Plugin/skinning question

[Old Dog]

Does anyone know if something like this in a skin would work...

<DrawImage filename="@buttonPath\Button.png" loc="0,0" size="240,35"/>

when @buttonPath is a passed argument from the plugin?

-David

[sub]

No, that wouldnt work.

[Old Dog]

Wish I had a plan B.

[sub]

You can pass in an image

<DrawImage filename="@image" loc="0,0" size="240,35"/>

where @image could have been loaded from any file you like.

[Old Dog]

The plugin knows the path but not the filename, the skin knows the filename but not the path...

[KingArgyle]

Sub, as a follow up question, is their a list of built in GBPVR skinning variables? Ie. ones that the core recognizes?

[sub]

The only ones are @date @time and @datetime, but you need to be careful not use them on a image that cached, otherwise they'll never update.

[Old Dog]

You can pass in an image

<DrawImage filename="@image" loc="0,0" size="240,35"/>

where @image could have been loaded from any file you like.

The file path in the skin.xml must be relative to the xml's directory. When the file is in the parent directory, this works:
<DrawImage filename="..\MainButtonNormal.png" loc="0,0" size="240,35"/>

However, when the same string is passed as an argument,
args["@NormButtnImg"] = "..\\MainButtonNormal.png";

this does not work:
<DrawImage filename="@NormButtnImg" loc="0,0" size="240,35"/>

I have verified the args["@NormButtnImg"] by printing it to the log file:
1/28/2006 10:54:27 PM.748 VERBOSE [2] Appearance: ..\MainButtonNormal.png

I have also copied the image file to the xml directory and dispensed with the "..\\" in the args and that works.

Of course I need the combination that isn't working.

Help!

[sub]

However, when the same string is passed as an argument,
args["@NormButtnImg"] = "..\\MainButtonNormal.png";

this does not work:
<DrawImage filename="@NormButtnImg" loc="0,0" size="240,35"/>

Thats because it is expecting an image object, not a path to an image file.

[Old Dog]

Thats because it is expecting an image object, not a path to an image file.

Oh.

Thanks sub.