onAction() method

hi,

i've finally started tinkering with python. thanks to all the helpful people on this and the xbox-scene forums, it was pretty easy to take it up.

a small question though: how do i check against an 'action' sent to my window? i know i can change the onaction method, but i would like to check for a specific action while i'm in a loop of my own (and not via the domodal() method). ie:

Quote:window.show()
while (action<>action_shutdown):
output('still running!')
window.close
del window

what should the while statement look like?

if you want to receive events, then you need to implement the window.onaction() method to receive those events. have you tried implementing the onaction() method and storing the action in a variable that you can check in your mainloop after window.show()? i'm thinking of something like this:

Quote:isshutdown = 0

class window( xbmcgui.window ):
def onaction( action ):
if action == 10: # previous menu
isshutdown = 1

win = window()
win.show()
while isshutdown == 0:
# do whatever you need to do
win.close()

i haven't tested this code but onaction() is how your window receives events.

great, thanks!

i thought the actions were only received during a modall() call, but apparently they're not. why on earth i didn't simply try before, i don't know