Thread: Help with using "CLLINES," custom lists and extension plugin...

So, I've been pouring over the old RR source code to try and understand how playlists are loaded/updated.

The problem is, I can't quite...find it.

I've checked modRoadRunner.bas and frmSkin.frm.

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

Thx!

Found it and figured out a solution to my problem. It's a real hack job, but it works.

Yay me.

and the solution was.......????

Originally Posted by GizmoQ

and the solution was.......????

lol

Didn't think anyone was interested, but here you go:

Code:

    Dim i_listpos As Integer ' \\ Current CL listpos
    Dim i_numlines As Integer ' \\ "CLLINES" RR Label
    Dim i_listmax As Integer ' \\ "CLMAX" RR Label

    Dim list_start As Integer
    Dim list_end As Integer
    
    list_start = i_listpos - Int(i_numlines / 2)
    list_end = i_listpos + Int(i_numlines / 2)
    
    If list_start < 1 Then
        list_start = 1
        list_end = i_numlines
    ElseIf list_end > i_listmax Then
        list_start = i_listmax - i_numlines
        list_end = i_listmax
    End If
    
    ' \\ Loop until all displayed lines have been updated
    For i = list_start To list_end
       <Insert the code you want to loop here>
       RRSDK.Execute ("CLSET;" + CStr(i) + ";" + <Upated List Item Description>)
    Next

Run this sub when you page down to update the list that is displayed only.

It was simpler than I thought.

Go figure.

did you try writing a file in the format that works with CLLOAD/CLSAVE ? CLLOAD should be able to load/display the information quite faster than using CLSET/CLADD individually... however, if writing such file would take a relative amount of time, then your way is probably best.

Originally Posted by guino

did you try writing a file in the format that works with CLLOAD/CLSAVE ? CLLOAD should be able to load/display the information quite faster than using CLSET/CLADD individually... however, if writing such file would take a relative amount of time, then your way is probably best.

Yeah, I did. That was not an optimal solution.

What I'm doing exactly is reading ID3 tag data from the paths/filenames in an .m3u playlist and displaying them in a custom list. Having the plugin read a pl with thousands of entries and then loading it into RR is slow.

In a nutshell, I replicated an audio player playlist function to be used w/ .m3u playlists so I can properly see the contents of a selected playlist without having to load the playlist first.