Event Mapping

On 20 Sep 2010, chefkoch suggested that this page or content is incomplete and needs to be expanded.

With the event mapper you can now match a parameter of a GUI Message and only execute the mapping if the message type and parameter match. One of the many things this lets us do is create new buttons in a skin and then have them blast ir codes or macros. Here's a quick example:

Place this code in your skins "myvideos.xml" to add a new button:

• <control>
    <description>Blast IR</description>
    <type>button</type>
    <id>818181</id>
    <label>818181</label>
  </control>

Place this code in your "strings.xml" to add the label for the button:

• <string>
    <id>818181</id>
    <value>Blast IR</value>
  </string>

Now, set up the event mapper to watch for "Clicked" events and match the "Sender Control ID" parameter to "818181". With this in place you will now have a fully programmable button in your skin. It can blast IR, send serial commands, launch external apps, etc ...