GAC+ Beginners guide please

[nurowolf]

Hi Guys,

Is there a beginners guide to GAC+ - because I am really stuck.

To Start with, all I want to do is create a Jukebox style screen showing a scrolling list of Albums across the page from which I can select the album to play.

I have tried this

......show 5 items from a response, the easiest way to create a custom interface with the
items it to create a frame with the name of <LOOP,5,1,0,0>, and then a child frame with the name of
MP.GACName_<LoopIndex> (for GAC) or MP.GAC.Items[<LoopIndex>].Name (for GAC+).

But that only displayed the first album.

I tried disecting the New Style Falt CCF - but just could not work out how to create my display array of ALbums covers.

Are there some idiot guides somewhere here - cause right now I feel like an idiot.

[theguywiththefunnyhair]

If you post the .ccf you are working on i can help you get it working. GAC is not so hard once you get your head around it.

[nurowolf]

OK - I finally worked it out. I wasn't setting the container frame correctly.

Once I went to the properties and played with the Child Loop settings. It started working.

[nurowolf]

I am trying to design a jukebox style screen.

SO far I have
- a looped Button Containing the Album Image
- a looped frame containing the ALbum Name {MP.GACL.Items<LoopIndex>.Name}

I now want to have another looped frame containing the Album ARtist. Note that this is not related to the Currently Played Track.

So I have the following set up in my LUA file.

mygacl = GAC:new{var='GACL',includeSubItemCount=1,imageSize ='S', fields='Album,Album Artist (auto)',count=10, useGP=1, };

I try to access the ALbum Artist Information with the following


{MP.GACL.Items<IndexLoop>.Album Artist (auto)}

But that doesn't work. ANybody got any ideas????

[theguywiththefunnyhair]

{MP.GACL.Items<IndexLoop>.Album Artist (auto)}

<IndexLoop> should be <LoopIndex>.

And also do you actually have a variable with that name (Album Artist (auto))? If it doesn't work try putting {MP.GACL.Items<LoopIndex>.Name} on the button to see if your on the right track then check NRD's NetRemote Variable inspector to see what your variable options are.

Dan

[nurowolf]

Yep tried what you said.

{MP.GACL.Items<LoopIndex>.Name}

Works fine - so not sure what to try next

[theguywiththefunnyhair]

give
{MP.GACL.Items[<LoopIndex>].Artist} a shot.
;).

[nurowolf]

Does that mean that I will need to have that in the Fields to retrieve as part of my quesry?

Will give this a go on the Weekend when I return home. Thanks

[Ben S]

Also, did you happen to see the "guide" here: http://www.promixis.com/downloads.php?mode=list&prodName=NetRemote&lucCode=SUPPORTDOC

It's a little out of date, but is a pretty good starting place.