development request: better custom commands...

**sxtnitehawk** · 05-05-2009, 03:40 PM

Just a possible suggestion for the next release. It's cool and great that we're able to define our own custom commands in exectbl.ini, but we're somewhat limited to what we can create with them.

What about making it possible for us to create custom commands with passed in parameters?

For example. I want to have all 3 radios (FM/XM/Sirius) on 1 screen, with just 1 set of preset buttons for all 3 to use... When i go to save a preset, i dont want to have to use a byvar just to set a variable, then another byvar to run a SAVETOSKIN, etc... would be much easier if i just needed 1 byvar with a custom command that i could pass in the needed parameters to do what i need it to do...

For instance, for the presets, the ability to create this in exectbl would be AWESOME...

RADIOPRESET;<FM/XM/SR>;<PRESET NUMBER>;<PRESET VALUE>

Examples:

RADIOPRESET;FM;10;93.70
RADIOPRESET;XM;5;25
RADIOPRESET;SR;2;101

see what i'm getting at here? RR is the most flexible frontend out, but this would put it well over the top, giving users an even wider range of abilities...

was just a suggestion though, to which i'm used to my suggestions being turned down, so i'm not gonna hold my breath...lol

**mitchjs** · 05-05-2009, 04:10 PM

u could make a plugin

ill reread this later... i just got home from Disney World

**sxtnitehawk** · 05-05-2009, 04:13 PM

yeah i know ZERO programming....

except for PHP/HTML/MySQL, but that's not really programming...lol

asking me to write a plugin is like asking a rocket scientist to perform brain surgery......not wise, lol

**sxtnitehawk** · 05-06-2009, 03:52 PM

Here's the process I had to follow to do the same as what the above suggestion would have done...

Button code:
@SETVARBYCODE;PRESETNUM;1||RADIOPRESET@
execTBL code:

"RADIOPRESET","GETPREFIX||GETPVALUE||SAVETOSKIN;$R PREFIX$PRESET$PRESETNUM$;$PVALUE$"

"GETPREFIX","BYVAR;ACTIVESOURCEID;<< <<SETVAR;RPREFIX;FM<<SETVAR;RPREFIX;XM<<SETVAR;RPR EFIX;SR"
"GETPVALUE","BYVAR;ACTIVESOURCEID;<< <<SETVARBYCODE;PVALUE;FREQUENCE<<SETVARBYCODE;PVAL UE;TRACKNUMBER<<SETVARBYCODE;PVALUE;TRACKNUMBER"

**Blue ZX3** · 05-06-2009, 04:25 PM

Look at chucks skin...HAHAH

That's nothing for just doing one thing...

**guino** · 05-06-2009, 05:00 PM

On the latest versions of RR there IS a command (SETSOURCE) to switch the active source which would allow you to switch the source then use the preset command (which will work according to the source).

**sxtnitehawk** · 05-06-2009, 06:50 PM

the "RADIOPRESET" i show above is just for saving presets to skin.ini

**guino** · 05-06-2009, 09:55 PM

My bad (will teach me to read closely)... but you shouldn't even need byvar to do what you're trying to do... try the below:

Button code:
@SETVARBYCODE;PRESETNUM;1||RADIOPRESET@

execTBL code:
"RADIOPRESET","SETVARBYCODE;PVALUE;FREQUENCE||SAVE TOSKIN;FMPRESET$PRESETNUM$;$PVALUE$",fm
"RADIOPRESET","SETVARBYCODE;PVALUE;TRACKNUMBER||SA VETOSKIN;XMPRESET$PRESETNUM$;$PVALUE$",xm
"RADIOPRESET","SETVARBYCODE;PVALUE;TRACKNUMBER||SA VETOSKIN;SRPRESET$PRESETNUM$;$PVALUE$",sr