[RELEASE] Launcher - application launcher plugin for Linux, Mac, Windows, and Xbox

I doubt native launching will happen in XBMC. My suggestion is for people to use the launcher script (or a python script) and call a macro inside of eventghost.

What exactly does this application do? Somebody told me that on an xbox, this application would allow me to run Windows Executables, such as Hulu Desktop, however, this does not seem very likely. This isn't possible is it?

No. The architecher is different

nitesh201 Wrote:What exactly does this application do? Somebody told me that on an xbox, this application would allow me to run Windows Executables, such as Hulu Desktop, however, this does not seem very likely. This isn't possible is it?

definitely not possible

Hi! Just wanted to share my solution to the fullscreen problem on Windows machines. If you have the problem that XBMC cannot minimize when in fullscreen and therefore you cannot use the launched application because xbmc is covering the screen, please follow these instructions:

Open launcher_plugin.py in
C:\Users\{your username}\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\plugins\Programs\Launcher\resources\lib
with a text editor and locate the function def _run_launcher(self, launcherName)

there you will see the line
paste the following code before and after this line

so it will look like


This will switch XBMC to windowed mode before launching an application and switch back to fullscreen after the application is closed.

simphax Wrote:Hi! Just wanted to share my solution to the fullscreen problem on Windows machines. If you have the problem that XBMC cannot minimize when in fullscreen and therefore you cannot use the launched application because xbmc is covering the screen, please follow these instructions:

Many thanks for this tip. + the steps are not much different for xbmcLive / ubuntu / linux...

1. EDIT ~/.xbmc/plugins/programs/Launcher/resources/lib/launcher_plugin.py
2. FIND TWO elif (sys.platform.startswith('linux')):
3. WRAP BOTH with xbmc.executehttpapi("Action(199)")...ex1...
   
   Code:
   

   elif (sys.platform.startswith('linux')):
[color=Red]                        xbmc.executehttpapi("Action(199)")[/color]
                        os.system("\"%s\" %s \"%s\"" % (launcher["application"], launcher["args"], rom["filename"]))
[color=Red]                        xbmc.executehttpapi("Action(199)")
   [/color]
4. Bingo Bango
   

EDIT: i originally did this by creating a BASH script (like a BAT file in windows)
EDIT 2 > now i've moved action(199) to the launcher_plugin.py, thanks simphax.
EDIT 3 > Still need BASH-fu to HIDE the control from XBMC when playing games ...
(otherwise event server continues passing command to xbmc [without focus] while launcher is running emu's)

1. delete /userdata/keymap/logtitech.xml
2. refresh keymaping ... Action(203)
3. launch
4. restore keymap
5. refresh key list ... Action(203)
   

[/color]

in the userdata/plugin_data/programs/Launcher/launchers.xml

1. point each <launcher> <application> @ your scipt (BAT or SH)
2. point ARG1 to your EMU/APP
3. put [arg1] [arg2] [arg3] as [2,3,4]...
   

Is it possible to do this in the launcher_plugin.py ?

Hi!
Here, I press the key '\' and the screen go to the 1/4 of normal size, but the keyboard and mouse set focus on the firefox. When I quit of firefox, I press \ again and the screen size come back to the normal size.

This is a stupid solution, but a solution.

Sorry for my bad english!

Fernando Maesso

Hi,

When i try that simphax say about copy that line in to the launcher_plugin.py
i'll get som error when try to open launcher.

http://pastebin.com/m5509da2c

desperz Wrote:Hi,

When i try that simphax say about copy that line in to the launcher_plugin.py
i'll get som error when try to open launcher.

http://pastebin.com/m5509da2c

try to modify the line directly without copy-paste, you might have copied a tab or spaces that are not in the correct place.
python language is very strict about spaces and tabs.

Now i get no error but xbmc is still in foreground any clue

http://pastebin.com/d42102e23