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It was posible to enable or disable '''Information board''' by pressing triangle over his icon in network column. The way is built allowed them to add more widgets in case was needed (but never happened, they removed it instead of adding more). For an overview of how was working originally see: [http://ps3explained.com/beginner/using-the-information-board/ using the information board] | It was posible to enable or disable '''Information board''' by pressing triangle over his icon in network column. The way is built allowed them to add more widgets in case was needed (but never happened, they removed it instead of adding more). For an overview of how was working originally see: [http://ps3explained.com/beginner/using-the-information-board/ using the information board] | ||
The removing of this widget was made only partially! (are still supported by loading the widget from | The removing of this widget was made only partially! (are still supported by loading the widget from external devices), so it should be possible to (re)create it, if not create even more widgets to add to the XMB experience of the user. | ||
The widget management was well integrated in the firmware, so there is a list of files/functions/calls related with them: | The widget management was well integrated in the firmware, so there is a list of files/functions/calls related with them: | ||
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* dev_flash\vsh\resource\xai (for some xmls) | * dev_flash\vsh\resource\xai (for some xmls) | ||
* dev_flash\vsh\resource\silk\xai (for the widget itself) | * dev_flash\vsh\resource\silk\xai (for the widget itself) | ||
Other settings related with widgets: | Other settings related with widgets: | ||
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==Information Board File Contents== | ==Information Board File Contents== | ||
Firmware files inside path: '''dev_flash\vsh\resource\silk\xai\widgets\informationboard\''' | |||
===rss.swf=== | |||
Main widget window, in shockwave flash format | |||
For a preview of how it works you can drag-and-drop the file to your PC webbrowser... or use a shockwave flash editor/player | |||
===Icon.png=== | |||
widget icon identifyer | |||
===config.xml=== | |||
config for rss.swf | |||
{{Boxcode|content=<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> | {{Boxcode|content=<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> | ||
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | ||
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</syntaxhighlight>}} | </syntaxhighlight>}} | ||
===setting.xml=== | |||
RSS URL list by region, for non QA flagged consoles | |||
{{Boxcode|content=<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> | {{Boxcode|content=<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> | ||
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | ||
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</syntaxhighlight>}} | </syntaxhighlight>}} | ||
===setting_qa.xml=== | |||
RSS URL list by region, for QA flagged consoles | |||
{{Boxcode|content=<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> | {{Boxcode|content=<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> | ||
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | ||
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<item url="http://infoboard.xx.dl.playstation.net/download/infoboard-qa/j/country-select-j1.xml">tool</item> | <item url="http://infoboard.xx.dl.playstation.net/download/infoboard-qa/j/country-select-j1.xml">tool</item> | ||
</items> | </items> | ||
</syntaxhighlight>}} | |||
===strings folder=== | |||
1 folder named '''strings''' containing 16 files for languages named: informationboard_<language>.xml (e.g: informationboard_german.xml, informationboard_french.xml, etc...). Example from informationboard_english.xml | |||
{{Boxcode|content=<syntaxhighlight lang="xml"> | |||
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | |||
<!DOCTYPE locale SYSTEM "locale.dtd"> | |||
<locale lang="en" encoding="utf16"> | |||
<str id="msg_information_board_no_network">Notifications about PLAYSTATION® related topics are displayed when connected to a network. To set not to display, go to [Network] > [Information Board] and select [Do Not Display] from the options menu.</str><!--dtype="C"--> | |||
<str id="msg_information_board_no_network_list">Notifications about PLAYSTATION® related topics are displayed when connected to a network.
To set not to display, go to [Network] > [Information Board] and select [Do Not Display] from the options menu.</str><!--dtype="C"--> | |||
</locale> | |||
</syntaxhighlight>}} | </syntaxhighlight>}} | ||
===language.lproj folders=== | |||
15 folders for different languages named '''<language>.lproj''' (e.g: German.lproj, French.lproj, etc...)... every folder contains a file named '''InfoPlist.strings''' with the same data: | |||
Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F | |||
00000000 43 46 42 75 6E 64 6C 65 44 69 73 70 6C 61 79 4E CFBundleDisplayN | |||
00000010 61 6D 65 20 3D 20 22 49 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 ame = "Informati | |||
00000020 6F 6E 20 42 6F 61 72 64 22 3B on Board"; | |||
Revision as of 08:45, 13 November 2013
About Widgets
Widgets was introduced in firmware 2.00 as a way to display dynamic information from web servers in XMB.
The only official widget (included between firmwares 2.00 and 3.00) was called Information Board.
In firmware 3.00 widgets was removed because his initial purpose of displaying dynamic content was superceeded by Life with PlayStation (in firmware 2.40) and later by the "what's news" display mode (in firmware ?)
Information Board
It was posible to enable or disable Information board by pressing triangle over his icon in network column. The way is built allowed them to add more widgets in case was needed (but never happened, they removed it instead of adding more). For an overview of how was working originally see: using the information board
The removing of this widget was made only partially! (are still supported by loading the widget from external devices), so it should be possible to (re)create it, if not create even more widgets to add to the XMB experience of the user.
The widget management was well integrated in the firmware, so there is a list of files/functions/calls related with them:
- dev_flash\vsh\resource\explore\xmb\category_network.xml (Widget icons loaded by XMB in Network column, widgets related segments was removed in firmware 3.00 by removing his <View id> and his attr)
- dev_flash\vsh\resource\explore\icon\widget.png (widget configuration icon, this file exists in all firmwares)
- dev_flash\vsh\resource\explore\xmb\category_widget.xml (Widgets XMB configuration file, this file exists in all firmwares with some segments disabled)
- dev_flash\vsh\resource\silk\xai\widgets\informationboard\ (information board main executable and settings files, removed in 3.00)
- dev_flash\vsh\resource\xai (for some xmls)
- dev_flash\vsh\resource\silk\xai (for the widget itself)
Other settings related with widgets:
- Information Board QA Server: Off/On (see: QA_Flagging)
- XMB calls to widgets uses the function: subclass=x-host/widget (see: XMB_modding)
Information Board File Contents
Firmware files inside path: dev_flash\vsh\resource\silk\xai\widgets\informationboard\
rss.swf
Main widget window, in shockwave flash format
For a preview of how it works you can drag-and-drop the file to your PC webbrowser... or use a shockwave flash editor/player
Icon.png
widget icon identifyer
config.xml
config for rss.swf
Code Sample
setting.xml
RSS URL list by region, for non QA flagged consoles
Code Sample
setting_qa.xml
RSS URL list by region, for QA flagged consoles
Code Sample
strings folder
1 folder named strings containing 16 files for languages named: informationboard_<language>.xml (e.g: informationboard_german.xml, informationboard_french.xml, etc...). Example from informationboard_english.xml
Code Sample
language.lproj folders
15 folders for different languages named <language>.lproj (e.g: German.lproj, French.lproj, etc...)... every folder contains a file named InfoPlist.strings with the same data:
Offset(h) 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00000000 43 46 42 75 6E 64 6C 65 44 69 73 70 6C 61 79 4E CFBundleDisplayN 00000010 61 6D 65 20 3D 20 22 49 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 ame = "Informati 00000020 6F 6E 20 42 6F 61 72 64 22 3B on Board";