Overview

This component is based on WSH Panel Mod.

It allows the creation of customisable panels that can be written with Javascript rather than the C++ required by the foobar2000 SDK.

Under the hood, it uses Windows Script host. It is possible to use ActiveX objects like FileSystemObject and XMLHttpRequest to work with the local file system, access the internet, etc.

If your system has IE9 or later installed, you’ll have access to ECMAScript5 features. You’ll need to make sure the Chakra script engine is selected in the Configuration Window.

As of v2, Windows XP SP3 is now supported and support for Vista/7/WINE with IE8 has been restored. Of course you’ll be limited here to ECMAScript3!

Here are just some of the features provided by the component…

• Custom drawing of text, external images, lines, rectangles, etc.
• Use fonts/colours from the main preferences of whichever user interface you are using.
• Executing main/context menu commands.
• Ability to create custom buttons/menus.
• Capture keystrokes/mouse movement/clicks.
• Callbacks can be used to trigger code based on foobar2000 events. See callbacks.txt.
• Read/write file tags.
• Complete manipulation of playlists.
• Media Library display/sorting/filtering
• Save settings on a per panel basis. You can also save/load settings from .ini files or write your own functions to read and write plain text/JSON files etc.
• And much more…