AMS Action File Editor

[RizlaUK]

inspired by a post in the forum, found here http://www.indigorose.com/forums/sho...&postcount=130

i made this little app to open/view and edit action files for AMS.

AMS Action File Editor is a small tool that opens/views/edits and saves action xml files for AutoPlay Media Studio.

The action file is used by Indigo Rose to specify action information for the products’ built-in actions.
You can take a look at these files in the \Data\Actions subfolder of the product’s application folder.

This file is only for the use of the design environment.
It has no real affect on how your actions are called or what they do.
It is just there for the sake of the action wizard/editor and the intellisense editor when typing script.

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C&C welcome, please report all bugs and suggestions for improvment

i have thoroughly tested this app and the xml files it produces and have tweeked the code to almost perfection, but there still might be a bug or 2 so please test any files you produce before you distrubte them.

[Imagine Programming]

Nice work rizla! i thought you wanted to know that when you click the about option in the menu, the title of the about dialog is: MyDialog

[holtgrewe]

Another nice addition.

Thanks RizlaUK.

[RizlaUK]

Thanks guys, i missed a title, lol

i'll have an update soon, im adding some little tools, XML editor in text view so you can edit the file in tha app or in text mode, and a code template editor to edit the code templates xml file (right click in script editor "QuickScripts") to add your own code templates, i'll dig around the AMS xml and see if theres anything else i can add.

[Imagine Programming]

Thanks guys, i missed a title, lol

i'll have an update soon, im adding some little tools, XML editor in text view so you can edit the file in tha app or in text mode, and a code template editor to edit the code templates xml file (right click in script editor "QuickScripts") to add your own code templates, i'll dig around the AMS xml and see if theres anything else i can add.

Great, nice work this will make plugin development a bit easier

[Imagine Programming]

Hey rizla, i've made a few functions a while ago, maybe this will help you
not tested on 7.5 yet, but i guess it's not that hard to edit?

AMS_Objects = "Objects\\"
AMS_Actions = "Actions\\"



function GetAMS70Folder() 
	ClassID = Registry.GetValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "AMS70.Document\\CLSID", "", true);
	FullPath = Registry.GetValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "CLSID\\"..ClassID.."\\LocalServer32", "", true);
	sDrive=String.SplitPath(FullPath).Drive
	sFolder=String.SplitPath(FullPath).Folder
		return sDrive..sFolder
end

function GetAMS70Executable()
	ClassID = Registry.GetValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "AMS70.Document\\CLSID", "", true);
	FullPath = Registry.GetValue(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, "CLSID\\"..ClassID.."\\LocalServer32", "", true);
		return FullPath
end

function GetAMS70PluginsFolder()
		return GetAMS70Folder().."Plugins\\"
end

function EnumeratePlugins(ObjectOrAction)
	ToSearch=GetAMS70PluginsFolder()..ObjectOrAction;
	FoundPlugins = Folder.Find(ToSearch, "*", false, nil);
		return FoundPlugins
end

function FindLicense(Path)
	Licenses = File.Find(Path, "*.lic", false, false, nil, nil);
	if(Licenses==-1)or(Licenses==nil)then
		Licenses = {}
		Licenses[1]=-1
	end
		return Licenses[1]
end

[Dermot]

Very handy tool, thank you.

[Centauri Soldier]

Nice job Rizla! This is a handy little tool. I can't wait to see what other ideas you have in mind for it.

[Dermot]

When you set an argument as a combo, you can't seem to edit or remove combo items. You can only add items. The Remove button close the dialog.

[RizlaUK]

lol, i dident write the code for remove button and i think i also overlooked the edit button, i dont know why, guess i was in a rush to publish it and overlooked a few things, i'll have that fixed today, iv changed a few things around to make a more generic tool for ams and removed the visual stuff from the GUI as i was just messing with the gradient plugin, i will post the new app in a new post as it will be a new tool.

Thanks for the feedback

[reteset]

very useful

one thing

when <Type>string</Type>

<Default>"test"</Default> should be enclosed with quotes

if you add a auto help file (html pages) generation feature
you'll save my life

if you need a plugin or something similar for this program just PM me
i liked this , and i am willing to help improvement of this project

[RizlaUK]

hi reteset, when setting default values i left it to the user to enclose text strings but i will make it check for quote tags and if missing then add them if the input is a string type (object name, filepath, etc)

AutoHelp, now theres a good idea, i dident think of that and im sure i can make that work, Thanks for the suggestions

[Imagine Programming]

This only get's better by the day

[RizlaUK]

ok guys, heres an update (original link from first post)

all the above bugs have been fixed and lots has been added, the automatic help system is fully functional and there are a number of extra inputs related to the help file, all optional of course, the app help file has also been updated, read it if you are unsure about an input field. You only need to enter the bare data needed by the action editor to generate a help file but you can add as much or as little detail as you like

again, there may be a bug or 2, or there may not, test and report back so i can declear this app bug free and move onto some other useful tools

[Dermot]

Nice job. That help file generator is absolutely brilliant.