Hi Klaus,
I was asked, if I could expose some functionality of epgsearch (searching the EPG, calling the extended timer edit menu) to other plugins. I plan to do this, like the timeline plugin does to check for timer conflicts in other plugins:
bool cPluginTimeline::ProcessArgs(int argc, char *argv[]) { // Implement command line argument processing here if applicable. if (argc==1 && argv!=NULL && !strcmp(argv[0],"timeline_command_interface") && !strcmp(argv[1],"conflicts")) { // yes, this is an ugly hack! return hasConflicts(); } return true; }
As you see, it uses the ProcessArgs function for this. Not very nice, but I think it's currently the only way. Would it be possible, to add a new function to cPlugin, like 'Interface', that works the same way, but is intended for this special job? It should also have a variable argument list. This would even allow to return pointers to cOsdMenus. Why reinvent the wheel, if any other plugin already does the job? ;-)
BR,
Christian