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Re: Ldglite must be faster
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:39:03 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Anders Isaksson writes:
> "Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:s5q9nuc5pr24nbvmrsvitiffojjuu1r2up@4ax.com...
> > In lugnet.cad, Anders Isaksson wrote:
> >
> > > Another (Windows) wish: I would very much like to see a .dll (with some
> > > standardized interface) implementing LDRAW rendering on a supplied dc - • then
> > > it would be sooo easy to build all those little helper programs, adding
> > > functionality around the basic rendering engine.
> >
> > Yah, I second this. I've wanted one of these for years. Even better
> > (for me) would be an ActiveX custom control. I *think* one DLL could
> > support both approaches.
>
> Just fix a DLL and it can be embedded into an ActiveX for anyone who thinks
> he really needs it... (An ActiveX control is just a DLL with a standardized
> (slow) interface).
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> Or, for that matter, it could be a separate process (LDRAW Graphics Server),
> which might be easier to port to other systems. Then I can send WM_COPYDATA
> messages to it :-))
Hmmm, an LDRAW Graphics Server, that could be nifty. But how about using
XML-RPC to talk to it instead of WM_COPYDATA? Then you could control it
from any platform, or a browser, or even a telnet session if you like
typing raw XML.
Don
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 | | Re: Ldglite must be faster
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| "Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H1z7p3.8G7@lugnet.com... (...) Nah, the WM_COPYDATA was just a joke :-) I know that's not platform independent. What's XML-RPC? What's wrong with ordinary sockets? Or were you (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Ldglite must be faster
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| (...) How responsive would XML-RPC be? Would it be an appropriate approach for an interactive program (as opposed to a program that needs a relatively static display)? Steve (24 years ago, 6-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Ldglite must be faster
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| "Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:s5q9nuc5pr24nbv...4ax.com... (...) then (...) Just fix a DLL and it can be embedded into an ActiveX for anyone who thinks he really needs it... (An ActiveX control is just a DLL with a (...) (24 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
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