Basic startup help

[fluffykeith]

Hi

I want to start playing with creating plugins.

I read a while ago that there were a number of methods that PVRX2 expects to exist and will call at particular times. But I can't find where I read it. Can someone point me in the right direction please. A complete list of methods and their purpose would be great.

Aso, is there an overview of the messaging that is used. For example, if my plugin wants to be informed of say a music title or a button press on another screen. What is the mechanism for achieving this?

cheers

Keith

[psycik]

I think there is a sticky post in the developers section.

For music notifications you want to implement the IEventNotification interface.

[JavaWiz]

This wiki entry gives you a little info on methods, but it is a little out of date for 1.0.x.

This thread started the discussions around programming in 1.0.x

I've also started an alternate approach, see attached zip. There may be some stuff slightly out-of-date.

The key is to create a DLL that implements IMenuTask and IUiTask interfaces. The 1.0.x thread includes some sample source to get you started.

[fluffykeith]

Thanks

The link to the IMenuTask is useful, - the one for IuiTask is a bit sparse!

I'm finding it hard to seperate the extra bits that various people have done. For example, you have the wiz tools, then I see some widget library and the base stuff of PVRX2 itself.

I want to start with just the base stuff and then later if need be add in any additional things that help me.

cheers

Keith

[McBainUK]

Sub's Hello plugin, using the BaseButtonListUiTask base class might be a good place to start. It's where I started when GB-PVR moved to v1.x and the new plugin interface.

http://forums.gbpvr.com/attachment.php?a...1186205633