Centrally Controlled Digital Picture Frame

Step 9 Software Build Part 2 (Plugins)

Now that we have the basic PE Builder environment up and running we'll work on integrating the custom plug-ins and scripts.

Firefox

• Start PE Builder
• Select "Plugins" button
• Click "Add", and browse to your Firefox cab that was downloaded (firefox-1.5.0.1-en-US.cab as of this writing)
• Rename the suggested name to simply "firefox" and click OK
• You should now see Firefox enabled and listed in the menu of plugins (shown in image below)

PsTools

• While still in the "Plugins" screen, click "Add" again.
• Browse to your pstools.cab file that was downloaded.
• Leave the name of the folder called "pstools" and click OK
• You should now see PsTools enabled and listed in the menu of plugins
• Open a separate window in Explorer and extract the contents of the PsTools.zip file you downloaded earlier.
• Copy the following files into the root of your PsTools plugin directory (..\plugin\pstools\):
  pdh.dll, psexec.exe, psfile.exe, psgetsid.exe, psinfo.exe, pskill.exe, pslist.exe, psloggedon.exe, psloglist.exe, pspasswd.exe, psservice.exe, psshutdown.exe, pssuspend.exe, pstools.chm

IrfanView

• Install the IrfanView program you downloaded (on to your PC). We will extract the stand alone executable files after installation.
  • Go with the defaults except for the Google Toolbar checkbox, which you want to deselect
  • Deselect the checkbox to Run IrfanView when install is complete and click Done
• Using explorer, browse to C:\Program Files\IrfanView\
• Copy i_view32.exe to ..\plugin\irfanview\files\
• Copy the attached file (i_view32.ini) to the ..\plugin\irfanview\files\ directory
• Create an empty text file called "pictureshow.txt", also within the ..\plugin\irfanview\files\ directory.
• Copy a dozen or so generic "backup" pictures to the ..\plugin\irfanview\files\ directory.  These will be used for the slideshow if the frame has difficulty finding your network.
• Within PEBuilder, highlight IrfanView and click "Edit"
• Delete the line under [SourceDiskFiles] that says: files\i_view32.hlp=a,,1
• Add a line in the same location (under [SourceDiskFiles]) that says: files\i_view32.ini=a,,1
• For each photo you added, add another line using the same format: files\picturename.jpg=a,,1
• Finally, add one last line that says: files\pictureshow.txt=a,,1
• See photo below for an example of what your .inf file should now look like.
• Click File->Save, and then close the editor
• While still in the "Plugins" screen, select "IrfanView" and click the "Enable/Disable" button.
• Edit pictureshow.txt, and list the filename for every photo you just copied over (see example photo below)
  
  • Each filename should be followed by a carriage return (Enter)

Test the Build
We've made quite a few changes. It's probably a good idea to click "build" now within PE Builder to test the three plug-ins you have added.