I'm going to set the weather icons folder based on a setting toggle. So if the settings option is not checked, it will use the default icons in the weather_icons folder, but if it is checked then it will use the real style weather icons in weather_icons2. I'm just not sure if there is a better way of doing this than having two image controls with visibility conditions.
Code:
<control type="image">
<width>140</width>
<height>140</height>
<posx>30</posx>
<posy>10</posy>
<texture>$INFO[Window.Property(Day0.FanartCode),special://skin/extras/weather_icons/,.png]</texture>
<visible>!Skin.HasSetting(WeatherIcons2)</visible>
</control>
<control type="image">
<width>140</width>
<height>140</height>
<posx>30</posx>
<posy>10</posy>
<texture>$INFO[Window.Property(Day0.FanartCode),special://skin/extras/weather_icons/,.png]</texture>
<visible>Skin.HasSetting(WeatherIcons2)</visible>
</control>
This is how I'd do it.
Code:
<control type="image">
<width>140</width>
<height>140</height>
<posx>30</posx>
<posy>10</posy>
<texture>$VAR[Weather_Icons]</texture>
</control>
Then in your Variables.xml
Code:
<variable name="Weather_Icons">
<value condition="Skin.HasSetting(WeatherIcons2)">$INFO[Window.Property(Day0.FanartCode),special://skin/extras/weather_icons/,.png]</value>
<value>$INFO[Window.Property(Day0.FanartCode),special://skin/extras/weather_icons/,.png]</value>
</variable>
Thanks Hitcher! It's been awhile since I've done much skinning, when did $VAR and variables.xml become available?
I've created a variables.xml and put in the code for the variable name and added the changes to the MyWeather.xml, but I keep getting this error
Quote:Label Formating: $VAR[Weather_Icons] is not defined
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Edit - Apprently it helps to add variables.xml to the includes.xml and then put the <includes> tags in the variables.xml
Ok one last question - How do I set the variable to detect what day I want the image to be? Do I need to hardcode all of the day0, day1, etc or is there some wildcard I can use? I see that the readme says Day%i.FanartCode, but that doesn't seem to work.
<value>$INFO[Window.Property(Day0.FanartCode),special://skin/extras/weather_icons/,.png]</value>
(2012-05-03, 22:17)Aenima99x Wrote: [ -> ]Ok one last question - How do I set the variable to detect what day I want the image to be? Do I need to hardcode all of the day0, day1, etc or is there some wildcard I can use? I see that the readme says Day%i.FanartCode, but that doesn't seem to work.
<value>$INFO[Window.Property(Day0.FanartCode),special://skin/extras/weather_icons/,.png]</value>
you have to hardcode them. jmarshall is workin on a new way of parsing the xml tags (which makes it possible to use $INFO[] inside $INFO[] for example afaik), but atm you have to create every single item.
(2012-05-03, 21:37)Aenima99x Wrote: [ -> ]I've created a variables.xml and put in the code for the variable name and added the changes to the MyWeather.xml, but I keep getting this error Quote:Label Formating: $VAR[Weather_Icons] is not defined
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Edit - Apprently it helps to add variables.xml to the includes.xml and then put the <includes> tags in the variables.xml
you´re doing something wrong then. look at the implementation in other skins, no need to put variables in includes.
(2012-05-04, 20:05)phil65 Wrote: [ -> ] (2012-05-03, 22:17)Aenima99x Wrote: [ -> ]Ok one last question - How do I set the variable to detect what day I want the image to be? Do I need to hardcode all of the day0, day1, etc or is there some wildcard I can use? I see that the readme says Day%i.FanartCode, but that doesn't seem to work.
<value>$INFO[Window.Property(Day0.FanartCode),special://skin/extras/weather_icons/,.png]</value>
you have to hardcode them. jmarshall is workin on a new way of parsing the xml tags (which makes it possible to use $INFO[] inside $INFO[] for example afaik), but atm you have to create every single item.
Yeah I figured as much and went ahead and hardcoded them all.
(2012-05-03, 21:37)Aenima99x Wrote: [ -> ]I've created a variables.xml and put in the code for the variable name and added the changes to the MyWeather.xml, but I keep getting this error Quote:Label Formating: $VAR[Weather_Icons] is not defined
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Edit - Apprently it helps to add variables.xml to the includes.xml and then put the <includes> tags in the variables.xml
you´re doing something wrong then. look at the implementation in other skins, no need to put variables in includes.
Yup I was doing it wrong, got it sorted out.