[antc101]

Hi guys,

I've been trying to put a link in the main menu of XBMC that will jump straight to WMC's live TV mode. I have successfully done this using advanced launcher, however I cannot get XBMC to automatically switch to focus whenever the external program has closed - in this case, WMC.
Also, when I say I have successfully been able to do this I mean I have got WMC to launch, and fail to switch focus back to XBMC when WMC closes, but I have not found a way to link it on the main menu - say having a "Live TV" on the XBMC home screen that automatically links to the WMC Live TV link within Advanced Launcher - but that last part is here nor there at the moment. Just trying to get the first bit working nicely first

Has anyone had any experience with such a thing? Not necessarily launching live TV, but with switching programs back and forth etc?

Any help would be greatly appreciated please - still trying to make the HTPC wife friendly as much as possible haha.

Cheers,
Antony

[Angelscry]

For you first problem, as XBMC, in some cases, is not able to get focus back correctly, you need to use a small script that will force it to do it. You will found some possible scripts here : http://www.gwenael.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=199. Idea is to use the

Code:

nircmd win max process XBMC.exe

command line for .bat script or the

Code:

WinSetState("XBMC", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

command line for Autoit scripts, when the started application is closed, to force XBMC to return fullscreen.

For your second problem, you need to create a favorite of your WMC launcher created with Advanced Launcher. Then, if the skin you are using support it, you need to create a menu or submenu entry on your XBMC home screen (into skin settings) that will be linked to the created favorite. Here a Youtube tutorial : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8edJlmG6lw