Import parts of a EventGhost plugin in a external script

[jonib]

Hi, I'm working on a utility to make it easier to sync my XBMC2 plugin to the actions in XBMC.

So I'm trying to import the current actions that are in the XBMC2 plugin in a separate Python script (outside of EventGhost)

This code is a simple test(run from the same directory as the XBMC2 plugin):

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from __init__ import WINDOWS

print WINDOWS

And this is the part I'm trying to import:

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WINDOWS = (
(eg.ActionGroup, "Windows", "Windows", None, (
    ("MyMovies", "Show Movies Screen", "Show Movies screen.", "ActivateWindow(MyVideoLibrary,movietitles,return)"),
    ("MyTVShows", "Show TV Shows Screen", "Show TV Shows screen.", "ActivateWindow(MyVideoLibrary,tvshowtitles,return)"),
    ("ShutdownMenu", "Show Shutdown Menu", "Show the shutdown Menu.", "ActivateWindow(ShutdownMenu)"),
    ("Home", "Home", "Home", "Activatewindow(Home)"),
    ("Programs", "Programs", "Programs", "Activatewindow(Programs)"),
    ("Pictures", "Pictures", "Pictures", "Activatewindow(Pictures)"),
    ("Files", "Files", "Files", "Activatewindow(Files)"),
    ("Settings", "Settings", "Settings", "Activatewindow(Settings)"),
    ("Music", "Music", "Music", "Activatewindow(Music)"),
    ("Musicfiles", "Musicfiles", "Musicfiles", "Activatewindow(Musicfiles)"),
    ("Musiclibrary", "Musiclibrary", "Musiclibrary", "Activatewindow(Musiclibrary)"),
    ("Musicplaylist", "Musicplaylist", "Musicplaylist", "Activatewindow(Musicplaylist)"),
    ("Musicplaylisteditor", "Musicplaylisteditor", "Musicplaylisteditor", "Activatewindow(Musicplaylisteditor)"),
    ("Musicinformation", "Musicinformation", "Musicinformation", "Activatewindow(Musicinformation)"),
    ("Video", "Video", "Video", "Activatewindow(Video)"),
    ("Videofiles", "Videofiles", "Videofiles", "Activatewindow(Videofiles)"),
    ("Videolibrary", "Videolibrary", "Videolibrary", "Activatewindow(Videolibrary)"),
    ("Videoplaylist", "Videoplaylist", "Videoplaylist", "Activatewindow(Videoplaylist)"),
    ("Systeminfo", "Systeminfo", "Systeminfo", "Activatewindow(Systeminfo)"),
    ("Guicalibration", "Guicalibration", "Guicalibration", "Activatewindow(Guicalibration)"),
    ("Screencalibration", "Screencalibration", "Screencalibration", "Activatewindow(Screencalibration)"),
    ("Picturessettings", "Picturessettings", "Picturessettings", "Activatewindow(Picturessettings)"),
    ("Programssettings", "Programssettings", "Programssettings", "Activatewindow(Programssettings)"),
    ("Weathersettings", "Weathersettings", "Weathersettings", "Activatewindow(Weathersettings)"),
    ("Musicsettings", "Musicsettings", "Musicsettings", "Activatewindow(Musicsettings)"),
    ("Systemsettings", "Systemsettings", "Systemsettings", "Activatewindow(Systemsettings)"),
    ("Videossettings", "Videossettings", "Videossettings", "Activatewindow(Videossettings)"),
    ("Networksettings", "Networksettings", "Networksettings", "Activatewindow(Networksettings)"),
    ("Appearancesettings", "Appearancesettings", "Appearancesettings", "Activatewindow(Appearancesettings)"),
    ("Scripts", "Scripts", "Scripts", "Activatewindow(Scripts)"),
    ("Gamesaves", "Gamesaves", "Gamesaves", "Activatewindow(Gamesaves)"),
    ("Profiles", "Profiles", "Profiles", "Activatewindow(Profiles)"),
    ("Virtualkeyboard", "Virtualkeyboard", "Virtualkeyboard", "Activatewindow(Virtualkeyboard)"),
    ("Volumebar", "Volumebar", "Volumebar", "Activatewindow(Volumebar)"),
    ("Favourites", "Favourites", "Favourites", "Activatewindow(Favourites)"),
    ("Musicosd", "Musicosd", "Musicosd", "Activatewindow(Musicosd)"),
    ("Visualisationsettings", "Visualisationsettings", "Visualisationsettings", "Activatewindow(Visualisationsettings)"),
    ("Visualisationpresetlist", "Visualisationpresetlist", "Visualisationpresetlist", "Activatewindow(Visualisationpresetlist)"),
    ("Osdvideosettings", "Osdvideosettings", "Osdvideosettings", "Activatewindow(Osdvideosettings)"),
    ("Osdaudiosettings", "Osdaudiosettings", "Osdaudiosettings", "Activatewindow(Osdaudiosettings)"),
    ("Videobookmarks", "Videobookmarks", "Videobookmarks", "Activatewindow(Videobookmarks)"),
    ("Profilesettings", "Profilesettings", "Profilesettings", "Activatewindow(Profilesettings)"),
    ("Locksettings", "Locksettings", "Locksettings", "Activatewindow(Locksettings)"),
    ("Contentsettings", "Contentsettings", "Contentsettings", "Activatewindow(Contentsettings)"),
    ("Networksetup", "Networksetup", "Networksetup", "Activatewindow(Networksetup)"),
    ("Smartplaylisteditor", "Smartplaylisteditor", "Smartplaylisteditor", "Activatewindow(Smartplaylisteditor)"),
    ("Smartplaylistrule", "Smartplaylistrule", "Smartplaylistrule", "Activatewindow(Smartplaylistrule)"),
    ("Movieinformation", "Movieinformation", "Movieinformation", "Activatewindow(Movieinformation)"),
    ("Scriptsdebuginfo", "Scriptsdebuginfo", "Scriptsdebuginfo", "Activatewindow(Scriptsdebuginfo)"),
    ("Fullscreenvideo", "Fullscreenvideo", "Fullscreenvideo", "Activatewindow(Fullscreenvideo)"),
    ("Visualisation", "Visualisation", "Visualisation", "Activatewindow(Visualisation)"),
    ("Slideshow", "Slideshow", "Slideshow", "Activatewindow(Slideshow)"),
    ("Filestackingdialog", "Filestackingdialog", "Filestackingdialog", "Activatewindow(Filestackingdialog)"),
    ("Weather", "Weather", "Weather", "Activatewindow(Weather)"),
    ("Screensaver", "Screensaver", "Screensaver", "Activatewindow(Screensaver)"),
    ("Videoosd", "Videoosd", "Videoosd", "Activatewindow(Videoosd)"),
    ("Videomenu", "Videomenu", "Videomenu", "Activatewindow(Videomenu)"),
    ("Filebrowser", "Filebrowser", "Filebrowser", "Activatewindow(Filebrowser)"),
    ("Startup", "Startup", "Startup", "Activatewindow(Startup)"),
    ("Startwindow", "Startwindow", "Startwindow", "Activatewindow(Startwindow)"),
    ("Loginscreen", "Loginscreen", "Loginscreen", "Activatewindow(Loginscreen)"),
    ("Musicoverlay", "Musicoverlay", "Musicoverlay", "Activatewindow(Musicoverlay)"),
    ("Videooverlay", "Videooverlay", "Videooverlay", "Activatewindow(Videooverlay)"),
    ("Pictureinfo", "Pictureinfo", "Pictureinfo", "Activatewindow(Pictureinfo)"),
    ("Pluginsettings", "Pluginsettings", "Pluginsettings", "Activatewindow(Pluginsettings)"),
    ("Fullscreeninfo", "Fullscreeninfo", "Fullscreeninfo", "Activatewindow(Fullscreeninfo)"),
    ("PlayerControls", "Player Controls", "Player Controls", "ActivateWindow(PlayerControls)"),
)),
)

So the problem is that I'm getting the error: NameError: name 'eg' is not defined, anyone know how I can define the eg.ActionGroup without changing the __init__.py I'm importing from?
I won't use the eg.ActionGroup variable, I just need Python to not complain about it.

As EventGhost seems to be able to use the code as is, so I'm looking into how it works but haven't found how yet, so I'm asking here.

jonib

[topix]

How about writing a dummy class?

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class DummyEG():
    def ActionGroup(self):
        pass

eg = DummyEG()

from __init__ import WINDOWS

[jonib]

How about writing a dummy class?

Yes, I tried that but couldn't get it to work. Did you try your code?

jonib

[Pako]

Certainly there are many ways to solve it.
However, unfortunately I'm not a real programmer (such as Bitmonster).
Therefore, my solution is probably not very elegant.
But the important thing is that it works:

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import sys
egPlugins = r"D:\Programs\E\EventGhost\plugins"
sys.path.append(egPlugins)

def DummyFunction(*args, **kwargs):
    pass

class DummyClass:
    __init__ = DummyFunction

import __builtin__
__builtin__.eg = DummyClass()

eg.RegisterPlugin = DummyFunction
eg.ActionGroup    = "DummyClass"
eg.ActionClass    = DummyClass
eg.ActionBase     = DummyClass
eg.PluginClass    = DummyClass

from XBMCRepeat import WINDOWS
print WINDOWS

You only need to change the path "egPlugins".

Pako

[jonib]

Certainly there are many ways to solve it.

I didn't find any

However, unfortunately I'm not a real programmer (such as Bitmonster).
Therefore, my solution is probably not very elegant.
But the important thing is that it works:

Elegant or not but it's beautiful. Thanks works great.

Edit: Looking at the code looks like I was close at finding a solution as I found the __builtin__.variable, but didn't know that I didn't need the __builtin__ part to access the variable.

jonib