SubMenu - A main menu replacement supporting sub menus

[ydekmekji]

not working with the latest update

[imilne]

Still seems to be ok for me after trying it again. Have you been into its Setting screen to enable it, in case it's the first time you've run it since sub changed the way NPVR looks for third-party menus?

Iain

[ydekmekji]

It doesn't even show in the settings screen... i have the latest npvr and the latest submenu

[ydekmekji]

ok... fixed it... i deleted the section in config.xml and i realized that i had copied the files to the wrong plugin directory. all good

[imilne]

Glad you got it sorted.

Iain

[Wakalaka]

I just installed npvr 2.1.5 and can't activate Submenu; npvr.log has this error message:

2011-08-14 22:12:22.718 [DEBUG][1] SubMenu: System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError()
at System.IO.File.Move(String sourceFileName, String destFileName)
at SubMenu.Settings.SettingsPanel.bEnable_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in E:\Documents\Documents\Programming\NPVR\SubMenu\src\settings\SettingsPanel.cs:line 79
2011-08-14 22:12:22.718 [DEBUG][1] SubMenu: System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError()
at System.IO.File.Move(String sourceFileName, String destFileName)
at SubMenu.Settings.SettingsPanel.bEnable_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in E:\Documents\Documents\Programming\NPVR\SubMenu\src\settings\SettingsPanel.cs:line 83

[imilne]

All the activation is trying to do is rename the following files:

Code:

C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Skin\Default\Menu\Horizontal.xml   ->   Horizontal.submenu
C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Skin\Default\Menu\Vertical.xml     ->   Vertical.submenu

Try doing this manually and see if it says it's activated? Remember to adjust the paths if you're not using the default skin.

As to why it wasn't working, I'm not sure to be honest. Perhaps something kept a lock on one of the files and stopped it from being renamed.

Iain

[Wakalaka]

I tried what you suggested and it did not fix the problem. I tried reinstalling the plugin and it did not fix the problem. A suggestion: can you put more explicit debugging information in the plugin? "SubMenu: System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a file when that file already exists." doesn't provide data that the user can self-diagnose.

[imilne]

I tried what you suggested and it did not fix the problem. I tried reinstalling the plugin and it did not fix the problem. A suggestion: can you put more explicit debugging information in the plugin? "SubMenu: System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a file when that file already exists." doesn't provide data that the user can self-diagnose.

I'm not sure what else it could log though. That message comes from .NET in response to me asking it to rename (in this case) Horizontal.xml to Horizontal.submenu. It suggests to me that the Horizontal.submenu file already exists, therefore it can't do the rename.

However, I have to apologise for forgetting another step of the process in my earlier message. In addition to renaming the two files, the plugin also has to add <MenuType>SubMenu</MenuType> to Skin\Default\Global.xml - give that a try too and see if it says it's activated.

It would also help to know what skin you're using, and what files are listed in Skin\Default\Menu.

Iain

[Wakalaka]

The problem was that Skin\Default\Menu\Horizontal.submenu and Vertical.submenu existed. When I deleted the files, I was able to activate SubMenu via the nPVR Settings dialog.

For debug output, you could write "about to rename file1 to file2" so that debug output has a log of the actions you are requesting .NET to take.