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Windows => Third Party Plug-ins, Programs, and Skins => Topic started by: Stilton on August 11, 2003, 11:57:18 am

Title: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: Stilton on August 11, 2003, 11:57:18 am
Hi all,

I've released version 0.1b of my first plugin, ExportIt. From the readme;

ExportIt is a simple, free, plugin for JRiver's excellent Media Center 9.1. ExportIt allows you to export your tree structure to an HTML file. This allows you to print out a structure of Artist and Album, Genre, or anything you feel like really. It supports as many levels as you need, so theoretically you could export your whole tree structure.

Download: http://www.njones.vispa.com/ExportIt/ExportIt_0.1b.zip
Example Tree-View Export: http://www.njones.vispa.com/ExportIt/Example/MediaCenterExport.html
Example Basic Export: http://www.njones.vispa.com/ExportIt/Example/MediaCenterExport_Simple.html
Screenshot: http://www.njones.vispa.com/ExportIt/screenshot.jpg

Version History:
     Features :
           - Exports view schemes, starting from a custom scheme, and going down
             a specified number of levels
           - Optionally export the files in the final level
           - Export to two types of HTML - basic and tree-view
           - Specify the location of the exported file
           - Safely cancel the operation halfway-through
           - Optionally launch the HTML page in browser on complete
           - Saves settings in INI file, keeping the registry clean
           - Copy images + javascript with file (in subdir?)


     Known Problems / Issues :
           - Yet to have an interface matching the skin
           - Crashes MC when an export started, then the plug is closed down.
           - Haven't tested it with a very large library.
           - No proper install / un-install routine
           - Having ' > ' in the name of a scheme will screw things up.
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: KingSparta on August 11, 2003, 01:12:00 pm
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- Crashes MC when an export started, then the plug is closed down.


maybe if you just change the mode to "1"
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: RhinoBanga on August 11, 2003, 11:59:49 pm
If you want to get rid of the black borders around your buttons IIRC you put them inside a picturebox.
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: Stilton on August 12, 2003, 01:04:59 am
King Sparta - thanks for the tip - how do I set the plugin mode? is it a registry setting?

RhinoBanga - Yup i've got this on the list of things to do. Aesthetics is something I'll look at later, I want to try and get some of the colours from the skinautomation so it fits in a bit better with the design.
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: KingSparta on August 12, 2003, 03:24:11 am
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King Sparta - thanks for the tip - how do I set the plugin mode? is it a registry setting?


if your using the Registry.reg file

it is in there, i think it is labled "mode" something or another.
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: nila on August 12, 2003, 05:01:43 am
Looks good.

Some indication of the tree settings being used would be nice :)

Also - just two big text areas at the top and bottom to allow custom headers/footers to be added would be great! :)

V. nice lookin plugin thou!! :)
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: Stilton on August 12, 2003, 06:17:45 am
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Looks good.

Some indication of the tree settings being used would be nice :)


Do you mean in the output HTML file it should say where it came from? I thought for the next version I'd add in stuff like thatt.

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Also - just two big text areas at the top and bottom to allow custom headers/footers to be added would be great! :)

You can do this by editing the template. Look in the /template directory. In there you can pretty much change anything, from adding headers/footers to changing the fonts and layout by altering the CSS.

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V. nice lookin plugin thou!! :)

Thanks :)
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: nila on August 13, 2003, 01:22:10 am
aaah - templates? Css? Lovely :)

Good job dude!

Except it didn't work for me - tried to export my whole tree with files - maybe I just had too many for it to handle :)
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: Stilton on August 13, 2003, 03:25:59 am
What didn't work? did it crash out? or did the HTML not load in the browser? Sometimes if you export loads, Opera takes a few seconds to load it up properly.

Does doing it with fewer files work?
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: JimH on September 03, 2003, 07:47:03 am
I removed a post that asked for a feature that may be illegal.
Title: Re: New Plugin - ExportIt 0.1 Beta released
Post by: Marko on September 04, 2003, 11:11:51 pm
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I removed a post that asked for a feature that may be illegal.


No prizes for guessing what that was ;)

Found this after following all the skin threads in here.
I d'loaded it, tried it, and got it to work on the 2nd try.
It can only do it's thing if view schemes are "populating the tree" which I mostly turn off.
I set up a view scheme under "advanced" just for your plugin.

Although only v0.1b, it appears to be doing "everything it says on the tin"
Thank you very much :)