Re: [xAP] Protocol revisions?

["PatrickLidstone" <patrickl@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@e...>
wrote:
> 1: Config discovery.
> 
> Well, it makes certain inut plugins harder to develop.
> 
> I think that we should specify the functionality, and require input
plugin developers to declare whether or not they support it, rather 
than being mandatory.
> 
> (As an example - it means that the outlook plug _can't_ be written
in VBA - it would have to move out to a full VB app in order to 
support a port listener as well as a broadcaster.)


Well you could still send the heartbeat to indicate you're alive. Esp 
useful in a windows environment I think :-)

Configuring a desktop app is less of an issue in anycase - this is 
really aimed at the devices which have no sensible UI.


> 2: Looks fine to me. With only 4 xAP plugins out there then it's 
probably the right time to change. I'll modify the Outlook one this 
evening.
> 
> 3: What you're proposing looks sensible - I'll modify the Outlook 
one tonight.
> 
> 4: I think I follow. OK. (I won't be using the in-message STX 
stuff, but I'll certainly include the <STX> / <ETX>
wrappers.

You shouldn't have any cause to include embedded STX/ETX's in your 
message body anyway!

PS. I'm not ignoring the various requests for source code, I just 
have some other stuff I have to do first. (Including recovery of a 
node0 server which has inexplicably lost its network i/f. Seems it's 
the same every summer...)

Patrick

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