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**sbsm** · 16 December 2002, 00:56

this helps a lot b/c my main problem so far has been maki.
thanks for making this thread!

**iPlayTheSpoons** · 16 December 2002, 06:42

the reason for this thread was really to help you make your own stuff, to do stuff that wasnt easily done with a premade script (like frisbee monkey's...which are excelent). one thing that is wonderful in its customizability is the drop down list. in this ill show how to creat your very own. if youve ever used Mercury or my skin, you know how neat and functional these can be.

again ill start with one of my scripts from Scythe...and again it will help if youre familiar. i trimmed it down to isolate what we want to work with and here it is:

code:


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// thinger.m

//

// controls super cool thinger functions

//

// help from rpeterclark's dropdown example

//

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



#include "../../../lib/std.mi" 

 

Global Group ToggleGroup; 

Global Button Toggle;

Global Layout ThingerLayout; 

Global Container ThingerContainer;

Global PopupMenu ControlPopup; 



System.onScriptLoaded() { 



ThingerContainer = getContainer("thinger");

Layout ThingerLayout = ThingerContainer.getLayout("normal"); 



ToggleGroup = ThingerLayout.getObject("togglebutton");

Toggle = ToggleGroup.getObject("toggle");



ControlPopup = new PopupMenu;

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Play", 1,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Stop", 2,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Pause", 3,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Next", 4,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Previous", 5,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Open Files", 6,0,0);



}









Toggle.onRightButtonDown(int a, int b) {

	Int intSelection = ControlPopup.popAtMouse();

		if (intSelection > 0) {

			if (intSelection==1) {

			system.play();

			}

			else if (intSelection==2) {

			system.stop();

			}

			else if (intSelection==3) {

			system.pause();

			}

			else if (intSelection==4) {

			system.next();

			}

			else if (intSelection==5) {

			system.previous();

			} 

			else if (intSelection==6) {

			system.eject();

			}

	}

	Complete;

}

ill assume youve read the last thing and know what the basics are. if so, this should be a breeze.

code:


ControlPopup = new PopupMenu;

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Play", 1,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Stop", 2,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Pause", 3,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Next", 4,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Previous", 5,0,0);

	ControlPopup.addCommand("Open Files", 6,0,0);

this here is where we tell winamp what we want our popup to look like. 'ControlPopup' is what I named the menu, you can make it whatever you like, just make sure it matches your Global definition! to add an option to our menu we use the 'addCommand()' function, and heres what the option inside the () mean: the first is what appears in the menu...easy enough. the second is which number on the list it will be, as well and the interger value its assigned. dont worry too much about what that means, just be ready to refer back to it--generally do it in the orderly way shown here, its easiest. the last two numbers are how it should appear when active/inactive(kinda like how theres a little mark next to the skin your using in the default menu). this can be a bit tricky to get to work right, but fortunately for us it doesnt matter in this case. by setting both to '0', there wont be any marks. this is more important for toggle stuff, which i might explain in more depth later.

code:


Toggle.onRightButtonDown(int a, int b) {

	Int intSelection = ControlPopup.popAtMouse();

		if (intSelection > 0) {

			if (intSelection==1) {

			system.play();

			}

			else if (intSelection==2) {

			system.stop();

			}

			else if (intSelection==3) {

			system.pause();

			}

			else if (intSelection==4) {

			system.next();

			}

			else if (intSelection==5) {

			system.previous();

			} 

			else if (intSelection==6) {

			system.eject();

			}

	}

	Complete;

}

the heart of the code right here. according to this, when someone right clicks on the Toggle button it will cause the pop up to come down. this is pretty much a copy paste job, changing the names that need to be changed in the first part, and adding/subtracting else if statements as needed. for the if/else if statements, heres what they mean: the 'intSelection==x' part refers back to the int assignments i mentioned earlier. "Play" was assigned value 1, so if they select "Play" (or, you could say, 1), then it triggers the system.play() function (look in std.mi for funtions like that). the rest is pretty self explanitory. hope that does it for you.

**xenosomething** · 16 December 2002, 09:40

thanks, i didnt know how to use menus

**hammerhead** · 16 December 2002, 12:42

Now I've got something else to implement into Zechtichoplayer!
Thx!

**iPlayTheSpoons** · 17 December 2002, 23:27

glad this was all well recieved...any requests?

**KornBizkitNyAz** · 17 December 2002, 23:36

GO FOR IT

hey y dont u check out that one guys idea n make a script that says good bye when u turn it off. just a thought. by he way i love this post n u really can have my children

**Digitalhigh** · 18 December 2002, 00:39

Just wanted to say excellent work here. Nice contribution.

**iPlayTheSpoons** · 18 December 2002, 00:58

thank DH, stuff like that keeps goin...

ok, for the goodbye script. the problem is theres no maki command to close winamp. theres a work around involving setting up a dummy close button button in your xml and having the maki trigger that, but ill go more into that later. heres what i threw together...it works, it just doesnt close after the timer stops, it plays:

code:


//--------------------------------------------

// goodbye.m

//

// shows "goodbye" before closing

//

//-------------------------------------------

#include "../../../lib/std.mi"



Global Container MainContainer;

Global Layout NormalLayout;

Global Button CloseButton; 

Global Text Ticker1;

Global Group DrawerGroup1, CloseGroup;

Global Timer closeTimer;



System.onScriptLoaded(){

	

  MainContainer = getContainer("main"); 

  Layout NormalLayout = MainContainer.getLayout("normal"); 

	

  DrawerGroup1 = System.getContainer("main").getLayout("normal").getObject("tubes");

  Ticker1 = DrawerGroup1.getObject("SongTicker");

  CloseGroup = NormalLayout.getobject("fancy");

  CloseButton = CloseGroup.getObject("close");

  

  closeTimer = new Timer;

  closeTimer.setDelay(5000);

}



CloseButton.onLeftClick(){

	Ticker1.setText("Goodbye");

	closeTimer.start();

	}



closeTimer.onTimer() {

	system.play();

	}

because i dont want this to become a seond maki cheats skin, im going to explain how it works. id also like to say i hadnt used timers or setText before i wrote this...so you can write new stuff!!

code:


  closeTimer = new Timer;

  closeTimer.setDelay(5000);

there isnt much to explain really. you set up the timer in the onScriptLoad area. first initialize it by setting it equal to 'new Timer', then .setDelay() it for how long you want the timer to go for (its in miliseconds)

code:


CloseButton.onLeftClick(){

	Ticker1.setText("Goodbye");

	closeTimer.start();

	}



closeTimer.onTimer() {

	system.play();

	}

the CloseButton i used here does NOT have an action defined in the xml. if you set its action to close, youll never get a chance to see the code work. i set my Ticker1 text to "Goodbye" when you click the button, then the timer starts. the 'onTimer' command tells winamp what to do when the timer its attatched to ends, in this case play (until a work around is implemented, which ill work on later i guess). you could also make it more elaborate with multible timers and/or layered tickers to get it to spell out goodbye letter by letter, but ill leave that to you. keep em comming

**qlimo** · 30 December 2002, 13:39

To the moderators:

Plz, make this sticky! It's a great thread and I'm sure it's worth it

!

**iPlayTheSpoons** · 31 December 2002, 04:25

damn right!

**qlimo** · 2 January 2003, 12:26

yep,btw,congrats for featuring your Scythe skin

, great work!

**Russ** · 2 January 2003, 12:32

Does this forum really need another sticky? I spose if people find it useful - someone should set up a site with all this maki stuff on.

*stuck* (feel free to unstick if you think there's too much stickiness around

)

**KornBizkitNyAz** · 2 January 2003, 18:30

hey i for one say congrats iplaywithspoons! it helped the hell out of me but one thing i could never latch on to is drawer scripts. wanna do some good for a person? help me out.

**iPlayTheSpoons** · 2 January 2003, 20:33

drawers drawers drawers

heyyyy, stickied...thats pretty cool. now, as requested:

these are one of the most used things that requires maki, but need to be customizable enough where a premade script just doesnt work the same. theyre also exceedingly easy to write. in this here ill show you how to setp up some basic drawers, and some other cool stuff you can do too.

lets start with a script i just wrote last night, but does something not most drawers dont:

code:


//----------------------------------------------------------------------

//    eq.m

//

//    controls drawer sliding and anything else i add later....

//    

//----------------------------------------------------------------------



#include "../../../lib/std.mi"



Global Container MainContainer;

Global Layout NormalLayout;

Global Group Equalizer;

Global Button Toggle, presets;

Global Togglebutton power, auto;

Global Layer buttonback;

Global Int B;



System.onScriptLoaded() {

  	MainContainer = getContainer("main");

    Layout NormalLayout = System.getContainer("main").getLayout("normal");

	

	Equalizer = NormalLayout.getObject("equalizer");

	Toggle = Equalizer.getobject("toggle");

	presets = Equalizer.getobject("presets");

	power = Equalizer.getobject("power");

	auto = Equalizer.getobject("auto");

	buttonback = Equalizer.getobject("buttons.back");

	

	B = 0;	

	

}



Toggle.onLeftClick() {

	if (B == 0) {

	B = 1;

	Equalizer.setTargetX(265);

        Equalizer.setTargetY(13);

        Equalizer.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        Equalizer.gotoTarget();	

	} 

	else if (B == 1) {

	B = 0;

	presets.setTargetY(111);

        presets.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        presets.gotoTarget();

        power.setTargetY(111);

        power.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        power.gotoTarget();

        auto.setTargetY(111);

        auto.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        auto.gotoTarget();

        buttonback.setTargetY(90);

        buttonback.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        buttonback.gotoTarget();		

	}

	}

	

Equalizer.onTargetReached() {

    if (B == 1) {

        presets.setTargetY(136);

        presets.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        presets.gotoTarget();

        power.setTargetY(136);

        power.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        power.gotoTarget();

        auto.setTargetY(136);

        auto.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        auto.gotoTarget();

        buttonback.setTargetY(115);

        buttonback.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        buttonback.gotoTarget();	

    }

    }

    

buttonback.onTargetReached() {

	if (B == 0) {

	Equalizer.setTargetX(112);

        Equalizer.setTargetY(13);

        Equalizer.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        Equalizer.gotoTarget();

    }

    }

ok, you should all know what the first part of that mess means by now. ive decalred the global int B so i know if the drawer is in or out. i set B = 0; at first, so i know 0 means its closed. you can have your toggle button inside or outside of the drawer group...in this case its inside

code:


Toggle.onLeftClick() {

	if (B == 0) {

	B = 1;

	Equalizer.setTargetX(265);

        Equalizer.setTargetY(13);

        Equalizer.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        Equalizer.gotoTarget();	

	}

thats the heart of a drawer right there. its pretty self explanitory. when the user clicks the toggle button (which i declared and defined earlier), heres what happens: if B == 0 then the drawer is closed. i set B = 1 so the drawer is now considered open. Equalizer.setTargetY(13); means that the Equalizer group's new Y position will be ay 13 (in pixels) and Equalizer.setTargetX(265); means its new X position will be at 265. Equalizer.setTargetSpeed(0.5); is how fast the drawer will get there, 0 being that fastest, and slower the higher the number. we finish it off with Equalizer.gotoTarget();, telling the drawer to move to the set position at the set speed. that will always follow the most recently set numbers, so its good to keep the clustered. also , if your only moving your Y position, you dont need to setTargetX().

code:


Equalizer.onTargetReached() {

    if (B == 1) {

        presets.setTargetY(136);

        presets.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        presets.gotoTarget();

        power.setTargetY(136);

        power.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        power.gotoTarget();

        auto.setTargetY(136);

        auto.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        auto.gotoTarget();

        buttonback.setTargetY(115);

        buttonback.setTargetSpeed(0.5);

        buttonback.gotoTarget();	

    }

    }

now, this is not nescessary to a drawer at all, but it shows a command that can be fun to use. the onTargetReached() command bascically says 'when the group is done moving...do this.". in this case, i have it so when the drawer is finished opening, i have a whole bunch of different things sliding down, without the user having to click or do anything...and it knows to do that only when the drawer is done opeining (and not done closing, because it only happens when B == 1)

that pretty much all for making a drawer script. here are some other commands you can use assoctiated with drawers:

setTargetW(x) // this can have your objects width change to what you set (in pixels)

setTargetH(x) // this can have your objects height change to what you set (in pixels)

setTargetA(x) // this can have your objects alpha change to what you set. alpha is transperency, so you can have a drawer fade in or out as it moves. a value between 0 - 255.

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