Plugins and NPVR. Where do we start?

[whurlston]

Here's an example of my own Save() function that does that:

Code:

public void Save()
        {
            XmlNode node;

            #region Plugin Global Settings
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "StreamIt", ""));
            }
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "Netflix", ""));
            }
            #endregion

            #region Last Selected Genre
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/LastGenre")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "LastGenre", ""));
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/LastGenre").InnerText = _LastGenre;
            }
            else _sh.SetSetting("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/LastGenre", _LastGenre);
            #endregion

            #region Player Kiosk Mode
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/PlayerKioskMode")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "PlayerKioskMode", ""));
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/PlayerKioskMode").InnerText = _playerKioskMode.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
            }
            else _sh.SetSetting("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/PlayerKioskMode", _playerKioskMode);
            #endregion

            #region Last View Mode
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/LastViewMode")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "LastViewMode", ""));
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/LastViewMode").InnerText = _viewMode;
            }
            else _sh.SetSetting("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/LastViewMode", _viewMode);
            #endregion

            #region Use BoxArt Reflections
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/BoxArtReflections")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "BoxArtReflections", ""));
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/BoxArtReflections").InnerText = _useReflections.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
            }
            else _sh.SetSetting("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/BoxArtReflections", _useReflections);
            #endregion

            #region BoxArt Reflection Starting Alpha
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/ReflectionAlpha")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "ReflectionAlpha", ""));
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/ReflectionAlpha").InnerText = _reflectionStartingAlpha.ToString();
            }
            else _sh.SetSetting("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/ReflectionAlpha", _reflectionStartingAlpha);
            #endregion

            #region BoxArt Reflection Percentage
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/ReflectionHeight")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "ReflectionHeight", ""));
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/ReflectionHeight").InnerText = _reflectionPercent.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
            }
            else _sh.SetSetting("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/ReflectionHeight", _reflectionPercent);
            #endregion

            #region Ending Soon Days
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/EndingSoonDays")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "EndingSoonDays", ""));
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/EndingSoonDays").InnerText = _endingSoonDays.ToString();
            }
            else _sh.SetSetting("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/EndingSoonDays", _endingSoonDays);
            #endregion

            #region Ending Soon Days
            if ((node = _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/ShowOnlyAvailable")) == null)
            {
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix").AppendChild(_sh.GetBackingDocument().CreateNode("element", "ShowOnlyAvailable", ""));
                _sh.GetSettingsNode("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/ShowOnlyAvailable").InnerText = _showOnlyAvailable.ToString().ToLowerInvariant();
            }
            else _sh.SetSetting("/Settings/PluginSettings/StreamIt/Netflix/ShowOnlyAvailable", _showOnlyAvailable);
            #endregion
            _sh.Save();
        }

"_sh" being NUtility.SettingsHelper.GetInstance()

The end result in config.xml is:

Code:

<PluginSettings>
    <StreamIt>
      <Netflix>
        <LastGenre>All Movies</LastGenre>
        <PlayerKioskMode>false</PlayerKioskMode>
        <LastViewMode>LIST</LastViewMode>
        <BoxArtReflections>true</BoxArtReflections>
        <ReflectionAlpha>150</ReflectionAlpha>
        <ReflectionHeight>45</ReflectionHeight>
        <EndingSoonDays>30</EndingSoonDays>
        <ShowOnlyAvailable>true</ShowOnlyAvailable>
      </Netflix>
    </StreamIt>
  </PluginSettings>

[imilne]

Thanks guys.

Iain

[cncb]

I can't seem to locate the "skin.xml" file for the Test3 sample in either the zip file or the data directory from the installation?

[sub]

I can't seem to locate the "skin.xml" file for the Test3 sample in either the zip file or the data directory from the installation?

Try this one.

The archive would be extracted into C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Skin\Default.

[cncb]

Try this one.

Thanks. Could you explain how popup.xml is used and associated with the plugin (I can't see it referenced in the code anywhere)?

[sub]

Thanks. Could you explain how popup.xml is used and associated with the plugin (I can't see it referenced in the code anywhere)?

I just checked to remind myself and found I had a slightly later version than I posted at the beginning of this thread. I'd probably posted this version somewhere in this thread, but here it is again.

[cncb]

Sorry for the basic question, but I don't understand how the UI elements created in code are "hooked up" to the skin elements. For example, "popup.xml" defines the "PopupButtons" element which the UiButtonList in the code seems to be added to but I don't see "PopupButtons" anywhere in the code to make the connection?

[mvallevand]

This confused me too. NextPVR loads some elements from global.xml if they are not in the current skin.

Martin

[cncb]

This confused me too. NextPVR loads some elements from global.xml if they are not in the current skin.

Thanks, but I'm still a little confused. I now see the "PopupLeftButtonNormal" element defined in global.xml which seems to define the buttons but where is the "container" of the buttons specified (location and overall size of the button list)?

[sub]

Its been about a year since I loaded up this plugin. I'll take a look to remind myself.