[bakito]

hello angel, I have a problem but I'm not sure it's advanced launcher related....
but it often occur when I'm leaving a game and came back to xbmc...so...
it's a matter of wireless controller being stuck to a particular button ( direction or any button in fact...)

this is the thread:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1160097

do you think it's advanced related or some other stuff?
thanks§

[sudopinion]

Indeed my program configures launchers.xml to use folder.jpg and backdrop.jpg located in the rom's folder but I was hoping to use advl's scraper instead of RCB or Gamebrowser's. I might end up creating something that goes through and renames everything advl scrapes and then rewrites launchers.xml.
btw:
My program generates a random number for the <id> tag, but I think this might not work. Does this number need to be indexed or something?

Just wondering if there is any way that ISO/ROM's can be opened on the same screen as the normal pc executables. It would just be pretty cool to have Wii games and PC games just all together.

The only way I actually see to mix Wii games and PC Games is to create .bat scripts for each Wii games and then start these .bat scripts as stand alone launcher (like PC games).

Angelscry: I understand. I can configure Advanced Launcher to use the scraped images from other applications and that suits me fine.

If you want to use "folder.jpg" and "backdrop,jpg" images with Advanced launcher, Ithink the best way to proceed is to modifiy/edit the launchers.xml and replace <thumbs> and <fanarts> tags content with the corresponding "folder.jpg" and "backdrop,jpg" paths. If the goal of your program is to bring such kind of support, it may not be so difficult.

[Angelscry]

hello angel, I have a problem but I'm not sure it's advanced launcher related....
but it often occur when I'm leaving a game and came back to xbmc...so...
it's a matter of wireless controller being stuck to a particular button ( direction or any button in fact...)

this is the thread:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1160097

do you think it's advanced related or some other stuff?
thanks§

Not related to advanced Launcher. Advanced launcher only start application and did not any effect on controlers. If it is possible to clear wireless controler actions (using a command line), maybe you will be able to solv this by using an autoit or .bat script to solve this :

• close start application
  
• clear controler cache
  
• restore/restart XBMC
  

When you start your application with advanced launcher, XBMC still running into background, is paused or is closed?

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My program generates a random number for the <id> tag, but I think this might not work. Does this number need to be indexed or something?

This ID number is used to identify launcher and items. It is randomly generated. But once a launcher or an item is created it's ID number always stay the same. And It is important that it stay the same, because this number is always use to call launchers and items from and into XBMC (for example for the favorites). For example :

Code:

...
<favourite name="Tera" thumb="/run/media/angelscry/GWENAEL/Emulation/advanced launcher/gaika/tera online_thumb.jpg">PlayMedia(&quot;plugin://plugin.program.advanced.launcher/?fd4007c4866c0c7f5cc0f9e1037ae85c/29fa6fdd4d8bea7ea949bd6da66a040e&quot;)</favourite>
...

Here, fd4007c4866c0c7f5cc0f9e1037ae85c is the launcher ID and 29fa6fdd4d8bea7ea949bd6da66a040e is the item ID. If you change these ID, the favourite will be broken.

[bakito]

well both actually...for mugen I stop xbmc then restart it ( thx to your autoit script) because I had a resolution problem when coming back to xbmc, but it happen also with pc games with xbmc still running in the back....
I'll try to find an answer on the net...
thanks angel, you're really dedicted to your thread, it's a blessing!!!
cheers!

[evily2k]

Hello Anglescry I was wondering if you would be able to assist me with a problem Im having. I need a .bat file to open Dolphin Emu and then launch a rom. But when Im done playing the game and I press ESC it only closes the rom and keeps to Dolphin window open. I would like to be able to press ESC and then the rom closes along with the Dolphin Emu.

Right now I have this

Dolphin.exe /e "D:\Emulation\Gamecube\SUPER MARIO GALAXY.iso"

Then I save it as a .bat
Then I convert it to a .exe ( to launch from Advance Launcher)

That works to launch the game but when I exit the game by pressing esc the dolphin window is still up.

Do you know what else I can include in the bat file so when I press esc it just closes dolphin completely? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Angelscry]

Hello Anglescry I was wondering if you would be able to assist me with a problem Im having. I need a .bat file to open Dolphin Emu and then launch a rom. But when Im done playing the game and I press ESC it only closes the rom and keeps to Dolphin window open. I would like to be able to press ESC and then the rom closes along with the Dolphin Emu.

Right now I have this

Dolphin.exe /e "D:\Emulation\Gamecube\SUPER MARIO GALAXY.iso"

Then I save it as a .bat
Then I convert it to a .exe ( to launch from Advance Launcher)

That works to launch the game but when I exit the game by pressing esc the dolphin window is still up.

Do you know what else I can include in the bat file so when I press esc it just closes dolphin completely? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Use this command line :

Code:

Dolphin.exe /b /e "D:\Emulation\Gamecube\SUPER MARIO GALAXY.iso"

/b parameter will Exit Dolphin with the emulator : http://dolphin-emu.googlecode.com/git/Readme.txt

[sfbay99]

Hi All, I would like to a function to grandmother HDTV's XBMC that allowed her to read MS word (*.doc) file so I can just copy and paste anything (e.g. mainly medical information) from the web to "Word" *.doc file to her HTPC (WIN7) folder.

I have to make it so easy to select like moves or images file on xbmc in order for her to use ,
Can "Advanced Launcher" which launch MS word my only options ?, or other *.doc viewer better navigate (ALL she need to use to read and then exit to the folder to choose next document , (I will make the font so huge in "word" file her her )

Any comments welcome,
Thanks

Yes Advanced Launcher can open .doc files using Microsoft Word. Just put all your .doc files into the same folder. Then into advanced launcher create the file launcher with the followinf parameters :

Application : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\winword.exe
Arguments : "%rom%"
Items Extension : doc
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I try it , but how to add a win7 folder full of *.doc file as sources just like *.jpg in "picture" or *.mp3 in Music ? So I can select any *.doc easily using remote control ?

[Angelscry]

I try it , but how to add a win7 folder full of *.doc file as sources just like *.jpg in "picture" or *.mp3 in Music ? So I can select any *.doc easily using remote control ?

You must add sources into XBMC to let XBMC addon-program access sources. Related information is into the Advanced Launcher user guide (http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3) :

Add Network or Local drives
It will be possible that, for your first use of Advanced Launcher, you will be not able to see or access any of your network or local drives. To solve this you will have to do the following: Go back to the XBMC home-screen and select the "System" item (assuming you are using the "Confluence"-Skin which is default) - do not open the menu-item! -and press the down arrow to select the "File Manager" submenu. In the next screen add a source via the "Add Source" entrie. Now technically it does not matter what you add as a source. In order to use your whole hard-drive just add the whole hard drive to the sources, you won’t have any side-effects (except you will have to navigate more while creating new launchers).

Best thing to do is to add your drive root (C:\, D:\, etc....) as source. So then you will be able to access the entire selected drive with Advanced Launcher

[evily2k]

Thank you so much Angelscry I did a bunch of searching every time I've wanted to run dolphin emu w/ rom and for some reason didn't find that. Come to think of it I know I saw that parameter somewhere just never included it. But again thanks for the speedy response. I ended up including xpadder in the .bat file to start it when I start the game. Problem with that is now when i close dolphin emu, xpadder is still up. Would you happen to know either how to start xpadder minimized or just close when i end dolphin emu. I haven't done any searching for this question yet ( I will once im done with this post) but that's the next problem I'm having. Just want everything to look as seamless as possible.

Currently my .bat file is written like this:
start "" "C:\Xpadder\Xpadder.exe"
Dolphin.exe /b /e "C:\:Games\Gamecube\Super Smash Bros Melee\SSBM.gcm"

Which works just fine except once I press ESC all Dolphin windows close but the Xpadder window is still up.
So now I'm about to go research that question but if you know the answer the help is greatly greatly appreciated.
Thanks again for helping me the first time Angelscry.

I just found within the Xpadder program it has an option to start minimized this can work for now. Otherwise let me know if you know how to close it all with Dolphin emu.

[Angelscry]

Thank you so much Angelscry I did a bunch of searching every time I've wanted to run dolphin emu w/ rom and for some reason didn't find that. Come to think of it I know I saw that parameter somewhere just never included it. But again thanks for the speedy response. I ended up including xpadder in the .bat file to start it when I start the game. Problem with that is now when i close dolphin emu, xpadder is still up. Would you happen to know either how to start xpadder minimized or just close when i end dolphin emu. I haven't done any searching for this question yet ( I will once im done with this post) but that's the next problem I'm having. Just want everything to look as seamless as possible.

Currently my .bat file is written like this:
start "" "C:\Xpadder\Xpadder.exe"
Dolphin.exe /b /e "C:\:Games\Gamecube\Super Smash Bros Melee\SSBM.gcm"

Which works just fine except once I press ESC all Dolphin windows close but the Xpadder window is still up.
So now I'm about to go research that question but if you know the answer the help is greatly greatly appreciated.
Thanks again for helping me the first time Angelscry.

I just found within the Xpadder program it has an option to start minimized this can work for now. Otherwise let me know if you know how to close it all with Dolphin emu.

Under windows there is a small application named pskill that allow to close/kill any application using command line. You will found information how to install pskill on your windows system here : http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6. Then you have just to write your .bat script like this :

Code:

start "" "C:\Xpadder\Xpadder.exe"
Dolphin.exe /b /e "C:\:Games\Gamecube\Super Smash Bros Melee\SSBM.gcm"
pskill -t Xpadder.exe

[evily2k]

Wow Angelscry you are a GENIUS thank you so much for helping me. I don't know if there is a rep button but if there is I'm about you give you a rep! Seriously thank you so much you are very helpful. Speedy response too. so so happy

How do I rep you

[sfbay99]

[quote='sfbay99' pid='1160784' dateline='1343917161']I try it , but how to add a win7 folder full of *.doc file as sources just like *.jpg in "picture" or *.mp3 in Music ? So I can select any *.doc easily using remote control ?

You must add sources into XBMC to let XBMC addon-program access sources. Related information is into the Advanced Launcher user guide (http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3) :

What I really want for my grandmother to easily open doc file (For reading purpose only) on her HDTV because of the Large Font and pics I design for her.
What she would like is able to choose "*.doc" file form a file list using ONLY her remote up down lest right key, (she don’t get the idea of mouse , so forget it) , then the "*.doc" will be open using MS-word (or any other *.doc viewer if it is more remote or HTPC friendly).

When she finished reading the *.doc file , she can easily press the “close” button on the remote which sent a “Alt+F4” to xbmc that close (Ms word or any other *.doc viewer if it is more remote or HTPC friendly) and back to xbmc “file list” so she can choose other *.doc
Remote she using: VRC1100, http://wiki.xbmc.org/images/e/e2/Remote-VRC1100.jpg

So far , I am failing to accomplishes what’s grandmother , but promis her I will keep trying .
The setup I took so far (any comment are welcome, of if any *.doc viewer addon other there I do not know about )
Steps:
-In Win7, create a folder call “xbmcdoc”
-Inside “xbmcdoc”, I have like 50 *.doc files
-Now, I open xbmc>programs>Advanced Launcher,
-In “Launcher Type” , I choose “File launcher”
-Then input the following
Application : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\winword.exe
Arguments : "%rom%" (I don’t really know what this does actually ?)
Items Extension : doc

(Result is not what I want)
(Any comment are welcome, or, if you know any *.doc viewer addon out there, please tell me.)

[Angelscry]

What I really want for my grandmother to easily open doc file (For reading purpose only) on her HDTV because of the Large Font and pics I design for her.

So, it will be better to use another format than .DOC files. PDF files will give you better viewing results and offer suitable application for that. Winword is a text editor not a text viewer.

What she would like is able to choose "*.doc" file form a file list using ONLY her remote up down lest right key, (she don’t get the idea of mouse , so forget it) , then the "*.doc" will be open using MS-word (or any other *.doc viewer if it is more remote or HTPC friendly).

That's exactly what Advanced Launcher do : select files form XBMC using remote.

When she finished reading the *.doc file , she can easily press the “close” button on the remote which sent a “Alt+F4” to xbmc that close (Ms word or any other *.doc viewer if it is more remote or HTPC friendly) and back to xbmc “file list” so she can choose other *.doc
Remote she using: VRC1100, http://wiki.xbmc.org/images/e/e2/Remote-VRC1100.jpg

You will have to map your remote close button to close the document viewer. It will be also the same if you want to navigate into your document viewer with the remote. For this install/setup/use Eventghost : http://www.eventghost.org/

Arguments : "%rom%"[color=#FF0000] (I don’t really know what this does actually ?)

It is explained into the user guide : http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3

You will not found an all made add-on that will do exactly what you are actually searching for. You need will to set it up by yourself using :

• Advanced Launcher : to navigate through document files using XBMC+Remote and start them
  
• A document viewer (for .DOC files but preferably .PDF files)
  
• A application to map your remote buttons with the document viewer for navigation and close it (general people use Eventghost : http://www.eventghost.org/)
  

[sfbay99]

Thanks Angelscry, Now my "Reading *.doc on XBMC for grandma" project start to see some light.

My Goal
WinXP, XBMC True FULL Screen mode(grandma poof to NOT mess up the HTPC !)

Application : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\winword.exe
Arguments : "%rom%"
Items Extension : doc | txt

Result:
So far, only working when xbmc is not True full screen mode .
File list open > MS word open with the *.doc she choose , Great !!
Then she close the MS-word by pressing "Close" key on the remote which sent "Alt+F4"
it doesn't retrun (it show windows desktop with xbmc minimize !

Problem so Far
How to make it work on Full screen mode?
How to return back to xbmc when it close "Alt+F4" MS-word ?
Also, some *.doc file name in Asian language, it doesn't work , it open MS-word with a blank document-1 ? Why

[Angelscry]

How to make it work on Full screen mode?
How to return back to xbmc when it close "Alt+F4" MS-word ?

That's actually XBMC problem/bugs. The only way I have actually found to bypass this is to use autoit scripts that will force XBMC to maximize once the application is closed (http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=199). You can also use autoitscript to close application with a specific key (http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=43).

Also, some *.doc file name in Asian language, it doesn't work , it open MS-word with a blank document-1 ? Why

Probably the winword.exe command line that do not support asian characters as parameters. Only solution I actually see, is to rename *.doc files with ASCII characters.