[MOD] Add an internet browser-button (or any application) to Home-menu (Win7) - Printable Version +- Kodi Community Forum (https://forum.kodi.tv) +-- Forum: Support (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=33) +--- Forum: Skins Support (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=67) +---- Forum: Confluence (https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=125) +---- Thread: [MOD] Add an internet browser-button (or any application) to Home-menu (Win7) (/showthread.php?tid=68858) Pages:
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[MOD] Add Firefox and Spotify (or any application) to Home-menu (Win7) - RustyCage - 2010-01-29 First open Home.xml in \skin\Confluence\720p Add following code between the closing </item> tag and before the <item id=”6”> tag (scroll down to somewhere in the middle of home.xml or search for "id=6"): <item id="12"> <label>Internet</label> <onclick>XBMC.System.Exec(C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe)</onclick> <icon>special://skin/backgrounds/firefox.jpg</icon> </item> (You can use any id as long as it's unique.) So when you click on the "Internet"-item the browser will open up and when you're done surfing and close the browser-window, XBMC will popup again. [EDIT] Additionally if you want the screen to change to lower resolution before executing the browser or program so it's easier to read, here's what you do: 1. Download ResSwitch & ResCopy v1.24 (free) and extract it to C:\ 2. Create a textfile in "C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox" and name it: Firefox.bat, rightclick it and select Edit. 3. Add the following lines: C:\ResSwitch.exe /WIDTH:1280 /HEIGHT:800 start /w C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe C:\ResSwitch.exe /WIDTH:1920 /HEIGHT:1080 4. Open Home.xml in ...\skin\Confluence\720p and change <onclick>XBMC.System.Exec(C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe)</onclick> to <onclick>XBMC.System.Exec(C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.bat)</onclick> and save and close. Done! 5. Now when you click on the Internet-button in the Home-menu, XBMC will minimize, change resolution to 1240x800 and launch Firefox. When you exit Firefox the resolution will change back to default and XBMC will popup again. SPOTIFY Here's what i did to get Spotify to launch correctly: <item id="13"> <label>Spotify</label> <onclick>XBMC.System.Exec(C:\Spotify.bat)</onclick> <icon>special://skin/backgrounds/spotify.jpg</icon> </item> Create a shortcut to Spotify.exe and place it in c:\ and rename it to "spotify.exe.lnk" Create a spotify.bat file and put this in it: C:\ResSwitch.exe /WIDTH:1280 /HEIGHT:800 C:\spotify.exe.lnk C:\ResSwitch.exe /WIDTH:1920 /HEIGHT:1080 The ResSwitch is ofcourse optional. Exit Spotify from the File menu otherwise the .bat-file won't continue to the next line and exit back to XBMC. - rflores2323 - 2010-01-29 Can this be done in Linux? - ronie - 2010-01-29 rflores2323 Wrote:Can this be done in Linux? try with: Code: <onclick>XBMC.System.Exec(/usr/bin/firefox)</onclick> - rflores2323 - 2010-01-29 do you have to have the launcher script installed? what else is required to set up? - RustyCage - 2010-01-29 No you do not need the Launcher-plugin... - RustyCage - 2010-01-29 And if you want some nice backgrounds for whatever browser or app you use, check out deviantart.com - t2ffn - 2010-01-31 I'm having trouble getting it to launch firefox.exe from C:\Program Files\Firefox\firefox.exe When I "launch" this from the homescreen it says: windows cannot find... etc... Whats wrong with it? I can double click the firefox.exe from the above location and it launches just fine. - RustyCage - 2010-02-01 t2ffn Wrote:I'm having trouble getting it to launch firefox.exe from C:\Program Files\Firefox\firefox.exe Try: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe Works for me in Win7 - t2ffn - 2010-02-01 Thanks but I actually used firefox\firefox.exe as thats the folder structure I have in my Program Files folder, I installed to firefox, not mozilla firefox folder. I thought it was the spaces at first, between program and files... stumped for now. I'm in XP incase it makes a difference. - t2ffn - 2010-02-01 Ok, tried it with internet explorer and still comes back with a windows cannot find C:\Program '. If I paste the location into Run, it launches firefox, so again, dunno! - t2ffn - 2010-02-01 Double post. - sraue - 2010-02-01 t2ffn Wrote:Ok, tried it with internet explorer and still comes back with a windows cannot find C:\Program '. you can try (i dont know enough from windows): 1. <onclick>XBMC.System.Exec("C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe")</onclick> (use quotes) 2. <onclick>XBMC.System.Exec(C:\Progra~1\Mozill~1\Firefox.exe)</onclick> 3. create an c:\firefox.bat with that contains: C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe and use: <onclick>XBMC.System.Exec(C:\firefox.bat)</onclick> 4. setup path also to C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox\ and use: <onclick>XBMC.System.Exec(Firefox.exe)</onclick> - RustyCage - 2010-02-02 - sgkcem - 2011-10-17 I've ran this script and have gotten xbmc to launch the application (google chrome) how ever right after it opens the page xbmc pops back up and I have to alt+tab to bring up the page. I'm running xbmc dharma build under the xii skin with win7 any thoughts ? sgkcem - sgkcem - 2011-10-17 I was able to figure it out Thanks for looking |