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If you have written a plugin/script and you want to have GUI settings attached to it (by right-clicking on it and selecting "Plugin Settings/Script Settings"), do the following:

1. Under your plugin/script dir create a "resources" dir.

2. Create the file resources/settings.xml. An example of how such a file would look like for a Flickr plugin:

Code:

<settings>
   <setting id="api_key" type="text" label="30000" default="123456789ABCDEF"/>
   <setting id="shared_secret" type="text" label="30001" default="123456789"/>
   <setting id="privacy" type="bool" label="30002" default="true"/>
   <setting id="perpage" type="enum" label="30003" values="5|10|15|20|25|30" def
ault="3"/>
   <setting id="full_details" type="bool" label="30004" default="false"/>
</settings>

3. As you can see the labels use a resource file. To create one for english (for example), create the file: resources/language/english/strings.xml. For example:

Code:

<strings>
    <string id="30000">Flickr API Key</string>
    <string id="30001">Shared Secret</string>
    <string id="30002">Include Adult Content</string>
    <string id="30003">Number of Pictures per Page</string>
    <string id="30004">Include More Details</string>
</strings>

4. The user edited plugin/script settings are stored at special://profile/ settings.xml. For example:

Code:

<settings>
    <setting id="api_key" value="123456789ABCDEF" />
    <setting id="shared_secret" value="123456789" />
    <setting id="privacy" value="false" />
    <setting id="perpage" value="3" />
    <setting id="full_details" value="true" />
</settings>

5a. To get the settings values in the plugin do xbmcplugin.getSetting(id). For example:
theKey = xbmcplugin.getSetting("api_key")
5a. To get the settings values in the script do xbmc.getSetting(id). For example:
theKey = xbmc.getSetting("api_key")

check the pydocs.

Good luck!