[cyber7]

Hi guys
How do I get the content of a string back to a window?

I can see the string through the script, but I want the output to appear in a lavel.

Something like:
<label2>$INFO[Skin.String(STRING)]</label2>

Kind regards
cyber7

[ppic]

how can we help you with so few informations?

what's the code?
what are you trying to do?
where do you want to show ?
what have you done so far?

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[rwparris2]

http://xbmc.sourceforge.net/python-docs/...ntrolLabel

[cyber7]

Sorry if the info is missing,
What I do is: Run a script uising:
python script.py
It displays the result, ie:
Your answer is: AUBREY

The code is at work, so I can't give the exact details, but as far as I can remember, it looks like:

STRING = (and the function)

What I would like to do is not display the string in the program, but return it into XBMC's windows with, as I said in my previous post:

<label2>$INFO[Skin.String(STRING)]</label2>

so that the contents of STRING is displayed in <label2>

Hope this is more clear
cheers
cyber7
ps - I see from the link in the previous post that:

Methods defined here:

getLabel(...)
getLabel() -- Returns the text value for this label.

example:
- label = self.label.getLabel()
setLabel(...)
setLabel(label) -- Set's text for this label.

label : string or unicode - text string.

example:
- self.label.setLabel('Status')

Does this mean that I can (after STRING has been assigned) do the following in python:

self.label.setLabel('STRING')

and then in my window code do:

<label2>$INFO[Skin.String(STRING)]</label2>

which means that label2 will display AUBREY?

[ppic]

self.label.setLabel('STRING')

and then in my window code do:

<label2>$INFO[Skin.String(STRING)]</label2>

which means that label2 will display AUBREY?

no, you're fillin label and want to display label2

[cyber7]

I do understand that, but I can not find a:

self.strActionInfo.setString(STRING)

option to set the string in the python script to return to the window...

or am I sitting the pot miss?

[cyber7]

bump <burp>

sorry, guys, I realy would like to get some answer on this... I have fine-read the xbmc and xb,cgui libs, but can not see anything that would return the sting I am looking for into some kind of SETSTRING function?

[VictorV]

You should post some relevant code from your skin file and your python script. It looks like you misunderstand the concept here

[cyber7]

OK, Here goes:

PYTHON.py
import xbmc, xbmcgui

#get actioncodes from keymap.xml
ACTION_PREVIOUS_MENU = 10
class MyClass(xbmcgui.Window):
def __init__(self):
IPADD = xbmc.getIPAddress()
self.strActionInfo = xbmcgui.ControlLabel(250, 80, 2000, 2000, '', 'font14', '0xFFBBBBFF')
self.addControl(self.strActionInfo)
self.strActionInfo.setLabel(IPADD)
self.list = xbmcgui.ControlList(200, 150, 300, 400)
self.addControl(self.list)
self.list.addItem(IPADD)
self.setFocus(self.list)
def onAction(self, action):
if action == ACTION_PREVIOUS_MENU:
self.close()
mydisplay = MyClass()
mydisplay.doModal()
del mydisplay

This will display in a NEW WINDOW my IP ADDRESS, but seeing that I use multiple routes and connections, I would like to pass the "IPADD" value into a string.

I have read that you can do a:
xbmc.executebuiltin('Skin.SetString(StringName,StringValue)')
but trying to add this into the code gives me an invalid syntax error...

I know I am new with python, but is an advanced scrypt writer in UNIX (All falvours of linux). I just dont know how to get the output of my script (if it was a .sh script) back into the SetString of XBMC:confused2:

Cheers and I hope this clears it up a bit more
cyber7 (aka AubreyX)

[ppic]

could you post your xml too ?

and your class code?

[cyber7]

Basically the XML looks like this:
<item id="1">
<label>test</label>
<onclick>RunScript(special://skin/scripts/ipsetting.py)</onclick>)
<label2>CURRENT IP ADDRESS: $INFO[Skin.String(IPADD)]</label2>
</item>

It is the CURRENT IP ADDRESS: information that I would like to keep updated...

Kind regards
cyber7

[cyber7]

Don't worry, guys, I found the answer:
xbmc.executebuiltin('Skin.SetString(IPADD,%s)' % IPADD)

now, when calling the Skin.String(IPADD) I get the correct info

(Took me long enough)<sigh>(If only I can get to grips with python faster between my daily work!)