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Naveed_Anjum
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16 years ago

Use register example with video player

Hello Experts:

I have a 2 questions regarding to register example and video player example that is shipped with roku sdk.

1) I want to integrate register example with video player example. What is the best place to show the user the registration screen?

2) If the better option is to display screen just before playing the channel, then post some sample code to do it.
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Visitor
    16 years ago
    It depends. If all of your content requires the user to be linked to an account, then the first time into the channel is probably the best option. If You have free content that doesn't require a linked account, then you can put off linking until the user tries to use functionality that requires the linking.
  • Naveed_Anjum's avatar
    Naveed_Anjum
    Visitor
    16 years ago
    Thank you for replying RokuPatrick.

    I need all my content to be Linked to a user account.

    Here is the function in videoplayer example where i call the doRegistration() method..

    Function showHomeScreen(screen) As Integer

        if validateParam(screen, "roPosterScreen", "showHomeScreen") = false return -1

        initCategoryList()
        screen.SetContentList(m.Categories.Kids)
        screen.SetFocusedListItem(3)
        screen.Show()

        while true
            msg = wait(0, screen.GetMessagePort())
            if type(msg) = "roPosterScreenEvent" then
                print "showHomeScreen | msg = "; msg.GetMessage() " | index = "; msg.GetIndex()
                if msg.isListFocused() then
                    print "list focused | index = "; msg.GetIndex(); " | category = "; m.curCategory
                else if msg.isListItemSelected() then
                    print "list item selected | index = "; msg.GetIndex()
    				regIndex = doRegistration()
    				if regIndex = 0 then
    					print "We are registered. Proceed"
    					kid = m.Categories.Kids[msg.GetIndex()]
    					if kid.type = "special_category" then
    						displaySpecialCategoryScreen()
    					else
    						displayCategoryPosterScreen(kid)
    					end if
    				end if
                else if msg.isScreenClosed() then
                    return -1
                end if
            end If
        end while

        return 0

    End Function


    But when i try to connect to my website, retreive code screen shows for a fraction and then an error message came showing the text:

    Cant connect to the video service.
    Any suggestions?