RE: Display JPEGs on your Tivo from ANYWHERE

["Sullivan, Glenn" <gsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have some spare time at work, so I'm working on this xAPplication.

How about targeting?

For example, let's say you have two TiVo's... Would you want the
Display.Service message to be sent out for each instance?    IE, if the
xAPplication is BushSoft.xAPTiVoJPEGWriter.GMSServer, should the TiVo's
be individually addressable:
BushSoft.xAPTiVoJPEGWriter.GMSServer:LivingRoom
BushSoft.xAPTiVoJPEGWriter.GMSServer:MasterBR

And individually respond to display.locate (and message.display)
messages?

I guess it makes sense to do that, and then an app can send out a
display message to either the whole set of TiVo's (by addressing to
BushSoft.xAPTiVoJPEGWriter.GMSServer), or to an individual TiVo (by
addressing to BushSoft.xAPTiVoJPEGWriter.GMSServer:LivingRoom)

But that still leaves the question: do I respond to a Display.Locate
message with one display.service message for each instance?

Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
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Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [xAP_developer] Display JPEGs on your Tivo from ANYWHERE

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:18:15 +0100, Kevin Hawkins
<lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>There's another one that Stuart used for his MCE application - that
>supports image files already - I'm just in a bit of a rush at the
moment
>but I'll try and post an example later - if Stuart hasn't jumped in
with
>the info.
>
>See
http://www.xapframework.net/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=16
>
>I am not sure the schema is documented fully yet but there are some
>example xAP message files in one of the related apps....

My schema docs are a bit untidy now. They have drifted a little. But
here is what SlimServerConnector and MCxAP 'talk'...

An example first:

xap-header
{
v=12
Hop=1
UID=FF123400
Class=Message.Display
Source=KCSoft.Send.Anya
}
Display.Text
{
Line1=Incoming Voice Call
Line2=Stuart Booth is calling from 01234-567890
Duration=15
}
Display.Look
{
Image=\\server\temp\MCxAP\Samples Images\me.jpg
Modal=Yes
}
Display.Buttons
{
Button1=OK
}


And the schema text.


xAP Schema for On-Screen Display
Class=Message.Display
Display.Text
--- mandatory section
{
Line1=(text to display)
--- mandatory
Line2=(text to display)
--- optional
Line3=(text to display)
--- optional
Line4=(text to display)
--- optional
Line5=(text to display)
--- optional
LineX=(text to display)
--- optional and repeatable where X is a sequential number
Priority=(1 to 9, 9 being lowest)
--- mandatory
Duration=(seconds to display)
--- optional
Type=[Queue  Immediate  Permanent]
--- optional (Queue assumed, Permanent causes Duration to be
ignored)
}

Display.Look
--- optional section
{
Align=[Left  Centre  Right]
--- optional (Alignment of text inside the text box)

Image=(path or URL to image file to display)
--- optional
Modal=[Yes  No]
--- optional (ignored if not supported by the display device)
Brightness=(0 - 100)
--- optional (0 == off/dark, 100 == on/brightest, varying
degrees inbetween)
Size=(0 - 100)
--- optional (0 == off, 100 == normal size, 200 == double size)
}
Display.Buttons
--- optional section
{
Button1=(button text to display)
--- optional
Button2=(button text to display)
--- optional
:
ButtonX=(button text to display)
--- optional and repeatable where X is a sequential number
}

For display message queue control the following block can be used:

Queue.Clear
--- optional section
{
Clear=[All  Above  EqualOrAbove  Below  EqualOrBelow  Matching]
--- mandatory
Priority=(message priority: 0-255 (0 == None, 1 == High, 255 ==
Lowest)
--- optional (determined by sending device configuration)
}

Class=Message.Display[.Info  .Event]
When a display button is selected, a response is sent, targetted back
at the original message sender:

Display.Response
{
Button=<button text selected>
--- mandatory (this value may be TimedOut if no response was
selected
before the popup message duration expired)
}

Class=Display.Locate
Used for another app to locate a display application

Locate
{
}

Class=Display.Service
Response to a Display.Locate request
This should normally be targetted back to the application that sent
the Display.Locate

Display
{
Lines=(Number of supported lines on the display, if missing
unlimited is assumed)
--- optional
Priority=[yes/no]
--- optional (Does the display support priorities, if missing no
is assumed)
Time=[yes/no]
--- optional (Does the display support asignable message
durations, if missing no is assumed)
Align=[yes/no]
--- optional (Does the display support alignment, if missing no
is assumed)
Length=(The maximum length in characters that the display can
display per line, if missing unlimited is assumed)
--- optional
Image=[Yes  No]
--- optional (Does the display allow an image with the display?
Def==No)
Buttons=[Yes  No]
--- optional (Does the display support buttons/responses being
sent?
(If missing, No is assumed - used for dialog
displays)
Modal=[Yes  No]
--- optional (Does the display support modal display messages?
If missing, No is assumed)
Queue=[Yes  No]
--- optional (Does the display support message queueing? If
missing, No is assumed)
Brightness=[Yes  No]
--- optional (Does the display support varying brightness
display levels? If missing, No is assumed)
Size=[Yes  No]
--- optional (Does the display support variable height text? If
missing, no is assumed)
}
--
Stuart Booth <stuart@xxxxxxx>
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