[Malexx]

First sorry for my bad English,but i hope i can explain what my problem is.

I have placed a banner in the skin like you see in this screenshot.
The banner is seen when a banner.jpg is avaiable in the TV Folder


So now the Problem,if no banner.jpg is avaiable i want it to look like this.


The Problem is i cant get rid of the Border.
The Code looks like this

Code:

<control type="image">
    <posx>0</posx>
    <posy>0</posy>
    <width>514</width>
    <height>95</height>
    <aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
    <fadetime>200</fadetime>
    <bordersize>5</bordersize>
<texture background="true"diffuse="maskbanner.png">$INFO[ListItem.Path]banner.jpg</texture>
    </control>
    <control type="image">
    <posx>0</posx>
    <posy>0</posy>
    <width>514</width>
    <height>95</height>
    <aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
    <fadetime>IconCrossfadeTime</fadetime>
    <bordersize>5</bordersize>
    <texture>border-banner.png</texture>
    </control>

Problem is,how i can get rid of the Border if no banner,jpg is available?

Any help would be nice,
Thanks in Advance ...

[Malexx]

i tried it now with this code which almost work

Code:

<control type="image">
    <posx>0</posx>
    <posy>0</posy>
    <width>514</width>
    <height>95</height>
    <aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
    <fadetime>1</fadetime>
    <bordertexture>border-banner.png</bordertexture>
    <bordersize>1</bordersize>
    <texture background="true"  diffuse="maskbanner.png">$INFO[ListItem.Path]banner.jpg</texture>
                </control>

only problem now is when scrolling through the list,the border doenst change at time with the banner,it needs a little longer to get displayd which doenst look good.
Is there an other way to do this?

[Hitcher]

No, the only way to do it is by having the label under the banner and adding a delay to it.

Check out Alaska Revisited's banner code.

[Malexx]

hm dont really get it.
Maybe i explained it bad.
When iam using this code

Code:

<control type="image">
    <posx>0</posx>
    <posy>0</posy>
    <width>514</width>
    <height>95</height>
    <aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
    <fadetime>200</fadetime>
    <bordersize>5</bordersize>
<texture background="true"diffuse="maskbanner.png">$INFO[ListItem.Path]banner.jpg</texture>
    </control>
    <control type="image">
    <posx>0</posx>
    <posy>0</posy>
    <width>514</width>
    <height>95</height>
    <aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
    <fadetime>IconCrossfadeTime</fadetime>
    <bordersize>5</bordersize>
    <texture>border-banner.png</texture>
    </control>

is there a way to hide the <texture>border-banner.png</texture> if no "banner.jpg" is available?

[Hitcher]

No because there no visibility condition for images displayed that way.

[Malexx]

ok thank you.
could you point me in the wiki or forum to a thread where its explained how to do custom settings for a skin?
I searched wiki and forum but couldnt find what iam lokking for.

[mcborzu]

I use this to have a fallback if no logo/extrathumb/clearART available, this type of <visible> only works outside of a List(wraplist/panel/list/etc..):

<control type="image" id="7400">
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>0</posy>
<width>514</width>
<height>95</height>
<aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
<fadetime>200</fadetime>
<bordersize>5</bordersize>
<texture background="true"diffuse="maskbanner.png">$INFO[ListItem.Path]banner.jpg</texture>
</control>
<control type="image">
<posx>0</posx>
<posy>0</posy>
<width>514</width>
<height>95</height>
<aspectratio>stretch</aspectratio>
<fadetime>IconCrossfadeTime</fadetime>
<bordersize>5</bordersize>
<texture>border-banner.png</texture>
<visible>!IsEmpty(Control.GetLabel(7400))</visible>
</control>

Give the thumb a id="xx" and then check for that using !IsEmpty(Control.GetLabel(xx)). But most people have users check a setting if using banner.jpg, wouldn't just be easier to use <visible>Skin.HasSetting(banner_jpg)</visible> on those two images?

[Malexx]

thanks for your reply.
I did it now with setting for enable banner or not,this just works fine.
Thanks for all help!!