Vista: New util: MC Menu Mender

[dgaust]

Advent,

Just a quick question about the program. Basically when does it save the reg key changes? When it closes, or another time as I couldn't find an apply or save button anywhere.

Basically I had a quick look this morning trying to add myTV to my TV strip but it wouldn't take, I can't recall if I had closed the app but I did close and restart the MCE interface with no effect.

[Advent]

It makes the registry changes as you make the changes in the app (i.e. immediately, no need to apply/save/close).

You can check the registry to make sure that the changes are being written. Dropping an icon onto the "TV & Movies" slot should create a key under:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Med ia Center\Extensibility\Categories\Services\Movies
(either there or ...\Categories\Services\TV, can't remember off the top of my head)

The TV & Movies slot is a bit of an exception, as you can only have one icon on the menu, but there are two places that it can come from. Do you already have an addin icon on the TV & Movies strip? Does it work ok when you try to add the myTV icon to another menu?

[dgaust]

I did have another plugin there, but it was added through your tool as opposed to through the MCE interface.

I'll have another look tonight, as I said it was only a quick look.

Cheers.

[eTe]

I just preposed to emucenter for you, think you guys should join forces and make the best program for mce ever

[syrilion]

Hi Advent. A suggestion for you - is it possible to have a response when something happens - like a pop up or a message that tells you that you have successfully created or moved a menu item? Following on from that would be an error message (if any error codes are returned) to say that the menu is full.

Cool program!

[jr_kng]

This is a super program, very simple and very useful...

Thanks for making my vmc a little better!

[Advent]

Thanks jr_kng

Syrilion, you should get an error message if anything goes wrong. It isn't possible to even attempt to add more items to a strip than is allowed - once you reach the limit, you can only replace existing items (or remove existing items, obviously ).

[syrilion]

hi Advent,

Thanks mate. I did not get any error messages, but that could just be the user

[galapogos0]

it crashes when i tried to use it to delete a broken menu item left behind by an uninstalled program...

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MC Menu Customiser
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System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Home Theatre\Documents\Movie Collector\MediaCenter\images\MovieCollector.PNG'.

at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)

at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)

at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.SetupDe coderFromUriOrStream(Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, Guid& clsId, Boolean& isOriginalWritable, Stream& uriStream, UnmanagedMemoryStream& unmanagedMemoryStream, SafeFileHandle& safeFilehandle)

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapDecoder.CreateF romUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption, Boolean insertInDecoderCache)

at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapFrame.CreateFro mUriOrStream(Uri baseUri, Uri uri, Stream stream, BitmapCreateOptions createOptions, BitmapCacheOption cacheOption)

at System.Windows.Media.ImageSourceConverter.ConvertF rom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, Object value)

at System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.ConvertFromStr ing(String text)

at MCMenuCustomiser.EntryPointControl.OnEntryPointCha nged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.DependencyObject.OnPropertyChanged( DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.OnPropertyChanged( DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.DependencyObject.NotifyPropertyChan ge(DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)

at System.Windows.DependencyObject.UpdateEffectiveVal ue(EntryIndex entryIndex, DependencyProperty dp, PropertyMetadata metadata, EffectiveValueEntry oldEntry, EffectiveValueEntry& newEntry, Boolean coerceWithDeferredReference, OperationType operationType)

at System.Windows.StyleHelper.ApplyTemplatedParentVal ue(DependencyObject container, FrameworkObject child, Int32 childIndex, FrugalStructList`1& childRecordFromChildIndex, DependencyProperty dp, FrameworkElementFactory templateRoot)

at System.Windows.StyleHelper.InvalidatePropertiesOnT emplateNode(DependencyObject container, FrameworkObject child, Int32 childIndex, FrugalStructList`1& childRecordFromChildIndex, Boolean isDetach, FrameworkElementFactory templateRoot)

at System.Windows.StyleHelper.LoadOptimizedTemplateCo ntent(DependencyObject container, ParserContext parserContext, OptimizedTemplateContent optimizedTemplateContent, FrameworkTemplate frameworkTemplate, IComponentConnector componentConnector, IStyleConnector styleConnector, List`1 affectedChildren, UncommonField`1 templatedNonFeChildrenField)

at System.Windows.FrameworkTemplate.LoadContent(Depen dencyObject container, List`1 affectedChildren, UncommonField`1 templatedNonFeChildrenField)

at System.Windows.StyleHelper.ApplyTemplateContent(Un commonField`1 dataField, DependencyObject container, FrameworkElementFactory templateRoot, Int32 lastChildIndex, HybridDictionary childIndexFromChildID, FrameworkTemplate frameworkTemplate)

at System.Windows.FrameworkTemplate.ApplyTemplateCont ent(UncommonField`1 templateDataField, FrameworkElement container)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.ApplyTemplate()

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Border.MeasureOverride(Siz e constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Control.MeasureOverride(Si ze constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.StackPanel.MeasureOverride (Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at MS.Internal.Helper.MeasureElementWithSingleChild(U IElement element, Size constraint)

at System.Windows.Controls.ItemsPresenter.MeasureOver ride(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.StackPanel.MeasureOverride (Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Border.MeasureOverride(Siz e constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Control.MeasureOverride(Si ze constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.WrapPanel.MeasureOverride( Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at MS.Internal.Helper.MeasureElementWithSingleChild(U IElement element, Size constraint)

at System.Windows.Controls.ItemsPresenter.MeasureOver ride(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at MS.Internal.Helper.MeasureElementWithSingleChild(U IElement element, Size constraint)

at System.Windows.Controls.ContentPresenter.MeasureOv erride(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.Controls.ScrollContentPresenter.Mea sureOverride(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureCell(Int32 cell, Boolean forceInfinityV)

at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureCellsGroup(Int 32 cellsHead, Size referenceSize, Boolean ignoreDesiredSizeU, Boolean forceInfinityV)

at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureOverride(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.ScrollViewer.MeasureOverri de(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Border.MeasureOverride(Siz e constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Control.MeasureOverride(Si ze constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureCell(Int32 cell, Boolean forceInfinityV)

at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureCellsGroup(Int 32 cellsHead, Size referenceSize, Boolean ignoreDesiredSizeU, Boolean forceInfinityV)

at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureOverride(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureCell(Int32 cell, Boolean forceInfinityV)

at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureCellsGroup(Int 32 cellsHead, Size referenceSize, Boolean ignoreDesiredSizeU, Boolean forceInfinityV)

at System.Windows.Controls.Grid.MeasureOverride(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at MS.Internal.Helper.MeasureElementWithSingleChild(U IElement element, Size constraint)

at System.Windows.Controls.ContentPresenter.MeasureOv erride(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Decorator.MeasureOverride( Size constraint)

at System.Windows.Documents.AdornerDecorator.MeasureO verride(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Controls.Border.MeasureOverride(Siz e constraint)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Window.MeasureOverrideHelper(Size constraint)

at System.Windows.Window.MeasureOverride(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.MeasureCore(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.UIElement.Measure(Size availableSize)

at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.SetLayoutSize()

at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.set_RootVisualIn ternal(Visual value)

at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.set_RootVisual(V isual value)

at System.Windows.Window.SetupInitialState(Double requestedTop, Double requestedLeft, Double requestedWidth, Double requestedHeight)

at System.Windows.Window.CreateSourceWindowImpl()

at System.Windows.Window.SafeCreateWindow()

at System.Windows.Window.ShowHelper(Object booleanBox)

at System.Windows.Window.Show()

at MCMenuCustomiser.App.Application_Startup(Object sender, StartupEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Application.OnStartup(StartupEventA rgs e)

at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__0(Object unused)

at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.Internal RealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter)

at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatch When(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Boolean isSingleParameter, Delegate catchHandler)
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any chance for a fix?

[baturbo]

Hi Advent,

Great tool. Does it sort the movies by the "Title" field or the "Title sort" field. It seams to be the latter. Would it be possible to have the defult as the "Title sort" field from Movie collector?

Thanks again.

[dgaust]

???? I think you may have the wrong tool.

THis only adjusts the menu's in MCE.

[baturbo]

LOL. Don't I feel like an idiot. I meant to post in the MC Organizer thread. Ops.

I'll do that now.