how to get the playlist number of selected files

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how to get the playlist number of selected files

2003-07-26 15:01:08

This is my code:

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class contextmenu_test : public menu_item_context
{
public:
   virtual int get_num_items()
   {
return 1;
   }

   virtual const char * enum_item(int n)
   {
if (n==0) return "test";
else return 0;
   }

   virtual void context_command(int n,const ptr_list_base<metadb_handle> & data,bool is_playlist)
   {
g_activate();

string8 temp = "selcount: ";
temp.add_int(data.get_count());
uSendDlgItemMessageText(g_wnd, IDC_LIST, LB_ADDSTRING, 0, temp);

for (int i = 0; i < (int) data.get_count(); i++)
{
metadb_handle * handle = data.get_item(i);

string8 temp;
handle->handle_format_title(temp,"%_playlist_number% %_filename%",0);
uSendDlgItemMessageText(g_wnd, IDC_LIST, LB_ADDSTRING, 0, temp);
}
   }
};

The problem is that %tracknumber% returns "?" and not the actually tracknumber. What am I doing wrong?

I guess the Problem is on my side because i'm playing around with the SDK just for a couple of days and don't understand all of that stuff. I searched through the example plugins but none of them are using such a function.

edit: i mean %_playlist_number% not %TRACKNUMBER%

how to get the playlist number of selected files

Reply #1 – 2003-07-26 15:05:48

use: $num(%tracknumber%,2) instead.

how to get the playlist number of selected files

Reply #2 – 2003-07-26 15:23:53

Actually, if you want to get the number of the track in the playlist (reffering to the title of the thread), you should use: "$num(%_playlist_number%,3)".

"$num(%tracknumber%,2)" will display the tracknumber (as in album), not the number of the track in the playlist.

edit: typo

edit2:

Sorry, it seems that the information I gave you won't solve your problem.

how to get the playlist number of selected files

Reply #3 – 2003-07-26 17:50:16

Has been explained on IRC already but I'll post it again for future reference.
metadb_handle objects you get in contextmenu aren't "aware" of their location in playlist. In order to use %_playlist_number%, you need to call playlist_oper::get()->format_title(). Whenever your contextmenu is called with "context_is_playlist" set to true, items you've got should be same as currently selected playlsit items, so you can ignore them and use playlist API instead to perform your action.

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