(2011-01-24, 00:50)Angelscry Wrote:

fr500 Wrote:I've got a feature idea. Could you add launcher id tag to the launcher itself and a way to accept arguments? If you do so skis with support for custom shortcuts on the home menu could have a way to launch common used launchers from the home menu.

Example, in shade now you can create a home screen shorcut to the script (plugin.program.advanced.launcher) if there was the id. and an option to parse arguments you could create a shortcut to the script plugin.program.advanced.launcher("1") for example and that would launch the app with id=1. If no arguments are passed then the normal app view would show.

What do you think?

This feature is already supported by the addon

• Go into Advanced Launcher
  
• Select a launcher
  
• Go into launcher context menu and select "Add to Favorite" option
  
• Go into you skin sub menu option and select this Favorite as submenu.
  

It will automatically get the launcher name, launcher thumbs and put it as submenu. It is how it works for me with Alaska.Revisited. This feature is not working for roms, only for launchers. Here are the corresponding code lines of the guisettings.xml file :

Code:

<setting type="string" name="skin.alaska.revisited.programbuttonname_2">Boxee</setting>
<setting type="string" name="skin.alaska.revisited.programbuttonimage_2">/media/emulation/launchers/thumbs/Boxee_thumb.jpg</setting>
<setting type="string" name="skin.alaska.revisited.programbuttonpath_2">RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.program.advanced.launcher/?Boxee,return)</setting>

(2012-09-16, 18:47)Blaxxor Wrote:

(2011-01-24, 00:50)Angelscry Wrote:

fr500 Wrote:I've got a feature idea. Could you add launcher id tag to the launcher itself and a way to accept arguments? If you do so skis with support for custom shortcuts on the home menu could have a way to launch common used launchers from the home menu.

Example, in shade now you can create a home screen shorcut to the script (plugin.program.advanced.launcher) if there was the id. and an option to parse arguments you could create a shortcut to the script plugin.program.advanced.launcher("1") for example and that would launch the app with id=1. If no arguments are passed then the normal app view would show.

What do you think?

This feature is already supported by the addon

• Go into Advanced Launcher
  
• Select a launcher
  
• Go into launcher context menu and select "Add to Favorite" option
  
• Go into you skin sub menu option and select this Favorite as submenu.
  

It will automatically get the launcher name, launcher thumbs and put it as submenu. It is how it works for me with Alaska.Revisited. This feature is not working for roms, only for launchers. Here are the corresponding code lines of the guisettings.xml file :

Code:

<setting type="string" name="skin.alaska.revisited.programbuttonname_2">Boxee</setting>
<setting type="string" name="skin.alaska.revisited.programbuttonimage_2">/media/emulation/launchers/thumbs/Boxee_thumb.jpg</setting>
<setting type="string" name="skin.alaska.revisited.programbuttonpath_2">RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.program.advanced.launcher/?Boxee,return)</setting>

I know this is an old post, but I can't get this to work.

I'm adding the exefile in Advanced Launcher, add it as a favorite. Then entering Custom homemenu settings, add my exefile which I added I as a favorite.

It shows upp on the homescreen but when I try to launch it it enter the menubotton as a folder and all I can do is to press backbutton.

Also using Alaska Revisited.

(2012-09-16, 18:58)Angelscry Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 18:47)Blaxxor Wrote:

(2011-01-24, 00:50)Angelscry Wrote:

This feature is already supported by the addon

• Go into Advanced Launcher
  
• Select a launcher
  
• Go into launcher context menu and select "Add to Favorite" option
  
• Go into you skin sub menu option and select this Favorite as submenu.
  

It will automatically get the launcher name, launcher thumbs and put it as submenu. It is how it works for me with Alaska.Revisited. This feature is not working for roms, only for launchers. Here are the corresponding code lines of the guisettings.xml file :

Code:

<setting type="string" name="skin.alaska.revisited.programbuttonname_2">Boxee</setting>
<setting type="string" name="skin.alaska.revisited.programbuttonimage_2">/media/emulation/launchers/thumbs/Boxee_thumb.jpg</setting>
<setting type="string" name="skin.alaska.revisited.programbuttonpath_2">RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.program.advanced.launcher/?Boxee,return)</setting>

I know this is an old post, but I can't get this to work.

I'm adding the exefile in Advanced Launcher, add it as a favorite. Then entering Custom homemenu settings, add my exefile which I added I as a favorite.

It shows upp on the homescreen but when I try to launch it it enter the menubotton as a folder and all I can do is to press backbutton.

Also using Alaska Revisited.

Uhhh... yes that quite old and may not be functionnal anymore since several version of Advanced Launcher now. Look at this tutorial, it will show you how simply create an executable launcher and add it as custom menu entry : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8edJlmG6lw

(2012-09-16, 19:26)Blaxxor Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 18:58)Angelscry Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 18:47)Blaxxor Wrote: I know this is an old post, but I can't get this to work.

I'm adding the exefile in Advanced Launcher, add it as a favorite. Then entering Custom homemenu settings, add my exefile which I added I as a favorite.

It shows upp on the homescreen but when I try to launch it it enter the menubotton as a folder and all I can do is to press backbutton.

Also using Alaska Revisited.

Uhhh... yes that quite old and may not be functionnal anymore since several version of Advanced Launcher now. Look at this tutorial, it will show you how simply create an executable launcher and add it as custom menu entry : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8edJlmG6lw

That works just fine. But adding the Executable to the Homemenu as you previously did with Boxee doesn't work at all. It just opens as a folder.

Does that work for you today or have that feature been removed?

Thanks

Stellan

(2012-09-16, 19:34)Angelscry Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 19:26)Blaxxor Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 18:58)Angelscry Wrote: Uhhh... yes that quite old and may not be functionnal anymore since several version of Advanced Launcher now. Look at this tutorial, it will show you how simply create an executable launcher and add it as custom menu entry : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8edJlmG6lw

That works just fine. But adding the Executable to the Homemenu as you previously did with Boxee doesn't work at all. It just opens as a folder.

Does that work for you today or have that feature been removed?

Thanks

Stellan

Could you please be more clear? That work fine... but not?!!! Nothing have been removed. Which version of XBMC are you using? Which version of Advanced Launcher are you using? Which skin are you using? Could you also please post here the content of your launchers.xml file to see if you have correctly configured your launcher?

(2012-09-16, 19:42)Blaxxor Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 19:34)Angelscry Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 19:26)Blaxxor Wrote: That works just fine. But adding the Executable to the Homemenu as you previously did with Boxee doesn't work at all. It just opens as a folder.

Does that work for you today or have that feature been removed?

Thanks

Stellan

Could you please be more clear? That work fine... but not?!!! Nothing have been removed. Which version of XBMC are you using? Which version of Advanced Launcher are you using? Which skin are you using? Could you also please post here the content of your launchers.xml file to see if you have correctly configured your launcher?

Hmmm... maybe I'm beeing tricked by that Boxee image.

It works fine adding the Executable as a submenu for the Appmenu/folder or whatever it's called

But adding a separate permanent button, not a submenubutton, just like the App, Movie, Music, Settings, Weatherbuttons. That doesn't work for me. But it caught me that maybe that's not possible?

//Stellan

(2012-09-16, 17:12)fr500 Wrote: Terminating steam forcefully is not good, instead try shutting down steam by issuing "steam -shutdown" like this (i do the same with batch files)

(2012-09-16, 19:50)Angelscry Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 19:42)Blaxxor Wrote: Hmmm... maybe I'm beeing tricked by that Boxee image.

It works fine adding the Executable as a submenu for the Appmenu/folder or whatever it's called

But adding a separate permanent button, not a submenubutton, just like the App, Movie, Music, Settings, Weatherbuttons. That doesn't work for me. But it caught me that maybe that's not possible?

//Stellan

No that's work : http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1204#p1204

(2012-09-16, 20:35)Angelscry Wrote: Ok, first, last version of Advanced Launcher is 1.9.1 not 1.7.6. I do not make any support on deprecated versions. So, make the update, please.

Next, I'm not sure, but I think you have created a file launcher instead of a stand-alone launcher (I need the launchers.xml file content to confirm). So, when you start the launcher from XBMC it display the item directory (but here empty) and do not start the selected application.

(2012-09-16, 20:44)Blaxxor Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 20:35)Angelscry Wrote: Ok, first, last version of Advanced Launcher is 1.9.1 not 1.7.6. I do not make any support on deprecated versions. So, make the update, please.

Next, I'm not sure, but I think you have created a file launcher instead of a stand-alone launcher (I need the launchers.xml file content to confirm). So, when you start the launcher from XBMC it display the item directory (but here empty) and do not start the selected application.

I updated the launcher to the version you wanted (1.9.1) I downloaded the old one from within XBMC itself but it's always good to be updated

Here's my launcher.xml file

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<launchers>
    <launcher>
        <id>0aeb448ff82bda9b1c7b0944cc5c49c4</id>
        <name>Maximus Arcade</name>
        <application>R:\Maximus Arcade\Maximus Arcade.exe</application>
        <args></args>
        <rompath></rompath>
        <thumbpath>C:\</thumbpath>
        <fanartpath>C:\</fanartpath>
        <custompath>C:\</custompath>
        <romext></romext>
        <platform>IBM PC Compatible</platform>
        <thumb>R:\Maximus Arcade\maximuslogo.jpg</thumb>
        <fanart></fanart>
        <genre></genre>
        <release></release>
        <publisher></publisher>
        <launcherplot></launcherplot>
        <minimize>true</minimize>
        <lnk>true</lnk>
        <roms>
        </roms>
    </launcher>
</launchers>

Please come back and tell me that I've done something stupid that's easy to fix

//Stellan

(2012-09-16, 20:52)Angelscry Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 20:44)Blaxxor Wrote:

(2012-09-16, 20:35)Angelscry Wrote: Ok, first, last version of Advanced Launcher is 1.9.1 not 1.7.6. I do not make any support on deprecated versions. So, make the update, please.

Next, I'm not sure, but I think you have created a file launcher instead of a stand-alone launcher (I need the launchers.xml file content to confirm). So, when you start the launcher from XBMC it display the item directory (but here empty) and do not start the selected application.

I updated the launcher to the version you wanted (1.9.1) I downloaded the old one from within XBMC itself but it's always good to be updated

Here's my launcher.xml file

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<launchers>
    <launcher>
        <id>0aeb448ff82bda9b1c7b0944cc5c49c4</id>
        <name>Maximus Arcade</name>
        <application>R:\Maximus Arcade\Maximus Arcade.exe</application>
        <args></args>
        <rompath></rompath>
        <thumbpath>C:\</thumbpath>
        <fanartpath>C:\</fanartpath>
        <custompath>C:\</custompath>
        <romext></romext>
        <platform>IBM PC Compatible</platform>
        <thumb>R:\Maximus Arcade\maximuslogo.jpg</thumb>
        <fanart></fanart>
        <genre></genre>
        <release></release>
        <publisher></publisher>
        <launcherplot></launcherplot>
        <minimize>true</minimize>
        <lnk>true</lnk>
        <roms>
        </roms>
    </launcher>
</launchers>

Please come back and tell me that I've done something stupid that's easy to fix

//Stellan

Humm... content of launchers.xml file seems correct. Have you try with another skin?

(2012-09-16, 21:24)Angelscry Wrote: Ok, so it's an Alaska related problem. I think because Alaska have not been updated since a long time, it is not fully compatible with Eden version of XBMC... or more precisely Alaska do not manage correctly favourites generated by XBMC.

Personnaly, I do not use Alsaka anymore

The only way I see now for your to correct this, is to manually edit files. Once you have created your favourite with Advanced Launcher, could you please post here the content of your xbmc/userdata/favourites.xml file to see how the generated favourites looks like?