xml files from Kodi 16 not used

I copied my advancedsettings.xml, mediasources.xml, password.xml and sources.xml out of .kodi/userdata, and removed Kodi 16. Then added the unstable repository, and installed Kodi 17. I then started Kodi 17, and exited. Then I copied back the xml file...

Displaying skin strings via a property.

Another question in my continuing struggles to understand $PARAM's, properties and other advanced skinning techniques.

In order to have general code to change details of the home screen and the various items on it I have made use of $PARAM to pass names of skin strings to a dialog to allow the user to change the details of the selected item. For example I have a skin string called CustomMovies.4.Label and when the item is clicked in the customization screen, this name is written to a window property called Window(settings).Property(CurrentLabel). Now I can use this property to set a new value of the skin string, but I can't manage to then display the contents of this skin string in a <label> tag. The code as it currently stands is thus:

PHP Code:
    <include name="use-skinstring">
        <
param name="lab2"/>
        <
definition>
            <
label2>$INFO[$PARAM[lab2]]</label2>
        </
definition>
    </include> 

for the paramatized include.

PHP Code:
        <control type="label" id="8010"><!-- Hack to show current label string -->
            <
left>-200</left>
            <
top>-40</top>
            <
width>554</width>
            <
height>30</height>
            <
label>$INFO[Window(settings).Property(CurrentLabel),$INFO[Skin.String(,)]]</label>
            <
font>font11</font>
            <
visible>false</visible>
        </
control

PHP Code:
                <control type="button" id="5011"><!-- Change Label of custom menu item -->
                    <
width>554</width>
                    <
height>48</height>
                    <
label>- $LOCALIZE[21899]</label>
                    <include 
name="use-skinstring">
                        <
param name="lab2" value="Control.GetLabel(8010)"/>
                    </include>
                    <
font>font11</font>
                    <
onclick>Skin.SetString($INFO[Window(settings).Property(ListCustomBase),,.Label])</onclick>
                    <
onclick>SetFocus(9000)</onclick>
                    <
enable>!IsEmpty(Window(settings).Property(ListCustomBase))</enable>
                </
control


Button 5011 reads the label of Label 8010 and passed the value to the include. Currently it displays the string "$INFO[Skin.String(CustomMovies.4.Label)]" which is what I would have in the label to show what the label is normally. If I drop the $INFO from include I get Skin.String(CustomMovies.4.Label), so think I'm on the right track, just I'm missing something important.

Can anyone suggest something I can try? As a note the <onclick> above is working just fine (in button 5011), so the button does what it should, just I can't feedback to the user the current state of the button.

Thanks, Wyrm (AppTV)

Film and Video dont work

Good afternoon dear friends Everytime i choose a TV chanel, i can only see it for a few seconds, because the program just turns back to the main menu. I can only see are about 15 seconds of the TV channel or movie... Does anyone have a clue for what'...

Keeping Playcount Data Between Kodi Upgrades

While Kodi will upgrade older music libraries when a new version is installed, it does not rescan the music files. Hence it will not take notice of music file tags that have already been in the files but not processed by earlier versions of Kodi. Libra...

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I don't know if this is unique to my system, but I did a fresh install (hard disk died so I started from scratch) of Krypton Beta 3 on a Windows 10 x64 computer. I'm using a GTX 1070 graphics card connected to a Denon receiver. I have several MKVs with...

forced subs and sub/idx

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IPTV Arabic 09.10.2016

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IPTV Arabic 09.10.2016

#EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1,-===AR-OSN===- http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/3406.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Yahla_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/517.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Ya_Hala_Drama_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/518.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_YAHALA_SHABAB_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/460.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_YAHALA_CINEMA_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/506.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_ALYOUM http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/507.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Al_Safwah http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/1468.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Fann http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/4599.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Series_Channel_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/1467.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_CINEMA_1 http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/505.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_CINEMA_2 http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/504.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-ART_Aflam1 http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/244.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-ART_Aflam2 http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/245.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-ART_Cinema http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/249.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-ART_Hekayat http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/254.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-ART_Hekayat2 http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/231.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-MBC_Drama_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/512.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_First_HBO_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/1038.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Movies_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/523.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Movies_Action_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/516.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Movies_Action+2_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/13014.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Movies_Family_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/1470.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Movies_Festival_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/508.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Movies_Premiere_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/519.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Movies_Drama_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/525.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Movies_Comedy_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/522.ts #EXTINF:-1,AR-OSN_Movies_Kids_HD http://148.251.1.69:8000/live/91100/91100/499.ts… Read More »

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IPTV Italia 09.10.2016

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