[tantrumdev]

Ok, so, found a solution for most anything I want to set dynamically that has not been working in addon skins. (For example, also found using textColor in the setLabel() for a label control does not work right).

Storing colors in an xml like a Skin Addon does, I can pull and set them like so using window properties:

In the XML:

xml:


            <control type="label" id="1">

                <left>4</left>

                <top>25</top>

                <width>908</width>

                <height>40</height>

                <textcolor>$INFO[Window().Property(dhtext)]</textcolor>

                <textoffsetx>15</textoffsetx>

                <align>center</align>

            </control>

In the Python:

python:


class OK_Dialog(xbmcgui.WindowXMLDialog):

    # until now we have a blank window, the onInit function will parse your xml file

    def onInit(self):

        self.colors = themecontrol.ThemeColors()

        self.title = 1

        self.body = 2

        self.getControl(self.title).setLabel('Header Test')

        self.setProperty('dhtext', self.colors.dh_color)

        self.getControl(self.body).setText('Body Test.')

        xbmc.sleep(100)

        # this puts the focus on the top item of the container

        self.setFocusId(self.getCurrentContainerId())

        xbmc.executebuiltin("Dialog.Close(busydialog)")