Panel/Screen Saver - remove from menu/config list

[psycik]

I think something recent. I have a plugin that doubles as a screen saver and a panel. Recently it has been showing up in the config app and main menu.

Screen savers as I understood it were just like normal plugins (i.e implement IMenuTask)

Well if they Implement IMenuTask, how do I make it not show up in the config app under plugins, and also not show up in the main menu.

[sub]

Sorry, I dont think there is any way you can stop them appearing in those other locations. I only used IMenuTask objects for screensavers because it was convenient for me. I wasnt really thinking so much about user supply plugin screensavers.

I'll try to add some improvements in this area in future.

[Jeff]

To have it not show up in only show up in the config menu, return a different string from getName in config vs running. For example, here is what the VA Panel does.

Code:

        public string getName()
        {
            // Only show this in the config app
            if (PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper() == null)
                return "Video Archive Panel";
            else
                return "VAPanelScreenSaver";
        }

Jeff

[sub]

Yep, that'll do it. Good work around.

[psycik]

Cheers i thought I'd played with similar, but I would have tried not returning anything...