[screenweaver] Future directions

[Edwin van Rijkom]

Hi Daniel,

A solution to your problem might be to write your own Screenweaver 3 COM 
plug-in. The COM plug-in system allows for greater control over 
data-types being send back and forth. Two such plugin examples can be 
found in the repository at:

https://secure.sourcesecure.co.uk/trac/osflash/screenweaver/browser/three/trunk/src/plugins/sw%20joystick
https://secure.sourcesecure.co.uk/trac/osflash/screenweaver/browser/three/trunk/src/plugins/sw%20builder

In its current state the Screenweaver 4 sources would offer you the 
broadest abilities to bind to back end code, but it comes at a price:  
1) It doesn't have a default set of extensions like SW3 has 2) There's 
no default API nor a project builder: all of that must be taylor made in C++

Cheers,
Edwin

Daniel McQuillen wrote:

>
> I've been using Screenweaver for an alpha version of an open-source 
> eLearning project in the world of HVAC energy-efficiency. Our team has 
> been really happy with the application except for one critical piece 
> that's essential for our project: communicating with a local resource. 
> We need to run a simulation engine locally alongside the 
> Screenweaver/Flash app, and need to communicate rapidly with it in 
> order to exchange simulation data.
>
> We are trying to use the swInterface.callDLLMethod but are plagued by 
> the restrictions on data types and the number of variables. This is a 
> deal-breaker for us -- which is really unfortunately because I love 
> working with Screenweaver. So, my question to the SW powers-that-be 
> is: will the next version of Screenweaver have a more robust way to 
> communicate with DLL's -- or perhaps .NET assemblies? If so, what is 
> the target date for release? I don't see anything on the developers 
> Wiki under roadmap or TO DO.
>
> As always, thanks for putting your personal time into the project and 
> making it available to the community at large.
>
> - Daniel
>
>
>  
>
> 	::: Blue Pattern
>  
>   	  	*We make complex things clear.*
>  
>   	  	5224 Cornerstone Drive
> Fort Collins, CO  80528
>  
>   	  	
> T:    	510.717.2602
> E: 	info at bluepattern.com <mailto:info at bluepattern.com>
> W: 	www.bluepattern.com <http://www.bluepattern.com/index.php?source=m>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>_______________________________________________
>screenweaver mailing list
>screenweaver at osflash.org
>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/screenweaver_osflash.org
>  
>