[Torben]

Hi.

Looking to make a list of all the window properties I use between the script and my skin - for debugging purposes.
Skinning it... is possible, but would be an almost unbearable labour.. knowing that python should be able to do it in a breeze.

I would like to send a list of listitems with the relevant data to a panelcontainer and let is show my parameters. But any automation that works is welcomed.

Through pure XML it works nicely. Here is the syntax of a panel showing the dynamically changing values of a property:

Code:

<control type="panel" ...
    <itemlayout>..
        <control type="label">
            <info>Listitem.Label</info>
...
        <control type="label">
            <label>$INFO[Listitem.Label2]</label>
...
    <contents>
        <item>
            <label>PROPERTY</label>
            <label2>$INFO[Window(Home).Property(PROPERTY)]</label2>
            <onclick>noop</onclick>
        </item>
        ....

Now, what would be sweeter than to fill this list through code? ..Nothing!.. well.. pretty much anything really, but it would count as something...

The python working-but-not-working code:

Code:

L = ('PROPERTY','PROPERTY2'.... etc... 'PROPERTY[N]')
for propertyname in L:
    li = xbmcgui.ListItem(label=propertyname, label2='$INFO[Window(Home).Property(' + propertyname + ')]')
    LS.append(li)
ACTIVEWINDOW.getControl(91122).setStaticContent(LS)

It does transfer the strings to the list, but Label2 ends up as it is, showing the SYNTAX ( aka $INFO[Window(Home).Property(PROPERTY)] ) and not the translated values..

much dissapoint!

What do?

[phil65]

label2=xbmc.getInfoLabel("Window(..).whatever")

[Torben]

I doubt this will update dynamically in the skin when the value changes? But I'll try anything once..

[phil65]

Correct, they wont update. You would have to repopulate the list again in that case.

[Torben]

Baxk to square one then... (Assuming here that Kodi handles the updating of properties shown through xml more elegantly than repopulating the entire list?)