is null a -1 will be returned.&lt;/returns&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;remarks&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' The selected index maybe useful if you need to match that back to a list of objects that contain more information than&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' just a string title.&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;/remarks&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;Extension()&gt; _&nbsp; &nbsp; Public Function ShowContextMenuToInt(ByVal win As GUIWindow, ByVal menuItems() As String, ByVal header As String) As Integer&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim dlgMenu As GUIDialogMenu = GUIWindowManager.GetWindow(GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_DIALOG_MENU)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If dlgMenu IsNot Nothing Then&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dlgMenu.Reset()&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dlgMenu.SetHeading(header)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For Each item As String In menuItems&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dlgMenu.Add(item)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Next&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dlgMenu.DoModal(win.GetID)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Return dlgMenu.SelectedLabel&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Else&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Return -1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; End If&nbsp; &nbsp; End Function&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;summary&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' Shows a context menu with it's items populated from a string array, then returns the selected displayed string.&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;/summary&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;param name=&quot;win&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;param name=&quot;menuItems&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;param name=&quot;header&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;returns&gt;The string value of the item selected, if no item is selected or the dialog window is null a blank string is returned.&lt;/returns&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; ''' &lt;remarks&gt;&lt;/remarks&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;Extension()&gt; _&nbsp; &nbsp; Public Function ShowContextMenuToString(ByVal win As GUIWindow, ByVal menuItems() As String, ByVal header As String) As String&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim dlgMenu As GUIDialogMenu = GUIWindowManager.GetWindow(GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_DIALOG_MENU)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If dlgMenu IsNot Nothing Then&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dlgMenu.Reset()&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dlgMenu.SetHeading(header)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For Each item As String In menuItems&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dlgMenu.Add(item)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Next&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dlgMenu.DoModal(win.GetID)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Return dlgMenu.SelectedLabelText&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Else&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Return &quot;&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; End If&nbsp; &nbsp; End FunctionEnd Module[/code]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bpell, post: 644763, member: 106216"] I'm new to developing for MediaPortal as of yesterday (Vb.Net) so excuse some of my ignorance of the internals. It looks like first that you're not returning anything from the getSelectedItem and there is no "ByRef" variable. I suspect you want to use a Function to return the selected value. Here's an example from another control, it's an extension method I created, as you can see, it returns a String value (or an Int value) based on the selected item in the dialog that I create. This is a different dialog than you're using, but the principle is the same. [code] Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports MediaPortal.GUI.Library Imports MediaPortal.Dialogs ''' <summary> ''' Extension methods for MediaPortal. ''' </summary> ''' <remarks></remarks> Public Module MediaPortalExtensions ''' <summary> ''' Shows a context menu with it's items populated from a string array, then returns the selected index in that list. ''' </summary> ''' <param name="win"></param> ''' <param name="menuItems"></param> ''' <param name="header"></param> ''' <returns>The selected index of the item choosen. If no item is choosen or the dialog window is null a -1 will be returned.</returns> ''' <remarks> ''' The selected index maybe useful if you need to match that back to a list of objects that contain more information than ''' just a string title. ''' </remarks> <Extension()> _ Public Function ShowContextMenuToInt(ByVal win As GUIWindow, ByVal menuItems() As String, ByVal header As String) As Integer Dim dlgMenu As GUIDialogMenu = GUIWindowManager.GetWindow(GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_DIALOG_MENU) If dlgMenu IsNot Nothing Then dlgMenu.Reset() dlgMenu.SetHeading(header) For Each item As String In menuItems dlgMenu.Add(item) Next dlgMenu.DoModal(win.GetID) Return dlgMenu.SelectedLabel Else Return -1 End If End Function ''' <summary> ''' Shows a context menu with it's items populated from a string array, then returns the selected displayed string. ''' </summary> ''' <param name="win"></param> ''' <param name="menuItems"></param> ''' <param name="header"></param> ''' <returns>The string value of the item selected, if no item is selected or the dialog window is null a blank string is returned.</returns> ''' <remarks></remarks> <Extension()> _ Public Function ShowContextMenuToString(ByVal win As GUIWindow, ByVal menuItems() As String, ByVal header As String) As String Dim dlgMenu As GUIDialogMenu = GUIWindowManager.GetWindow(GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_DIALOG_MENU) If dlgMenu IsNot Nothing Then dlgMenu.Reset() dlgMenu.SetHeading(header) For Each item As String In menuItems dlgMenu.Add(item) Next dlgMenu.DoModal(win.GetID) Return dlgMenu.SelectedLabelText Else Return "" End If End Function End Module [/code] [/QUOTE]

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