Sagemc_menu.xml Customization Question

[razrsharpe]

I am using the Sagemc_menu.xml file to filter out my DVD's, Blu-ray discs, and videos using path filters. This is all working great. My question is... Can I add another line to each item that will change the title displayed while viewing each folder. It currently shows "My Videos" for each sub-group. I would like them to display "DVD", "Blu-ray", "Videos", etc. I attached my .xml file for reference.

Thanks

[gplasky]

Just edit the menu name through the Dynamic Menu options. Main Menu Options-Edit Menu Item-Rename. Make sure to save your changes afterward.

Gerry

[razrsharpe]

Ger,
Thanks for the response. That doesn't do quite what I want. That only renames the menu item on the main screen (unless I'm doing something wrong, quite possible). What I am looking for is a means to change the title of menu while in the sub menu (My Videos Folder View) for each filter. I attached my main menu showing the custom menu items and then also my DVD menu with the title circled in red that I would like to change.

Thanks

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

Ger,
Thanks for the response. That doesn't do quite what I want. That only renames the menu item on the main screen (unless I'm doing something wrong, quite possible). What I am looking for is a means to change the title of menu while in the sub menu (My Videos Folder View) for each filter. I attached my main menu showing the custom menu items and then also my DVD menu with the title circled in red that I would like to change.

Thanks

Sorry. Now that I see what you are trying to do I believe that is hard coded in the STV and not available for modification from the menu.xml file.

Gerry

[razrsharpe]

that's what I just discovered too. I changed the STV to display a variable instead of being hardcoded (and can change it and have it update). Is there a way that I can set the variable in the sagemc_menu.xml file? Sorry I am new to java and do not know all the syntax, etc but am not scared of some debugging. I also was able to change it via a property item, so the menu.xml file could set that property item. However, I think this is less clean than setting a variable in the STV directly.

[razrsharpe]

wowow, I was able to figure it out I added a global context to the xml file setting my variable "MenuTitle" to what I wanted it to display while in the sub menu. The attached Zip file has an STVi that imports into the latest SageMC (6.3.8b.12) and example code for how to change the sagemc_menu.xml file.

Example code for modifying the sagemc_menu.xml file (new line in bold, modify bold red to suit your needs). This only has an effect after importing the attached stvi and only works when displaying the FileSystem View. Also I noticed that when you are not viewing the file system view the filters do not work either.

        <internalScreenMenuItem icon="hover_my videos.png" screen="Video Library Folder View" title="Menu Title">
            <evalExpression>AddStaticContext("PathFilterExprs", new_java_util_ArrayList())</evalExpression>
            <evalExpression>java_util_List_add(PathFilterExprs, "\\\\Server\\share")</evalExpression>
            <evalExpression>AddStaticContext("PathFilterExcludes", false)</evalExpression>
            <evalExpression>AddGlobalContext("MenuTitle", "Menu Title")</evalExpression>
        </internalScreenMenuItem>

[gplasky]

Nice job.

Gerry

[dead_ferrets]

Wow, just found this. Thanks, I've been looking for something like this!

Is it in the download section? I hope this handy little feature will find it's way into Ortus/Phoenix...

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by dead_ferrets

Wow, just found this. Thanks, I've been looking for something like this!

Is it in the download section? I hope this handy little feature will find it's way into Ortus/Phoenix...

its not in the download section because i really didnt mean for it to be "addon" persea... I was just asking for advice on how to implement something like this and figured it out so i posted it... in any event though glad you found it useful