button to show and hide media player
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 by aspa23 | Discussion: DesktopX
hi
i tried to build a button that shows my winamp player if its minimized/hidden, and hides it, if its shown.
with the built in DXPlayer application, i could build a button that shows the player on click and hides it on "shift & click".
i also tried to do it with a script, using the pusbutton activex element, but i dont know how i can manipulate the player from the script...is there a command that shows or hides the player?
someone has an idea how i could build such a button?
thanks in advance
i tried to build a button that shows my winamp player if its minimized/hidden, and hides it, if its shown.
with the built in DXPlayer application, i could build a button that shows the player on click and hides it on "shift & click".
i also tried to do it with a script, using the pusbutton activex element, but i dont know how i can manipulate the player from the script...is there a command that shows or hides the player?
someone has an idea how i could build such a button?
thanks in advance
aspa23
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 11:16 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 11:16 AM
perfect, thanks! thats exactly what i planned to do, but i didnt have the skills to script it 
now i'm gonna look closely at your script...hope i can learn how those things work out
now i'm gonna look closely at your script...hope i can learn how those things work out
milksama
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 12:15 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 12:15 PM
There are definitely some DX scripting gods out there that can answer any other questions you might have.
If you had any questions about the dxpack, I'd be happy to help.
-Mike
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Reply #1 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 10:58 AM
It is not possible to (through scripts or otherwise) change the functionality of objects that are utilizing the DXPlayer. Scripting support of objects utilitizing DXPlayer is somewhat limited.
You could, through some script trickery, accomplish this using multiple objects and toggling their visibility. For example:
http://sd.stardock.com/mike/apps/Winamp_show-hide_example.zip
(Built with DesktopX 3.2 on XP x86 - Tested with winamp 5.32 on XP x86)
-Mike
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