access db info from in-side a plugin?

[S Pittaway]

Apologies in advance if i am asking a stupid question


how do you access db info from inside a plugin.

eg, say i wanted to get the currently selected albums name and genre is there an easy way to do it?

[m_ski]

Use the xhelper.ConvertVariables() command. Pass the string of the parameter you wish to get inside the brackets. (The same string you would use to display the parameter in a screen)

e.g.

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plugin_string = xhelper.convertvariables("category>music>albumname")

or

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plugin_string = xhelper.convertvariables("category>music>genre")

See http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3086&highlight=convertvariables

[S Pittaway]

I downloaded the xstats pluging and started off with that...


The copy of XPluginSDK.dll in there is from 2004, i dropped in a the new one from the xlobby folder and a lot more functions now show up

Cheers.