VirtualDJ - Dynamic Screen Button Name

PRO InfinityMember since 2007

I am creating a popup using the "window" tag in the skin's XML file. Inside the window tag I am creating custom buttons using the "button" tag.
Let's say I have a custom_button that I'd like to make the text match whatever name I give the macro. Would anyone know how to do so.

Problem is when I give the button the class name "button_main" and the text="[TEXT]" attribute and values does allow the button name to match the macro name but then the button inherits the wrong image from the original skin rather than the new custom skin.

    <button deck="master" class="" action="custom_button 8" textaction="custom_button_name 8"  rightclick="custom_button_edit 8">
        <pos x="816" y="5"/>
        <size width="100" height="35"/>
        <up x="5" y="45" text="[TEXT]"/>
	<off x="5" y="45" text="[TEXT]"/>
        <selected x="115" y="45" text="[TEXT]"/>
        <over x="225" y="45" text="[TEXT]"/>
        <text size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="[TEXT]"/>
        <textselected size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffffffff" text="[TEXT]"/>
        <textover size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="[TEXT]"/>
    </button>

Inviato Tue 09 Apr 24 @ 2:03 am

PhantomDeejay Country: GR

PRO InfinitySenior staffMember since 2007

You're using the wrong placeholders it seems.
You should use it like this:
<text size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="[TEXTACTION]"/>

Inviato Tue 09 Apr 24 @ 10:51 am

nassausky

PRO InfinityMember since 2007

Thanks that didn't work. I have attached a sample skin.

https://file.io/O7pACWpCh3Or

Inviato Sat 13 Apr 24 @ 4:52 am

nassausky

PRO InfinityMember since 2007

Thanks @PhantomDeejay, sorry it was late last night. Not sure why the file was deleted I'll try again and include the xml code

https://file.io/vNWODvFZNeZm
or files uploaded individually (non zipped)
https://file.io/0jTIhZmK4Nei

Here is the Window part of the XML

<window name="BrowserWindow"  posx="0" posy="0" width="800" height="600" image="skin.png" shown="true" resize="true">
		<button deck="master" action="nothing" >
			<pos x="260" y="70" />
			<size width="70" height="35" />
			<up x="5" y="605" />
			<selected x="85" y="605" />
			<over x="165" y="605" />
			<text size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="A" />
			<textselected size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffffffff" text="A" />
			<textover size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="A" />
		</button>
		<button deck="master" action="nothing" >
			<pos x="260" y="110" />
			<size width="70" height="35" />
			<up x="255" y="605" />
			<selected x="335" y="605" />
			<over x="415" y="605" />
			<text size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="B" />
			<textselected size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffffffff" text="B" />
			<textover size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="B" />
		</button>
		<button deck="master" action="nothing" >
			<pos x="260" y="150" />
			<size width="70" height="35" />
			<up x="505" y="605" />
			<selected x="585" y="605" />
			<over x="665" y="605" />
			<text size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="C" />
			<textselected size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffffffff" text="C" />
			<textover size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="C" />
		</button>
		<button deck="master" action="nothing" >
			<pos x="260" y="190" />
			<size width="70" height="35" />
			<up x="5" y="655" />
			<selected x="85" y="655" />
			<over x="165" y="655" />
			<text size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="D" />
			<textselected size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffffffff" text="D" />
			<textover size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="D" />
		</button>
		<button class="button_main_custom" deck="master" action="nothing" >
			<pos x="260" y="230" />
			<size width="70" height="35" />
			<up x="255" y="655" />
			<selected x="335" y="655" />
			<over x="415" y="655" />
			<text size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="[TEXTACTION]" />
			<textselected size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffffffff" text="E" />
			<textover size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8" text="E" />
			<!-- This is not working with text as the reference -->
		</button>
</window>

Inviato Sat 13 Apr 24 @ 4:32 pm

locoDog

PRO InfinityModeratorMember since 2013

your action should be

custom_button %NUM

and
<text size="14" font="Arial" weight="bold" align="center" color="#ffc8c8c8"
textaction="custom_button_name %NUM" />

my simple custom_button define & placement [a lot of the define isn't needed, it was just a copy paste]

<define class="button_top" placeholders="width=62,height=30,text,important=true,textaction,sysicon,iconsize,textsize=11,weight=normal,textcolor=textoff">
	<size width="[WIDTH]" height="[HEIGHT]"/>
	<off color="buttonoff" shape="square" border="bordercolor" border_size="1" radius="4"/>
	<over color="buttonover" shape="square" border="bordercolor" border_size="1" radius="4"/>
	<selected color="buttonon" shape="square" border="bordercolor" border_size="1" radius="4"/>
	<down color="buttonon" shape="square" border="bordercolor" border_size="1" radius="4"/>
	<text fontsize="[TEXTSIZE]" weight="[WEIGHT]" color="[TEXTCOLOR]" colorover="textover" colorselected="texton" colordown="texton" align="center" action="[TEXTACTION]" text="[TEXT]" localize="true" important="[IMPORTANT]"/>
	<icon sysicon="[SYSICON]" coloroff="[TEXTCOLOR]" colorover="textover" colordown="texton" colorselected="texton" width="[ICONSIZE]" height="[ICONSIZE]" />
</define>

<button deck="2" class="button_top" x="+0" y="+0" width="55" height="27" action="custom_button 61" textaction="custom_button_name 61" rightclick="custom_button_edit 61" textcolor="textoff3"/>

Inviato Sat 13 Apr 24 @ 4:41 pm

nassausky

PRO InfinityMember since 2007

@Locodog
Excellent thanks I'm getting closer but I'm still trying to get used to referencing the skin image skin.png which has placeholders for graphical buttons. How would I point that example button you pasted to a selected state at coordinates x="35" y="195"

Inviato Sat 13 Apr 24 @ 5:35 pm

locoDog

PRO InfinityModeratorMember since 2013

Like this I think, it's been over 6 years since I've worked with png co-ords

<button deck="2" class="button_top" x="+0" y="+0" width="55" height="27" action="custom_button 61" textaction="custom_button_name61" rightclick="custom_button_edit 61" textcolor="textoff3">
	<up x="120" y="1890" />
	<over x="120" y="1890+100" />
	<down x="120" y="1890+200" />
	<selected x="120" y="1890+300" />
</button>

Inviato Sat 13 Apr 24 @ 5:44 pm

nassausky

PRO InfinityMember since 2007

Strange since I'm doing it similarly. When I remark out the DEFINE tag it loads the image for the button yet it doesn't print text on the button. Driving me nuts...

I don't think many people work with the skins since not many responses ... :-(

Inviato Sat 13 Apr 24 @ 6:16 pm

nassausky

PRO InfinityMember since 2007

Thanks @Locodog. OK I got it.
If I keep the class that was defined as you provided and I remove the child tags such as <selected...> and get the coordinates correct it does then add the image background and keep the text.

For example:

<define class="button_top" placeholders="width=62,height=30,text,important=true,textaction,sysicon,iconsize,textsize=11,weight=normal,textcolor=textoff">
	<size width="[WIDTH]" height="[HEIGHT]"/>
	<off color="buttonoff" shape="round" border="bordercolor" border_size="1" radius="4"/>
	<over color="buttonover" shape="round" border="bordercolor" border_size="1" radius="4"/>
	<!-- <selected color="buttonon" shape="round" border="bordercolor" border_size="1" radius="10"/> -->
	<down color="buttonon" shape="round" border="bordercolor" border_size="1" radius="4"/>
	<text fontsize="[TEXTSIZE]" weight="[WEIGHT]" color="[TEXTCOLOR]" colorover="textover" colorselected="texton" colordown="texton" align="center" action="[TEXTACTION]" text="[TEXT]" localize="true" important="[IMPORTANT]"/>
	<icon sysicon="[SYSICON]" coloroff="[TEXTCOLOR]" colorover="textover" colordown="texton" colorselected="texton" width="[ICONSIZE]" height="[ICONSIZE]" />
</define>

<button deck="master" class="button_top" x="+102" y="+0" width="100" height="40" action="custom_button 61" textaction="custom_button_name 61" rightclick="custom_button_edit 61" textcolor="textoff3">
<selected x="115" y="140"/>  <!-- Selected or Current State-->
<up x="115+110" y="140"/> <!-- Normal State-->
<!-- <over x="5+100" y="140"/> -->
<!-- <down x="5+100" y="140"/>  <!-- Down State--> -->
<!-- <off x="5+100" y="140"/> -->
</button>

Last question for any virtual dj xml experts. This is related to the settings.xml which gets modified when the button is edited.
When I created that button as you noted,

custom_button 61

how can I logically determine the amount of commas before the button is defined in the settings.xml file.

Update: I removed the commas and it must not be using the sequential location to call the button and possibly just using the name.

Inviato Sat 13 Apr 24 @ 7:12 pm

nassausky

PRO InfinityMember since 2007

Update:
After restarting virtual dj, the comma order did matter.

Will post a new question since this is a bit off topic from original question

Inviato Sun 14 Apr 24 @ 3:07 pm

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