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Frequently Asked Questions

General

Could you implement feature x?

Please check the list of known feature requests before requesting in the forum.

Technical Support Questions

I downloaded Columns UI, but I don't know what do do with a .7z file ?!

The file is an archive created by 7-Zip. Most popular archivers can extract it, including WinRAR.

There is also simle way, how to teach your Total Commander (?) to work with 7z archives like with folders. Just download and install this 7Zip Total Commander Plugin

I installed the plugin, but my foobar still looks the same.

Please check that you have selected Columns UI as the active user interface module. See the Installation section for more details:

What do I do with an fcs file?

From the Columns UI page in preferences, goto the Other tab, and select “Import”. Alternatively, you can open them from the command-line. From 0.1.2 beta 4, the format is foobar2000 /columnsui:import:<path>. You can use this to associate fcs files with foobar (foobar2000.exe /columnsui:import:“%1”).

How do I load png files for the toolbar buttons?

You need the current versions of libpng and zlib in your foobar2000 folder. Unofficial MSVC6 compiled binaries can also be obtained here.

I installed panel x, but it is not listed in the sidebar menu?

Most likely it was created for an older version of Columns UI, or you have an old version of Columns UI. Updating your components will usually suffice, you can use the UI extension scannertool for further investigation.

I disabled all the sidebar panel captions, but now I cant add panels!!

If you have more than one panel, you can right click on the separator between them to bring up the add/remove menu. Otherwise, you will have to hit the 'Reset Sidebar' button in sidebar preferences.

How do I get panels above the playlist?

You can add panels with a configurable minimum height to the toolbar area by first enabling the “List all toolbars” in Prefs/Columns UI/Other. Then, you can insert the panel as a toolbar. You will have to then adjust the panel's minimum height in its configuration. As you can imagine this is a bit of a hack; it will not be necessary in version 0.1.3.

I don't see bars mode in the visualisation context menu??

Ensure you are running Columns UI 0.1.2 final or newer.

I hid the toolbars, now how do I get them back ?!

You can do this from the main preferences page in several possible ways:

  • The default keyboard shortcut to bring up the preferences is CTRL-P.
  • You can bring up the preferences from the notifiation icon if you have one.
  • As a last fail-safe resort, the command-line command foobar2000 /config will bring up the preferences.

0.1.3 questions

How do I get my playlist tabs back?

The finished tree For the default configuration:

  1. Start foobar2000 and enter the preferences.
  2. From the Columns UI page, activate the Layout tab.
  3. Right click the base item, “Columns Playlist”.
  4. Select the “Change base/Splitter/Playlist tabs” item.
  5. Right click the new “Playlist tabs” base item.
  6. Select “Insert panel/Playlist views/Columns playlist”
  7. Close preferences or click “Apply”.

I get an error message from foobar2000 whilst using Columns UI

You receive the error message "Failed to load DLL: foo_ui_columns.dll, reason: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem." at startup

Please install the VC++2005 Run-times.

columns_ui/faqs.1141304729.txt.gz · Last modified: 2007/08/25 22:58 (external edit)