what file must be change to accomplish this?

making this general thread where we can ask for what files that needs to be changed to accomplish what we want to do instead of filling up the official night or bugs thread with these questions.

i'll start with one question. i'm changing redd's mod of the posterpluss view to fit the way i would luv to have it. mcborzu have added viewoptions to the poster view where u can toggle flags on or off and show fanart or dark view. on dark view you can toggle posterpluss on or off. what i wanna do is add the posterpluss on or off toggle to the show fanart view. so what file do i need to change to get that happening?

It's all in Viewtype_Poster.xml. What you need to do is erase !Skin.HasSetting(Poster_Fanart) so it's available. Also needs deleted in MyVideoNav.xml.

Probably easiest way to find what to do is (ctrl+f) the word "slide". The sections that have the slide animation are most likely are the sections that have "PosterPlus"...

sweet gonna look into it. another coding question.
1. is there a way to set flag visibility only if there is a flag available? having trouble with studio flags leaving a gap if there ain't flags for studios
2. is there a point in having conditions to a animation when the condition is set in visibility condition? or will the animation run out of sight if it ain't there.
example:

this thread is a good Idea as long as the guys with the knowledge dont mind sharing last thing I want is to interupt the great work your all ready doing...
that said

mcborzu Wrote:@Ram2000

1. create a new .xml - Viewtype_foo.xml
1a. Change or add a include line at top: <include name="Viewtype_foo">
1b. Make sure it has a unique id for the list <control type="fixedlist" id="597">

2. Added the .xml, Viewtype_foo.xml, to top of Includes.xml
3. Add the Include, usually underneath the fanart coding in MyVideoNav.xml - <include>Viewtype_foo</include>

3. Depends on the skin but you might need to add it to the <views> tag at top of MyVideoNav.xml - <views>50,55,58,597</views>

I still cant get Night to show my view :-( I am trying to add my own music view

I have changed the Viewtype_MusicShowcase.xml to Viewtype_musicibox.xml which is my version.
Ive changed <control type="group" id="666"> in Viewtype_musicibox.xml
Added <include file="Viewtype_musicibox.xml" /> to Includes.xml
and added 666 to views in MyVidoeNav.xml
But I still dont see my view :-(

have you changed everything with (oldgroupid) to (666) in Viewtype_musicibox.xml

<visible>Control.IsVisible(55) --> <visible>Control.IsVisible(666)

except the onup\ondown id.

Only thing you didn't write that you did was:

Quote:3. Add the Include, usually underneath the fanart coding in MyVideoNav.xml - <include>Viewtype_foo</include>

though it would MyMusicNav.xml for you...

Don't forget to make sure you have a closing tag </include> in Viewtype_musicibox.xml. Sometimes I accidently delete or forget that...

Thanks guys
you where both right I hadnt changed the other Ids in Viewtype_musicibox.xml
and i had added Viewtype_musicibox.xml to MyVideoNav.xml instead of MyMusicNav.xml
I have now done both of these bu still cant see my view :-(
I know the Viewtype_musicibox.xml works as I have it as Viewtype_MusicShowcase.xml as well which works but I dont want to overwrite other views If i can figure it out....

If you haven't got it yet, trust me it's something small you're overlooking. I can't tell you how many times I added a view and it wouldn't show. And it was one of the following I overlooked:

1. deleting or missing </include>
2. Forgot to change id's <control type="fixedlist" id="597">
3. Misspelling - thats the hardest, because your eyes read what you think it should spell


And it shouldn't be:

Quote:and i had added Viewtype_musicibox.xml to MyVideoNav.xml instead of MyMusicNav.xml

It should be:

Quote:<include>Viewtype_Files</include><!-- 50 -->
<include>Viewtype_MusicShowcase</include><!-- 58 -->
<include>Viewtype_3daddon</include><!-- 56 -->
<include>Viewtype_MusicWall</include><!-- 53 -->
<include>Viewtype_Songs</include><!-- 52 -->
<include>Viewtype_Shelf</include><!-- 51 -->
<include>Viewtype_JukeBox</include><!-- 54 -->
<include>Viewtype_musicibox</include><!-- 666 -->

posterplus movement. on movies this work great. if u go left or right the info disappear before it opens on the new movie in focus. however on tvshows when going from episode to season or from season to tvshow or other way around, after the posterplus info is displayed, the infoscreen hangs until u go left or right again. the info on the infoscreen is correct according to the level u are at. how can u change that this don't happen?

mcborzu Wrote:3. Misspelling - thats the hardest, because your eyes read what you think it should spell:

ohh yeah .. i spent like 30 mins trying to figure out why my tweaked IncludeCodecFlagging file wasn't working .. in the end it was i forgot a ']' and i complelely misspelled ListItem.FilenameAndPath