How to display custom plugin names and descriptions.

[scb147]

This usually happens when it doesn't read the config file properly and it drops back to the default setting.

It is reading the config file though, as config.exe is reading the correct tag, and the menu is showing the name/description in my config.xml.

It's just the upper-left corner of the plugin that is still displaying the actual plugin name.

The attachments show what I mean.

[whurlston]

I'm not having that issue. Would you mind sending me a copy of the code? You can email it to me at my username at oshinetworks.com or pm me a download location.

[scb147]

Here is my getName() function:

Code:

private static string mName = "Weather2";
...
public string getName()
{
    return WizInfo.cfgGetString(mName, "Weather2Name", mName);
}

I am using the WizUtilities method cfgGetString. The arguments are:
1. section
2. property
3. default value

So I am getting the "Weather2Name" node from the mName, or "Weather2" property. The config.xml looks like this:

Code:

<PluginSettings>
    <Weather2>
      <Weather2Name>Accuweather</Weather2Name>
      <Weather2Description>My custom Weather2 description</Weather2Description>
    </Weather2>
</PluginSettings>

The only main difference I see is that I do not have the override flag on my getName() method. When I add this, it tells me there is no method to override, which makes sense. If you need more code, let me know.

[whurlston]

That should work for the getName function. Try this to see if it makes a difference although this is probably all the WizInfo function is doing:

Code:

try
            {
                System.Xml.XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
                doc.Load("config.xml");
                return doc.SelectSingleNode("/settings/PluginSettings/Weather2/Weather2Name").InnerText;
            }
            catch (Exception e) { return mName; }

As for the override, are you implementing IMenuTask? If not, this may be the issue.

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using GBPVR.Public;
using GBPVRX2;
using GBPVRX2.UiSupport;

namespace MovieLibrary
{
    public partial class MovieLibrary [B][color=Red]: IMenuTask[/color][/B]
    {
        #region IMenuTask Members

        System.Windows.Forms.Form IMenuTask.GetConfigFormInstance(System.Xml.XmlDocument document)
        {
            return new ConfigForm(document);
        }

        #region OnKey/OnClick Handlers
        ...
        #endregion

        [B][color=red]public override string getDescription()[/color][/B]
        {
            return Config.GetValue(settings, "/settings/PluginSettings/MovieLibrary/Description", "Watch Blu-ray, HD DVD and DVD movies");
        }

        [B][color=Red]public override string getName()[/color][/B]
        {
            return Config.GetValue(settings, "/settings/PluginSettings/MovieLibrary/DisplayName", "Movie Library");
        }

       [B][color=red] public override string getSkinSubdirectory()[/color][/B]
        {
            return "Movie Library";
        }

        [B][color=red]public override ArrayList GetRenderList()[/color][/B]
        {
            return base.GetRenderList();
        }

        [B][color=red]public override bool needsRendering()[/color][/B]
        {
            return base.needsRendering();
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

[scb147]

So, I changed my getName() to the try/catch you posted, and then for the exception catch, I returned "Weather2 Exception". I figured if it was getting to that point, I'd see that as the name in the upper-left.

Well, it still shows "Weather2"... I'm baffled...

As for the override, I am implementing IMenuTask.

[whurlston]

Strange. This is my result of the above code. As you can see, it displays "Blu-ray Library" instead of "Movie Library". Did you try setting breakpoints on the "return" lines to see if it was hitting them? My getName function gets called 5 times when pvrx2 starts (assuming this if for the menu) and then twice when entering the plugin. First when activating the plugin and then after populating the list.

[mvallevand]

This method works perfect fine with Web Radio for me, but I can't get it to work with override in Music Library3 I get

Code:

'PsycikProductions.MusicLibrary.MusicLibrary3.getName()': no suitable method found to override

Unfortunately ML3 doesn't use the baseskin.xml for the Screen Name either. Like scb147 the description and title are written on the main menu.

Martin

[whurlston]

How does your class setup look? Does it look like this (minus the "override") or is it different?

Code:

namespace PsycikProductions.MusicLibrary
{
  public class MusicLibrary3 : IMenuTask
  {
    public override string getName() { ... }

    // ... other functions
  }
}

[mvallevand]

Code:

namespace PsycikProductions.MusicLibrary
{


    public partial class MusicLibrary3 : MusicLibraryPartial,
                                    IUiTask, IMenuTask,
                                    UiSimpleList.CommandCallback
    {

If I rename public string getName() I get this

Code:

'PsycikProductions.MusicLibrary.MusicLibrary3' does not implement interface member 'GBPVR.Public.IMenuTask.getName()'

Martin

[whurlston]

Ah. I usually separate my implementations so IMenuTaskMembers.cs will have:

Code:

public partial class MovieLibrary : IMenuTask

and then IUiTaskMembers.cs will have:

Code:

public partial class MovieLibrary : IUiTaskMembers

For the way you are doing it, try the following (I think it's called explicitly implementing):

Code:

public override string [color=Blue]IMenuTask[/color].getDescription() { ... }

public override string [color=Blue]IMenuTask[/color].getName() { ... }