GBPVRLibrary - Open Source Components

[Fatman_do]

ok ive committed some code to the google code project, its just a basic skeleton atm, but ill be adding controls as i go (scrolling text area is on the top of the list).

I have the following controls:

UI Oriented:
WizUiTextBox (scrollling)

I smell collaboration...

[reven]

i got the basic code for the scrolling textbox working,
1. draw a image using gdi
2. create a (opposite to UiStatic, GuiTexture? i forget the name)
3. then scroll using textureTopLeft/Right textureBottomLeft/Right

so should be fast enough with no overhead (only drawing the gdi image once). i had a old textarea from 2005 that worked by redrawing the image each time it scrolled, but now we have textures, its a lot easier (well quicker).

i want to get the GuiElement base class down (all the gui elements will extend that class), so ill get a few controls working and see how it goes.

as to the BSD license, i wanted people to be able to use the code and contribute without them having to open up their code if they didnt want to.

im thinking about adding a plugins directory to the svn and having some community plugins. i may do "Videos" (ive dropped the "my" from "my videos") and making that open source.

[reven]

for the imdb scrappers, ive got a lot of experience with these and xmltvnz, im going to port a base dynamic library and have all the available information sites configured in a xml file.

so we have a base class (that shouldnt really need to change that much) and just add/update sources from a xml file that will get downloading automatically when a source changes.
ill be adding imdb and thetvdb pretty shortly.

[reven]

oh, anyone who wants access to commit code just PM me your email address for google and ill add you.

[Fatman_do]

The plugin name "Vidoes" shows up for users of the plugin <Video Archive>, so that may be a point of concern with support and clashing names. It is an "old UI" plugin that hasn't been updated in a while, so just throwing that out there. You also had a loyal following from "back in the day" with the My Series so...food for thought.

[reven]

The plugin name "Vidoes" shows up for users of the plugin <Video Archive>, so that may be a point of concern with support and clashing names. It is an "old UI" plugin that hasn't been updated in a while, so just throwing that out there. You also had a loyal following from "back in the day" with the My Series so...food for thought.

yeah i figure anyone only really wants one video plugin, so meh.

also the "my" thing has been dropped and is out dated, vista no longer does it, im pretty sure xbmc has dropped it.

[reven]

committed code for the scrolling textarea (just called "TextArea"). atm there is a skin file for the community3 skin. it has a scroll bar which has 3 images, 1 for the top, 1 for bottom and one for middle (which gets stretched), these images need to be updated (i just had them lying around so used them).

attached is a screenshot of it in action

oh and ill probably tweak it later, add some animations when it scrolls (it just jumps atm). and there may be an issue with disposing of the old texture when the text changes (not sure what the best way to do this in pvrx2 to is, but the GC may take care of it...)

[whurlston]

oh, anyone who wants access to commit code just PM me your email address for google and ill add you.

I'll get set up on google in the next day or two and send you the pm. I have permission to use the BDInfo code as I see fit but I will double check with the developer before committing it to a GPL licensed project. Also have the Netflix stuff I'd like to work on committing to it.

[reven]

I'll get set up on google in the next day or two and send you the pm. I have permission to use the BDInfo code as I see fit but I will double check with the developer before committing it to a GPL licensed project. Also have the Netflix stuff I'd like to work on committing to it.

BDInfo ?

[sub]

It'd be good if you could keep slow rendering devices like the PCH and MVP in mind when creating your widgets. The best way to deal with these is to have a mode that does no animation, even if it means only showing the start of a text string and truncating it to the size of the text field.