C#: Get a list of all channels?

[osiris]

Is there a way of getting all channels from GBPVR.Backend.Common? The only way I've found is to get listings and get the channels from there. But if you want to add a manual recording functionality, you also need to get channels that don't have listings...

[reven]

you could just query the database directly.

[sub]

Check the web admin code. It does it.

[osiris]

you could just query the database directly.

Bad idea, if the database format changes in a future version my code will stop working. The chances of the .NET api sticking is much higher.

Check the web admin code. It does it.

Ok, will do. Do you know where?

[reven]

Bad idea, if the database format changes in a future version my code will stop working. The chances of the .NET api sticking is much higher.

the database might add new attributes but i really doubt sub would remove any so if you just use
string oid = reader["channel_oid"];
that would work fine, just dont specify the column number.

[osiris]

the database might add new attributes but i really doubt sub would remove any so if you just use
string oid = reader["channel_oid"];

The web admin gets the channels by getting program listings, so it doesn't retreive channels that have no listings. So I might have to use the db directly...

Next question: Can you schedule a manual recording using the c# api? Everything the ScheduleHelper does is obfuscated, so as a programmer you're really stuck with the API provided and have little opportunity to extend it...

Is there a wishlist for new functions in the API somewhere?

And - thanks for your help :-)