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When adding this entry in a modern firmware and clicking in the icon, appears an error message asking for '''strviewer_cnf''' in dev_usb000
When adding this entry in a modern firmware and clicking in the icon, appears an error message asking for '''strviewer_cnf''' in dev_usb000
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The file in path '''usb000/strviewer/strviewer_cnf''' needs to follow this format:
{{Boxcode|content=<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">Title = "Strviwer Pwned" path = "/strviewer/" file = "working_example"</syntaxhighlight>}}
And the loaded xml seems to be using the format inherited from the '''dev_flash/vsh/resource/silk/xai/widgets/informationboard/strings/[[Widgets#dev_flash.2Fvsh.2Fresource.2Fsilk.2Fxai.2Fwidgets.2Finformationboard.2Fstrings.2F||infob_<language>.xml]]''' where is required to follow this format:
{{Boxcode|content=<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
<str id="msg_dtype_C">Lorem ipsum...</str><!--dtype="C"-->
<str id="msg_dtype_E">Lorem ipsum...</str><!--dtype="E"-->
<str id="msg_dtype_W">Lorem ipsum...</str><!--dtype="W"-->
<str id="msg_dtype_R">Lorem ipsum...</str><!--dtype="R"-->
<str id="msg_dtype_T">Lorem ipsum...</str><!--dtype="T"-->
<str id="msg_dtype_N">This is a notification</str><!--dtype="N"-->
<str id="msg_dtype_G">This is a botton notification </str><!--dtype="G"-->
<str id="msg_dtype_I">This simple text was automatically repeated several times and also added many asterisks of its own</str<!--dtype="I"-->
</syntaxhighlight>}}
The valid values for the <nowiki><!--dtype="C"--></nowiki> (C,E,W,R,T,N,G,I) are hardcoded inside strviewer_plugin.sprx
Test video:
{{#ev:youtube|tgPXlMbchFM}}
More info: http://www.psx-place.com/threads/string-viewer-and-decr-0-90fw-xmb-items-partially-working.17313
More info: http://www.psx-place.com/threads/string-viewer-and-decr-0-90fw-xmb-items-partially-working.17313


{{Reverse engineering}}<noinclude>[[Category:Main]]</noinclude>
{{Reverse engineering}}<noinclude>[[Category:Main]]</noinclude>

Revision as of 05:13, 28 June 2021

Description

Is a feature available for non-retail PS3 models

Accesible from an icon at XMB category Settings [Settings] > [String Viewer]

Its position in settings category is defined by the settings_order 0x13 in category_setting_plugin.sprx (In XMB is displayed as the last icon most at bottom of settings category)

The name of the icon is loaded from category_setting_plugin.rco

<Text name="msg_tool_string_viewer">String Viewer</Text>

The icon launches strviewer_plugin.sprx module

There are 4 "xml object pages" inside strviewer_plugin.rco that can be loaded by the .sprx (the samples below are a reduced version with only its name and the action triggered when onInit):

<Page name="page_strviewer_lang"... onInit="event:native:/OnInitStrViewerLang"...
<Page name="page_strviewer_plugin"... onInit="event:native:/OnInitStrViewerPlugIn"...
<Page name="page_strviewer_id"... onInit="event:native:/OnInitStrViewerID"...
<Page name="page_strviewer"... onInit="event:native:/OnInitStrViewerDialog"...

String Viewer supports multilanguage. The page page_strviewer_lang contains a list of languages associated with letter codes, see: Talk:Languages

Speculation

Maybe is posible to make visible the icon in some PS3 models by using a Button Combo

Pre-retail firmwares

In old firmwares can be seen how string viewer was loaded

Code Sample
String Viewer error

When adding this entry in a modern firmware and clicking in the icon, appears an error message asking for strviewer_cnf in dev_usb000

The file in path usb000/strviewer/strviewer_cnf needs to follow this format:

Code Sample

And the loaded xml seems to be using the format inherited from the dev_flash/vsh/resource/silk/xai/widgets/informationboard/strings/|infob_<language>.xml where is required to follow this format:

Code Sample

The valid values for the <!--dtype="C"--> (C,E,W,R,T,N,G,I) are hardcoded inside strviewer_plugin.sprx

Test video:

More info: http://www.psx-place.com/threads/string-viewer-and-decr-0-90fw-xmb-items-partially-working.17313