Registered: Sep 2005
From: Berlin, Germany

New release. This is mainly 0.5.3 with a few
installer fixes and the installer itself.
(source code can be installed as option like before)

>> gen_mbapi_0_5_4_setup.exe
 

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Originally posted by dllmain
New release. This is mainly 0.5.3 with a few
installer fixes and the installer itself.
(source code can be installed as option like before)

>> gen_mbapi_0_5_4_setup.exe
 

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Alas, another update and the plugin has just been republished.. I have to put it back to unpublished again;

Well, it was forseen and I have no choice. I am sorry, Winamp review staff

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Thank you.

It works like a charm. The minibrowser is a core feature, and as far as I am concerned it should never have been removed. Again, thank you for giving me the ability to re-enable it.

Suggestion: The URL button is also missing in this post 521 world. Could you please add open URL to the context menu in the minibrowser?

-RS

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Registered: Aug 2002
From: Germany

With the latest update, the plugin works for me (didn't seem to load before), but crashes whenever I use Album List's show cover in minibrowser feature.

Please keep working on it, this plugin would be essential part of Winamp for me!

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Registered: Sep 2005
From: Berlin, Germany

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Originally posted by Ikeburner
ith the latest update, the plugin works for me (didn't seem to load before), but crashes whenever I use Album List's show cover in minibrowser feature.

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From: Germany

There seems to be some activity in the minibrowser for half a second, as if it's trying to load something - but then Winamp just shuts down without any notice or error.

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Originally posted by Ikeburner
There seems to be some activity in the minibrowser for half a second, as if it's trying to load something - but then Winamp just shuts down without any notice or error.

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From: Canada

OnIpcMbOpenReal: strstr crashes when szUrl is NULL.

AL calls IPC_MBOPEN with url equal to NULL to open the minibrowser first.

Btw, this is with the 0.5.4

According to the winamp sdk... NULL is a valid input.

code:
#define IPC_MBOPEN 241
/* (requires Winamp 2.05+)
** SendMessage(hwnd_winamp,WM_WA_IPC,0,IPC_MBOPEN);
** SendMessage(hwnd_winamp,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)url,IPC_MBOPEN);
** IPC_MBOPEN will open a new URL in the minibrowser. if url is NULL, it will open the Minibrowser window.
*/

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Originally posted by Safai
OnIpcMbOpenReal: strstr crashes when szUrl is NULL.

AL calls IPC_MBOPEN with url equal to NULL to open the minibrowser first.

Btw, this is with the 0.5.4

According to the winamp sdk... NULL is a valid input.

code:
#define IPC_MBOPEN 241
/* (requires Winamp 2.05+)
** SendMessage(hwnd_winamp,WM_WA_IPC,0,IPC_MBOPEN);
** SendMessage(hwnd_winamp,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)url,IPC_MBOPEN);
** IPC_MBOPEN will open a new URL in the minibrowser. if url is NULL, it will open the Minibrowser window.
*/

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Oh, I see. My bad.

I only put the code for NULL when the minibrower is NOT up. It is easily fixed. Here is a new (sigh; ) version.

We are in luck: 0.5.4 is NOT republished yet.

This is NOT a setup file.. sorry but this forum allows only a file under 102400 bytes.

(ps) yeah!

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Suggestion: The URL button is also missing in this post 521 world. Could you please add open URL to the context menu in the minibrowser?

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The URL button is currently not supported.. well, you can find "Navigate" button on the configuration dialog box... besides, is it needed? I have a feeling that browsing the net with the minibrowser is "overacting" because it is easier to surf with "internet explorer" itself.. or your choice of web browser..

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Registered: Aug 2002
From: Germany

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Originally posted by whoami
To fix a bug, we have to reproduce the symptom first.

Please give us info about :
1) your Winamp version and type (Lite/Full..)
2) the plugins installed
3) your OS version in your computer
4) your Internet Explorer version
5) the scenario to reproduce the symptom
6) any info if you think you should say

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1) 5.24 Full (Pro)
2) Album List (URL submitted by user.)
3) Windows XP Professional SP 2
4) 6.0.something (whatever is latest, I don't use it)
5) Album List has a "Show Cover" option, where an image of the album cover is shown in the minibrowser for whichever album is playing at the moment. Whenever that is supposed to happen, Winamp just shuts down without further notice.
6) Er... thanks for all the trouble you're going through to make this plugin!

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Registered: Jun 2006
From: Planet Earth, the Solar system.

@Ikeburner:

First of all, the Album List plugin will not crash with gen_mbapi 0.6 (thanks to Safai).

However, its "Show Cover" feature DOES NOT work on gen_mbapi. It does not because the minibrowser does not accept "file://" protocol, and it is not gen_mbapi's fault but M$'s fault. M$ made IHTMLDocument2 (the controller of Internet Explorer) accepting only "http://" protocol.

I am looking for solution of this issue, but there is no luck right now. You should wait until I find such a solution or just use Winamp 5.21-.

Sorry about this.

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Registered: Aug 2002
From: Germany

Oh, I see. Well, I guess it really is the best solution to downgrade. Still, keep up the good work!

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Registered: Jun 2006
From: Planet Earth, the Solar system.

A bad news is.. the lyric homepage which was the motive of developing mbapi plugin (the homepage distributed a lyric plugin and it became out of order when Winamp went 5.22+) seems not to come online for several days.. I am worrying it goes away.. forever.

A good news is.. I got a clue for "not accepting 'file://' issue". There will be a new version, but I am thinking I should add some unsupporting features (e.g. URL button) for the new version.. because tomorrow is a holiday in my country and I will have some time to try for them.

I will try to submit 0.7 tomorrow. Wish me luck (and 7 is a lucky number, they say.. don't they?)

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Registered: Sep 2003
From: UK

you'll need to do a new submission as re-submissions just plain don't work anymore (none in the last month and a bit have so that can be classified as not working)

-daz

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Registered: Jun 2006
From: Planet Earth, the Solar system.

Are you guys waiting for me? (if not, well.. )

While I was developing 0.7, I encountered a major flaw of the plugin and had a hard time resolving the issue.. Gee, what a "LUCKY" version number..

Anyway, here is a shiny-new-skyrocketing version of gen_mbapi.

Let's see..
First of all, I found out how to derive IWebBrowser2 (a higher layer of Internet Explorer controller) from IHTMLDocument2, and it accepts not only "http:", but also "file:" and some other "standard" URL protocol that Internet Explorer normally accepts.

In short, it works just like your normal IE.

Then, I fixed the bug that gen_mbapi loses control when a user changes Media Library view from "Now Playing" and changes back to "Now Playing" after gen_mbapi having control over the Minibrowser. No one had noticed this flaw because I designed the plugin to gain control only when needed..

In addition - I hope many people to be satisfied for this feature - I added a context menu to the minibrowser for opening "Open URL" dialog. I originally tried to add the "Misc.." button, but I had to understand how skin works if I added the button, and it really annoyed me.

Lastly.. following features are supported on 0.7:
- IPC callback : IPC_CB_ONSHOWWND and IPC_CB_ONHIDEWND (with IPC_CB_WND_MB)
- WM_COMMAND calls : WINAMP_OPTIONS_MINIBROWSER, MB_FWD, MB_BACK, MB_RELOAD, MB_OPENMENU and MB_OPENLOC

I hope there is no bug.. but I am (you-know-what) developer, so I am not sure I will resubmit the setup version in a couple of days, so please try this rar-version first and notice me if you find any issue.

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Registered: Mar 2004
From: Kansas City

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Originally posted by whoami
I hope there is no bug.. but I am (you-know-what) developer, so I am not sure

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human?

I will go play with it before i have to leave for class

winamp wouldnt start until i deleted winamp.ini. i had version .4(i think) installed and i think i had to delete winamp.ini before this one would load. hopefully it wasnt another plugin? as far as i know, the only plugin i have installed that would cause a conflict is dllmain's allmusic plugin.

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Registered: Sep 2000
From: Canada

whoami,

I noticed on my other machine that it failed to find ml_nowplaying.dll and shows the now playing not found message.

The problem is with GetCurrentDirectory returning "C:\" in the DoesNowPlayingExist function.

Here is what I use in my plugin to get the plugin directory.

GetModuleFileName(NULL, dirPlugin, MAX_PATH);
PathRemoveFileSpec(dirPlugin);
PathAppend(dirPlugin, "Plugins");

Other than that, it seems to work fine with my plugin now...

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Registered: Mar 2001
From: smspower.org

I have the same problem, but when I tried to recompile it with the fix it fails because PrepareMBDialogSubclassing() is used but not declared.

Edit: I just needed to include mbdialog.cpp in the solution. It works better now, but I get crashes on this line:

code:
	isp->QueryService(IID_IWebBrowserApp, IID_IWebBrowser2, (void**)&iwb2);

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The problem is with GetCurrentDirectory returning "C:\" in the DoesNowPlayingExist function.

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Edit: I just needed to include mbdialog.cpp in the solution. It works better now, but I get crashes on this line:

code:

isp->QueryService(IID_IWebBrowserApp, IID_IWebBrowser2, (void**)&iwb2);

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Registered: Nov 2004
From: Valencia, CA

Looks like the "open last visited URL" got broken with 0.7. The URL still gets updated in winamp.ini, but does not get opened when Winamp is restarted.

EDIT - This seems to be related to the latest version of Album List (v. 2.06). I backed down to 2.05 and it's working again.

Last edited by JW on 07-18-2006 at 09:45 PM

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Originally posted by JW
Looks like the "open last visited URL" got broken with 0.7. The URL still gets updated in winamp.ini, but does not get opened when Winamp is restarted.

EDIT - This seems to be related to the latest version of Album List (v. 2.06). I backed down to 2.05 and it's working again.

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Registered: Sep 2000
From: Canada

@whoami,
The minibrowser code in AL haven't changed in ages...

I think it had something to do with IPC_MBBLOCK that is called after showing the cover.

Any reason why that value is saved between sessions? to be honest, I don't know what's the correct behaviour...

Here is the sequence of MB calls...

wndWinamp.SendIPCMessage(0, IPC_MBBLOCK);
wndWinamp.SendIPCMessage(0, IPC_MBOPEN);
wndWinamp.SendIPCMessage((WPARAM)url, IPC_MBOPEN);
wndWinamp.SendIPCMessage(1, IPC_MBBLOCK);

PS. the latest source code (post 2.06b277) is available at http://albumlist.cvs.sourceforge.net/albumlist/

@JW™
a workaround would be to uncheck "Block IPC_MBOPEN" in the MBAPI plugin config before you close winamp...

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From: Planet Earth, the Solar system.

code:

wndWinamp.SendIPCMessage(0, IPC_MBBLOCK);
wndWinamp.SendIPCMessage(0, IPC_MBOPEN);
wndWinamp.SendIPCMessage((WPARAM)url, IPC_MBOPEN);
wndWinamp.SendIPCMessage(1, IPC_MBBLOCK);

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Registered: Mar 2001
From: smspower.org

To compile in VS2003+ you need to open the .vcproj file and add this:

code:
			<File
				RelativePath=".\mbdialog.cpp">
			</File>

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From: Canada

@whoami,
In general, I think we should aim for the same behaviour as the original api... with that said, I'll let you decide which way to go since you're the expert...

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From: DrO's Beta Dungeon

dllmain, sorry for being OT, but thank you for bundling the NSIS script file too. So I was finally able to fix my code in the Tray Control icon pack installer. My code to autodetect the running winamp.exe and close them was buggy, the compiler won't compile the script, so I removed the code for 2.0 final. Now it finally work as expected.

Thanks.

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From: Planet Earth, the Solar system.

All right, folks. I think dllmain is having busy days, so I put the changed version before he does.

It is a minor-changed version of 0.7.1, and it now sends "pre-requested URL" as IPC_MBOPENREAL, which does not affect by IPC_MBBLOCK.

And, thanks for Maxim, I modified VS2003's project file and hope it now includes the new source files.. I couldn't confirm it though, because I don't have VS2003.

Finally, this version is resubmitted to Winamp homepage, for there is no complaint except the "Visit last URL" issue.

Well, that's that. whoami out. (click) *radio noise*

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Registered: Sep 2000
From: Canada

whoami:
the IPC_IS_MBAPI_ABSENT api is not working...

the one you registered in the plugin has a different value than the one using the code in your readme...

code:
IPC_IS_MBAPI_ABSENT = SendMessage(plugin.hwndParent,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)&cszPluginName,IPC_REGISTER_WINAMP_IPCMESSAGE);

code:
if (SendMessage(plugin.hwndParent,WM_WA_IPC,0,IPC_GETVERSION) >= 0x5022)
{
	IPC_IS_MBAPI_ABSENT=SendMessage(plugin.hwndParent,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)&"gen_mbapi",IPC_REGISTER_WINAMP_IPCMESSAGE);
	if( SendMessage(plugin.hwndParent,WM_WA_IPC,0,IPC_IS_MBAPI_ABSENT) )
	{
		// Minibrowser API Support is NOT installed
		MessageBox(plugin.hwndParent, "Error : Minibrowser API is not supported", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
		return -1;
	}
}

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Registered: Jun 2006
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Ohh, ah. My bad again. You can call me .... never mind.

Yes. It is a bug, and the code should be like this:

code:

IPC_IS_MBAPI_ABSENT = SendMessage(plugin.hwndParent,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)cszPluginName,IPC_REGISTER_WINAMP_IPCMESSAGE);

cszPluginName has the ADDRESS of "gen_mbapi" and there must not be used address-of (& operator on it. The old code sends the address of cszPluginName, which is address of the pointer pointing "gen_mbapi" string.

I will patch it asap.. but not right now. I just re-installed Windows on my computer and it needs re-installing other applications...

Sorry for the bug and late reply. I haven't checked this forum for a while because no one writes on this thread so I assume the plugin needs no update anymore.

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Registered: Sep 2003
From: UK

no plugin can ever truely be called complete, it's whether things stay developed or not as needed over time that's the main difference but that's something to talk about another time, heh

-daz

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Don't know if it has been posted already..
In Winamp 5.24+ there is a serious bug:

As soon as you change from Now playing to another view within the Media Library and then BACK to Now playing, Winamp crashes :-(

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Registered: Dec 2006
From: London

Bumping this just to say thank you to whoami and DLLmain. Winamp now automatically jumps to the relevant artist page on AMG which saves me having to open a browser window got to AMG and then search. Marvelous.

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Originally posted by onkelandy
Don't know if it has been posted already..
In Winamp 5.24+ there is a serious bug:

As soon as you change from Now playing to another view within the Media Library and then BACK to Now playing, Winamp crashes :-(

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Registered: Jul 2007
From:

Hello everybody,

I'd like to open the miniBrowser in a Jamendo Plugin that I've developped.

Here is the code I tried to use :

code:
int openMiniBrowser(winampMediaLibraryPlugin plugin){
    char *url= "http://www.jamendo.com/fr/";
    SendMessage(plugin.hwndLibraryParent,WM_WA_IPC,0,IPC_MBOPEN);
    return SendMessage(plugin.hwndLibraryParent,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)url,IPC_MBOPEN);
}

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From: Berlin, Germany

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Originally posted by id2ndr
Here is the code I tried to use :

code:
int openMiniBrowser(winampMediaLibraryPlugin plugin){
    char *url= "http://www.jamendo.com/fr/";
    SendMessage(plugin.hwndLibraryParent,WM_WA_IPC,0,IPC_MBOPEN);
    return SendMessage(plugin.hwndLibraryParent,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)url,IPC_MBOPEN);
}

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code:
int openMiniBrowser(winampMediaLibraryPlugin * plugin){
    const char * const url = "http://www.jamendo.com/fr/";
    SendMessage(plugin->hwndLibraryParent,WM_WA_IPC,0,IPC_MBOPEN);
    return SendMessage(plugin->hwndLibraryParent,WM_WA_IPC,(WPARAM)url,IPC_MBOPEN);
}

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Registered: Jul 2007
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It doesn't compile neither with plugin->hwndLibraryParent (VC++ outputed no operator ->) nor with plugin.hwndLibraryParent*.

IPC_MBOPENREAL doesn't change anything.

There is also something quite strange. When I click on Dashboard and then on "Jamendo plugin", winamp stop responding.


This plugin will normaly be open source but I'll wait a confirmation before release it on the Internet.

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Registered: Jul 2007
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I tried with an older version of winamp (5.01) with IPC_MBOPENREAL and IPC_MBOPEN.
SendMessage function doesn't return 0 as it did with latest winamp version and mbapi but it doesn't open the MB.

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Registered: Nov 2004
From: Valencia, CA

dllmain/whoami - this appears to have been broken by version 5.5. It no longer works, and when I try to access the configuration, I get two error messages - one that tells me to wait until the minibrowser opens, then when I click Retry another one appears that says pretty much the same thing.

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