[Mr_Muh]

hi community,

first of all i want to thank everyone developing xbmc.

i am really new to python (never written something in it), but i started to write a little script. at a specified time an action will be executed. this can be starting/stopping of the playlist or a shutdown. i'm using a thread which compares the alarmtime with the current time.

if i started the thread and closed the window, the script runs in the background. my question is: how do i bring a running script to the foreground?
and it seems like a running thread in the background can't be stopped. when i try to rerun the script it says (stopping) but the thread is running and running... (this is maybe a feature request...)

here are some code snippets:

   def oncontrol(self, control):
    # if closebutton is pressed close
       if control == self.abortbutton:
           self.close()
       # if startbutton is pressed
       elif control == self.startbutton:
           d = datetime.datetime.now()
           d = d.replace(hour=int(self.timelist.getselecteditem().getlabel()[0:2]),minute=int(self.timelist.getselecteditem().getlabel()[3:5]),second=0,microsecond=0)
           if self.dodialogyesno("at "+d.ctime()," do "+actions[self.actionlist.getselectedposition()],"the current time: "+datetime.datetime.now().ctime()):
               c = countdown(d, self.actionlist.getselectedposition())
               c.start()
               self.close()
               c.join()
               # depending on action do something, see actions
               if c.action == 0:
                   print "play!"
                   player = xbmc.player()
                   player.play()
               if c.action == 1:
                   print "stop!"
                   player = xbmc.player()
                   player.stop()
               if c.action == 2:
                   print "shutdown!"
                   xbmc.shutdown()


class countdown(threading.thread):
   "a simple thread comparing datetime objects"
   checkstep = 2 # interval of the checking (seconds)
   action = 0
   def (self, alarm, action):
    # executing the constructor of thread
       threading.thread.(self)
       # type test
       if alarm. != datetime.datetime:
           raise typeerror
       self.alarm = alarm
       self.action = action
   def run(self):
    # if the alarm is before now sleep and check again
       while datetime.datetime.now() < self.alarm:
           time.sleep(self.checkstep)