Scripting Functionality Thread (NO Script Requests Here!)

[Bex]

Writing my 1st MM app has been a pleasure and if I find some where to host a zip, I'll be glad to share it with anyone interested when it's complete.

Perhaps some filesharing site? Would be nice to see what you have done!

[Bex]

I would like an event which is run when a user "starts" dragging a track from the trackview.

thanks,
Dale.

You have "hover" and/or drop on a node available. I've used it in my dupe script. But that's perhaps not what you are looking for?

[Steegy]

For your information: I have renamed this thread, so the purpose of it should be very obvious now.

[darchangel]

Perhaps some filesharing site? Would be nice to see what you have done!

Good idea. Suggestions?

[Bex]

There are tons of them, just Google some!

But Maaspuck used:
http://bitshare.de/

[DaledeSilva]

I would like an event which is run when a user "starts" dragging a track from the trackview.

thanks,
Dale.

You have "hover" and/or drop on a node available. I've used it in my dupe script. But that's perhaps not what you are looking for?

nah, I specifically want to know when a user 'starts' dragging a song...

that way I can do things like; write a script which keeps the 'now playing' hidden but unhides it when the user starts dragging a song... and then hides it after they've dropped it... maximising the screenspace for what is needed at the time.

[Maaspuck]

Hi all,

here is a link with some filesharing sites, where i selected bitshare.de from.

Link

Regards

Maaspuck

[onkel_enno]

My Script-Functionality-Wish:
The Context Menu of the MainTracksWindow of the Now-Playing-Node should be accessable/modifyable!

[Bex]

This may already exist, but I'd like to be able to create a playlist node, not just a regular track list node. I have some scripts that create nodes with a randomized list of tracks (RadioFreeMonkey) and these will automatically sort if I've already sorted on something recently.

Anyway...
Peter

Reading through this thread again I saw your post.
What you ask for is already possible!
From my Last 100 script:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13083

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Sub AddTracks(Node)
 'A trick to reset any added sortorder to the tracks in Main window
  SDB.MainTree.CurrentNode.NodeType = 12
  SDB.MainTracksWindow.Refresh
  SDB.MainTree.CurrentNode.NodeType = 255

  Dim Trcks,sql
  Set Trcks = SDB.MainTracksWindow
   
  sql = "SELECT TOP 100 ID "&_
        "FROM Songs "& Node.CustomData
 
  'To add the tracks this way makes them sorted by the ORDER BY clause in the sql
  SDB.Database.ExecSQL ("CREATE TABLE tmpIds (IdSong integer unique)")
  SDB.Database.ExecSQL ("INSERT INTO tmpIds (IdSong) "& sql)
  Trcks.AddTracksFromQuery( "and Songs.ID in (Select IdSong FROM tmpIds)")
  SDB.Database.ExecSQL ("DROP TABLE tmpIds")
  Trcks.FinishAdding
End Sub

[ZvezdanD]

Bugs:
- Skinned 3.x DropDown control with Style = csDropDown: if I type some text, matching item in the list is not selected (v2.5.5 works fine, non-skinned also works fine);

- Skinned 3.x DropDown: when I select some item in the list which is not on the very begin (e.g. after scrolling several pages down), and after that if I try the DeleteItem method, program will freeze (v2.5.5 works fine, non-skinned also works fine);

- SpinEdit: MinValue has no effect if I don't set MaxValue (I spent some time to figure that);

- ListBox ActiveX: up/down arrows don't work, but the next controls on the form takes focus. I think that similar bug is already mentioned, but it was long time ago and is not removed yet.

Old request for implementation of the ListBox into API is still waiting for realization. I could ask also for the listview and the treeview controls within API. I need a possibility to put dropdown control on toolbar (similar as Search), as well.

[imd1b4u]

It is possible to create pages using HTML and display them in SDBUIForms by using the Shell.Explorer ActiveX component. Unfortunately, they don't necessarily render correctly. Instead, they render the same way as they would render in Internet Explorer. It would be nice if MM provided some way of rendering HTML pages that didn't have IE's problems.

Here is an example I have run into:

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Sub EmptyCellBug
  Set objForm = SDB.UI.NewForm
  Set objWB = SDB.UI.NewActiveX(objForm, "Shell.Explorer")
  Set objDoc = objWB.Interf.Document
  objDoc.write "<html><head><style TYPE=text/css>td {border-width:2}</style></head>" & vbcrlf
  objDoc.write "<body><table border=""1"" style=""empty-cells:show; border-spacing: 0"">" & vbcrlf
  objDoc.write "<tr><td>First</td><td>Row</td></tr>" & vbcrlf
  objDoc.write "<tr><td>Second</td><td></td></tr>" & vbcrlf
  objDoc.write "<tr><td>Third</td><td>Row</td></tr>" & vbcrlf
  objDoc.write "</table></body></html>" & vbcrlf
  objDoc.close
  objForm.ShowModal
End Sub

The middle row contains an empty cell. The border of the cell doesn't render, even though I say in the style for the table that it should. It's also ignoring the 'border-spacing:0' directive. If you copy the HTML code (right-click on the form > View Source), save it and view it in Firefox, it looks much better (and like what I intended). (Supposedly, the HTML would render OK on a Mac; it's just the Windows version of IE that ignores those directives! )

This is a problem for me since I am trying to display MM data (which often contains blank fields) in a table using HTML. Stuffing   into the empty cells is creating another problem because the strikethrough decoration is making it look like something is actually there.

Beyond this there are a number of web pages that supposedly document the non-standard rendering of Internet Explorer. There may be another control I could use already, but I am going by what's in the first documentation I have seen. I don't know what is in MM3.

[Steegy]

I think MM3 (and almost all Windows software using an "built-in" browser) will keep using the IE rendering engine for some more years to come. Reasons should be obvious: everyone has it, and it's easy to use/interface with, and it's actually completely available (what can't be said about the Gecko engine used by Firefox, that's missing a decent ActiveX/library implementation).
Software developers would probably use Firefox's engine, if only it was available and easy to implement.

[trixmoto]

Yeah, I agree with Steegy - all software uses IE in an OCX because IE is installed on every windows machine (if they like it or not) and is easily accessible.

You could always try stuffing with " " and remove the strikethrough on the field. A little annoying, but that's IE for you!

[trixmoto]

SDB.Playlist.Randomize would be a very useful method!

[imd1b4u]

I think MM3 (and almost all Windows software using an "built-in" browser) will keep using the IE rendering engine for some more years to come. Reasons should be obvious: everyone has it, and it's easy to use/interface with, and it's actually completely available

... and they are probably using Microsoft's Visual Studio. I am not holding my breath.