VB .Net Plugin Development, XML Settings file (1 Viewer)

[kyleh0000]

Hi All,

Im looking for a bit of help in developing my plugin, im trying to work out how to implement the XML settings reader (at least i think thats what im after)

I was reading about this in the developers guide...

Tips and Tricks

// Read configuration settings
using (Settings reader = new Settings(Config.GetFile(Config.Dir.Config, "mediaportal.xml")))
{
setting = reader.GetValue("section_name", "setting_name");
}

I asume what this does it read the xml config files from and returns the value.

now i realise the above is not vb .net so i converted it and got this..

Using reader As New Settings(Config.GetFile(Config.Dir.Config, "mediaportal.xml"))
setting = reader.GetValue("section_name", "setting_name")
End Using


however Visual Studio tells me that Settings is not defined I asume this is because I do not have imported the correct references, however i have spent half a day trying to work out what is missing but so far have gotten no where

I have added core.dll, dialoags.dll and utils.dll as it mentions in the doco, below are my import statements however i have tried every combination of them i can think of so im a bit stumped

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System
Imports MediaPortal.GUI.Library
Imports MediaPortal.Dialogs
Imports MediaPortal.Configuration
Imports MediaPortal.Utils.Web
Imports MediaPortal.Services

Any help would be fantastic!

 

[cheezey]

Here's the VB code for a process plugin I have.

Lines 110 & 111 reads a MediaPortal setting.

 

[Jay_UK]

Hi there,

There are many different ways to read XML documents - all depends on what you are trying to read from them.

Did a quick google and found this:

Using Returned XML with VB.NET - Yahoo! Developer Network

Cheers,

J.

 

[arion_p]

using (Settings reader = new Settings(Config.GetFile(Config.Dir.Config, "mediaportal.xml")))

This syntax is outdated, use the following instead:

  using (Settings reader = new MPSettings())

You also need to reference Utils.dll and import the MediaPortal.Profile namespace:

   Imports MediaPortal.Profile