Incremental Skin Selection, Possible with Action Script? Options

[Gonzo_PhD]

Is it possible to create a script that will change skins incrementally (or alphabetically) with each reboot? Meaning, if I have 10 skins in my skin folder and I'm currently using skin #1 - could I create a script that would automatically change to #2 on the next boot, #3 on the following boot, etc.?

The reason I ask is that when set to "random", MXM seems to always show the same 5 or 6 skins - out of 150. There are some I never, ever see.

I don't fully understand how action scripts function, or how the "random" selection works either - so any insight anyone could offer would be appreciated. Thanks.

[geniusalz]

Using scripts, you could manually force it to load incrementally, by specifying the skin name in the mxm.xml.

So on autoexec, it should scan skin dir's, pick the 'next' one, and put its name into the mxm.xml.

[flattspott]

This is what Im thinking,

You make an xml file of all your skins

<Skin name="MXM Tivo">True</Skin>
<Skin name="The Architect">False</Skin>
<Skin name="Cirkular">False</Skin>

Only one is set to true, then you have an _AutoExec script that checks it, Set the true to false and then sets the next skin in the list to true and edits the prefs.xml.

This way you'd go through the entire list before repeating skins

[flattspott]

If you have a WIP access I just made a nify script to do this very thing.

If you don't have WIP access you'll just have to wait till the Next official release comes out.

[thetruethugg]

How about posting it for those that do have WIP access?

[flattspott]

I did fool

It's a topic with a

[thetruethugg]

Ah, shit, lol. Oh well.

[Gonzo_PhD]

[flattspott]

I'll see if I can dumb it done for all of you non WIPers tomorrow

This post has been edited by flattspott: Mar 31 2004, 02:24 AM