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[FML2010]

unless i missed it somewhere in the SDK

who would we go ahead and set up these type of banner ads on the bottom of the screen and click? will they only open to a video?

can they open to a with roVideoPlayer and roImageCanvas, so we can combine video, images and text on this screen?

[nowhereman]

"FML2010" wrote:
unless i missed it somewhere in the SDK

who would we go ahead and set up these type of banner ads on the bottom of the screen and click? will they only open to a video?

can they open to a with roVideoPlayer and roImageCanvas, so we can combine video, images and text on this screen?

I think you can do pretty much anything you want when an ad is clicked. See the documentation for roPosterScreen.SetAdSelectable() on page 30 of the Component Reference.

[FML2010]

Thank you I will look more into that....

Ok after looking through all the .pdf files and searching the forum, I can not find a reference to how this actually coded.

I found it where you said it, but there is no actual example of it that i can find.

also are these static banners? i mane can we give a web address or does it need to be a "pkg" address.

I know php pretty good but so far this code is a bit confusing so please forgive me

[RokuKevin]

You can do anything you want in response to an ad click event.... Below is a sample code snippet that will play a video:

--Kevin

Sub PlayAdVideo()
             videoScreen = CreateObject("roVideoScreen")
             port = CreateObject("roMessagePort")
             videoScreen.SetMessagePort(port)

             videoScreen.SetContent( { url: "http://myvideo.com/myAdVideo.mp4",
                                                     StreamFormat: "mp4"
                                                   } )
              while true
                   msg = wait(0, screen.GetMessagePort())
                   if msg.isScreenClosed() then
                         return
                   endif
              end while
End Sub

'***********************************************************************************************************
' On a poster screen already setup, you can add an ad and set the display mode via:
    screen.SetAdURL(sdAdUrl, hdAdURL)
    screen.SetAdDisplayMode("scale-to-fit")

    while true
         msg = wait(0, screen.GetMessagePort())

         ' handle other events as normal
 
         if msg.isAdSelected() then
             ' play ad video
             PlayAdVideo()
         endif
    end while

[FML2010]

Thanks Kevin!

I am still getting no where with coding 😞

When i add what you put here it wont even load.

If i am using the video player example, where would i put this? i think part has to do with i am still trying to get the video player and register example to work and these 3 things are not playing well together!

[RokuKevin]

You need to merge the code below '***************' into your poster screen.

You obviously need to change the url to a valid video on your site.

--Kevin

[FML2010]

Kevin i have tried this and its not working here is the code i tried using

Function preShowPosterScreen(breadA=invalid, breadB=invalid) As Object

    if validateParam(breadA, "roString", "preShowPosterScreen", true) = false return -1
    if validateParam(breadB, "roString", "preShowPosterScreen", true) = false return -1

    port=CreateObject("roMessagePort")
    screen = CreateObject("roPosterScreen")
    screen.SetMessagePort(port)
    if breadA<>invalid and breadB<>invalid then
        screen.SetBreadcrumbText(breadA, breadB)
    end if

    screen.SetListStyle("flat-category")
    screen.SetAdURL("http://www.puresilvabannermaker.com/bannermaker/backgroundthumbs/scale_summersun5.jpg","http://www.puresilvabannermaker.com/bannermaker/backgroundthumbs/scale_summersun5.jpg")
    screen.SetAdDisplayMode("scale-to-fit")
    while true
         msg = wait(0, screen.GetMessagePort())

         ' handle other events as normal

         if msg.isAdSelected() then
             ' play ad video
             PlayAdVideo()
         endif
    end while

    return screen

End Function

And it wont even load the poster screen... i just set the banners as something i found off the web for now....

and can i put the "SUB PLAY VIDEO" In my appMain.brs ?

Thanks and im happy to get back working on my project again

[RokuChris]

"FML2010" wrote:
And it wont even load the poster screen...

You aren't telling it to display the poster screen. There's no screen.Show() command.

[FML2010]

 end while

    return screen

End Function

so should i replace the "Return screen" with " screen.Show() " ??

so why does it work like this?

Function preShowPosterScreen(breadA=invalid, breadB=invalid) As Object

    if validateParam(breadA, "roString", "preShowPosterScreen", true) = false return -1
    if validateParam(breadB, "roString", "preShowPosterScreen", true) = false return -1

    port=CreateObject("roMessagePort")
    screen = CreateObject("roPosterScreen")
    screen.SetMessagePort(port)
    if breadA<>invalid and breadB<>invalid then
        screen.SetBreadcrumbText(breadA, breadB)
    end if

    screen.SetListStyle("flat-category")
    screen.SetAdURL("http://www.puresilvabannermaker.com/bannermaker/backgroundthumbs/scale_summersun5.jpg","http://www.puresilvabannermaker.com/bannermaker/backgroundthumbs/scale_summersun5.jpg")
    return screen

End Function

also Chris can i play the Sub play video on the appmain.brs ?? or its own like this -- adDisplay.brs ??

[RokuChris]

Based on your code snippet, it looks like you are working from the videoplayer example, in which case, the preShowPosterScreen function does not display a screen, it builds a screen and returns it. There is then another function called showPosterScreen that takes that screen as an argument, displays it, and handles any events it generates. You have introduced an event loop into preShowPosterScreen. This loop will never catch any events and your code will never reach showPosterScreen.

And you can organize your code into whatever file structure makes the most sense to you.