September 25 2003



Media X Menu 0.9n.5



Please stop by the forums at Xbox-Scene.com to report any issues in the MXM forum.



Tutorials located at:  http://www.writersgallery.com/MXM/TUT



Short Version-

[*] Revamped the FTP Server. More robust.

[*] ActionScripts  - Think "DOS Batch Language" on steroids.

[*] Partition Formatting

[*] G: Support

[*] PAL/NTSC switching with PAL60 support and independent Region Selection

[*] Built in "Recovery Disc" support for NEW Hard Drives.

If run from a CD-RW or DVDR/RW, upon detecting a "fresh" unformatted HD, MXM will offer to format the partitions and then copy the contents of CBackup, EBackup, FBackup, and GBackup, if present, to their respective drives.

[*] Fixed numerous annoying bugs

[*] Added time offset for time synchronization

[*] Fanspeed support in ActionScripts



See below for complete list.





Beta 0.9n.5 (Bug Fixes)

[*]  Fixed Music Enable

[*] Checked Enable Global Music - works on my test machine

[*] Added "Enable Network" to configuration menus.

[*] Explaination of the <Action> tag to add your own "Systme" commands to the 'regular' menus:

  Instead of defining an "Exe" You define an Action for the item:

  <Item>

  <Action>trayopen</Action>

  <Title>Open DVD Tray</Title>

  <Thumbnail>::ICO_ACTION</Thumbnail>

  <Media>::ICO_ACTION</Media>

  </Item>

  Actions currently available:

  - ResetMenuCache

  - trayopen

  - trayclose

  - reboot

  - shutdown

  - PowerCycle

  More will follow

[*] Totally new FTP server code. Should be no more hangups... you can now ABOR during transfers.

[*] Recognizes "G:" drive

[*] Toggle for "Action..." menu (Formarly "System..." but confusing name with "Y" menu)

[*] Hard drive Formatting!

  - SITE commands:

     FORMAT C:

     FORMAT E:

     FORMAT F:

     FORMAT G:

     FORMAT X:

     FORMAT Y:

     FORMAT Z:

   Of course, use these at your own risk!!

   As usual, these SITE commands can also be used in ACTION menu items

   Requires a toggle of the configuration menu (Misc settings) before first usage.

[*] Drive-related Strings have "G" equivalents now.

[*] Conditionals: cdrivepresent, edrivepresent, fdrivepresent, gdrivepresent

[*] Added "not" attribute to conditionals, for testing OPPOSITE condition. To use, set not="true"

    i.e.: <condition not="true">GDrivePresent</condition>

[*] Added "fanspeed" gadget string.

[*] Added

    ATTR <FileOrDir> ro|rw

    CHMOD 777 <FileOrDir>   (This command is compatible with FlashFXP's "Attributes" action)

    LaunchDVD

    EEPROMBackup [Filename] (Backs up EEPROM contents, encrypted, to a file, file defaults to "eeprom.bin" in current directory)

    EEPROMRestore [Filename] (Restores EEPROM contents, encrypted, from a file, file defaults to "eeprom.bin" in current directory)

    MKDIR <PATH>

    RMDIR <PATH> <CASCADE>

    CD <PATH> (GUI only, sets default directory, which starts as MXM's path)

    COPY <Path/File/Wildcard> <Path/File>

    RENAME <FileOrPath> <FileOrPath>

    DELETE <File>

    :<Label>

    GOTO <Label>

    SYSTEMMENU <Activate|Hide|Unhide|ActivateFull>

    MESSAGEBOX <message> (Displays a message box AFTER script is done executing, or if used between BeginDraw and EndDraw, renders a message box)

    SET <VarName> <Value>  

    ADD <VarName> <Value>

    SUB <VarName> <Value>

    DIV <VarName> <Value>

    MULT <VarName> <Value>

    IF <arg1> <op> <arg2> goto <label>

    -<op>:

     - =

     - >

     - <

     - >=

     - <=

     - != or <>

     - ##   (True if LValue contains RValue)

     - #^   (Same as ##, but case insensitive)

     - !##   (True if LValue doesn't contain RValue)

     - !#^   (Same as !##, but case insensitive)

     IF# (Used to evaluate numerically)

    SETFANSPEED <Manual|Default> <speed>

    SETFUNC <VarName> <Function> <Function Arguments>

     -Functions:

     - XBETITLE <FileName>

     - XBEID <FileName>

     - FILESIZE <FileOrPath>

     - FILEEXIST <FileOrPath>

     - PATHEMPTY <Path>

     - LEFT <Count> <Text>

     - RIGHT <Count> <Text>

     - MID <Count> <Length> <Text>

     - SPACE <Count>

     - REPEAT <Count> <Text>

     - LENGTH <Text>

     - TRIM <Text>

     - TRIMLEFT <Text>

     - TRIMRIGHT <Text>

     - LOWER <Text>

     - UPPER <Text>

     - CONDITION or COND <conditional>    (Sets value to 1 or 0, depending on state of skin conditional)

     - !CONDITION of !COND <conditional>

    EXEC <xbe> [<args>]

    BEGINDRAW [USeCurrent]    (Starts rendering a screen, "UseCurrent" grabs the previously rendered screen to display)

    ENDDRAW   (Displays screen)

    INPUT    (See ActionScript ReadMe for details on return variables set)

    CALLFILE <file> <Args...>

    CALLSCRIPT <name> <Args...>

    BOX <X> <Y> <Width> <Height> [<Color>] [<BorderColor>]

    TEXT <X> <YTOP> <CENTER|LEFT|RIGHT> <Text> [<Color>]

    ALLOWFORMAT <1|0>

    MOUNT <Drive:> [<DevicePartitionPath>]

    DATE <Day> <Month> <Year>

    TIME <00:00>

    DELAY <Delay Sec>

    DELAYMS <Delay ms>

[*] Add "CherryPatch" - Yes, Thank you Cherry for your PAL/NTSC code. It's EEPROM safe, so you should be OK with a simple reboot.

    With this patch, the PAL/PAL60/NTSC switching code is reimplemented!! It's improved, though, as there is now support for PAL60

    and USA/JAP/EUR region coding as well.

[*] ActionScripts can be loaded internally from the MXM.xml file - define them in a <Scripts> node, with each script:

<ActionScript name=somename">

...script here...

</ActionScript>

and

<ActionScriptLoad name=somename">loadable.xas</ActionScriptLoad>

Loads form the disk, relative to the MXM.xml file

[*] MXM will execute "AutoExec" scripts - 

1) First, it runs an internally defined script, _AutoExec

2) It runs a user-defined script, AutoExec, as defined in the MXM.xml

3) If it exists, it will run "AutoExec.xas" from the MXM directory.

[*] Colors can either be the named versions, or ARGB values (0xFF001122, for example)

[*] Special ActionScript symbols, $eol$, $lt$ and $gt$

[*] Fixed passcode usage with SubMenus and ActionScripts. Also cleaned up rendering

so the passcode is not revealed once passed by the fade-in.

[*] Cleaned up the way the Dashboards menu option works. Much nicer now ;)

[*] Added "DVD Player Preference" to select a preferred player (Default, X2, or M$)

[*] Users can add "Context menus" for games. These are actionscripts defined in a <Context> node in MXM.xml - 

The scripts have some awareness of the currently selected game, and can act on them.

[*] Added "TimeSynch Offset" in hours for those using non-local time servers.