[MacGyver]

So I was trying to set a value for a timeout fade.

Code:

<animation type="Conditional" condition="System.IdleTime(10) + !Player.Caching" reversible="true">

works perfectly.

but when I try to make the time set-able, nothing I try works.
First I tried.

Code:

<animation type="Conditional" condition="System.IdleTime($INFO[Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime)]) + !Player.Caching" reversible="true">

with

Code:

<onclick>Skin.SetNumeric(OSDTimeoutTime)</onclick>

it sets it fine (as seen in the guisettings.xml), and can be displayed as a label in Settings.xml, but not as a label in Videotype_List.xml (weird).
so I tried

Code:

<animation type="Conditional" condition="System.IdleTime(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime)) + !Player.Caching" reversible="true">

just in case, but nothing

so I then tried

Code:

<animation type="Conditional" condition="System.IdleTime($LOCALIZE[Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime)]) + !Player.Caching" reversible="true">

doesn't work, displays random word when used as a label, in this case "Programs"

so I tried making a bunch of:

Code:

    <variable name="value_OSDTimeoutTime">
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),60)">60</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),59)">59</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),58)">58</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),57)">57</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),56)">56</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),55)">55</value>
.......
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),8)">8</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),7)">7</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),6)">6</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),5)">5</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),4)">4</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),3)">3</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),2)">2</value>
        <value condition="SubString(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime),1)">1</value>
        <value>15</value>
    </variable>

and then tested it in Videotype_List.xml as a label (<label>$VAR[value_OSDTimeoutTime]</label>), and it finally displayed a number (the correct number too), but when used as:

Code:

<animation type="Conditional" condition="System.IdleTime($VAR[value_OSDTimeoutTime]) + !Player.Caching" reversible="true">

again it didn't work, so I tried this

Code:

<animation type="Conditional" condition="System.IdleTime($LOCALIZE[$VAR[value_OSDTimeoutTime]]) + !Player.Caching" reversible="true">

and nothing again, just displays "Programs" as a label, and doesn't ever timeout.

So I guess I'm wondering is it just simply that you can't use a variable with System.IdleTime()? If so, the Wiki should be updated, it might save the next sucker some trouble. Is it supposed to work? Am I doing something wrong?

[`Black]

You can't use $INFO (or $VAR, $LOCALIZE, ...) in boolean conditions.

[MacGyver]

It works with SubString(), why not System.IdleTime()? (not the $'s in boolean condition but System.IdleTime(Skin.String(OSDTimeoutTime)) )
I was trying everything, I'm not surprised that some things aren't going to work, but why does one work fine, and the other fails?

[`Black]

Your right, scratch my comment. It doesn't work because the string simply gets converted to an integer in GUIInfoManager.cpp. I'll have a look at it tomorrow.

[jmarshall]

Basically only a few "functions" take in info labels. Stuff like substring and the like designed to test strings.

Other stuff doesn't - it takes in set values and that's it.