Re: xAP Desktop Beta 2

["max barker" <max@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My desktop seems to only send Raw messages now :-(
All other schema have disappeared from the events drop down list. Updating
and reinstalling hasn't done anything.

Event.txt doesn't look right. The majority of the data appears to be
contained on three very long lines now.

Max

----- Original Message -----
From: "James" <james@xxxxxxx>
To: <xap_automation@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 12:00 AM
Subject: [xap_automation] xAP Desktop Beta 2


> I have just uploaded an updated version of xAP Desktop to mi4.biz
>
> for those not familiar with the app it's best to have a look here to
see
> what it is
> (pictures speaks a thousand words and all that):
> http://www.mi4.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=45
>
> New Features
> --------------------
> Proxy support for all internet access
> Much faster xAP processor
> The Display library is now web enabled. So as well as loading displays
> from the local library that ships with Desktop, you get them from the
> web. Sounds complicated but very simple to use, in fact other than a
> (Web) in the display name you wouldn't know you were getting them from
> the web at all. The tray icon now features a web menu that as well as
> being the place to set up your proxy server also has an update option.
> This downloads a small text file that contains the latest list of
> available displays.
>
> and finally the big new feature
>
> A script engine.
> In the previous Desktops all the displays basically took info straight
> from a xAP message and displayed it. You could tweak it a bit but that
> was all. Now you can pretty much do anything you want with it using
> standard vbscript. Scripts are part of a display and are loaded along
> with all the other display files. They are stored as simple .txt files
> and you can have as many as you want. Scripts are run be three means.
By
> button push as part of an event, when a xAPVar is updated and when a
> xAPVar changes. What the script does is up to you but you can use all
> standard vbscript commands along with a load of extra ones to control
> any aspect of any display, not just the display that triggered the
script.
> What does this all mean?
> Using the two example displays that use scripts
> News Display
> Normally scrolls through news headlines from 5 sources. It has a
button
> that when clicked expands the display and now shows more info for each
> news sources and has back and forward buttons to cycle through the
news
> sources. Each story has a button that when clicked causes a web page
to
> be displayed, the page being the full story. Each of these buttons is
a
> script that moves labels, changes the background and updates the
labels
> and tooltips.
> Audio controller
> When a new track gets played this display listens for the path of the
> song. Using an on change script it goes to where the mp3 came from and
> looks for cover art. If it finds some it displays it inside the
display.
> All thats on top of the original display and transport controls.
>
> The guides section on mi4.biz has more info on the script interface
and
> more guides on it will follow
>
> Enjoy
>
> James
>
>
>