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Re: Suggestion for interprocess communication
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:50:46 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Anders Isaksson writes:
> Michael Lachmann skrev i meddelandet ...
> > Another thing which comes into my mind now ....
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> > If LDList is managing the sets with it's parts, then it would not only have
> > to know that someone is dragging a part away from it, but also if someone is
> > changing the part color in a CAD program, if the part is deleted, copied...
> I'll simply ignore those facts :-)
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> If someone is building with set pieces, they'd better keep to the pieces and
> colors, or get lost...
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> Seriously, if we want that functionality, then I think the modeller itself
> must keep track of everything - it's too much to put into a communications
> protocol.
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> Perhaps you could put MLCad into 'set mode', which makes it impossible to
> change the colors, or add arbitrary pieces...
That's an item I was thinking about already ... will see whats possible ...
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> As an (perhaps better) alternative, MLCad could be the program reading the set
> description, and then cross-reference the current piece count with the set
> each time a piece is added or re-colored (refuse to add pieces not in the set,
> of the wrong color, no more left, etc.). You already have the mechanism for
> creating inventory lists of the model.
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> In this way LDList doesn't have to keep track of anything...
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> > Not so easy with D&D ... maybe we use some other mechanism ? ...
> > Also in this case plain window messages are not enough!
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> Don't forget: In Windows, everything is done with messages! So, whatever is
> done with the high-level thingys in MFC (OLE etc.) is in reality done with
> plain window messages!
Sure, I know, but for me the plain api with its window messages is already
similar to the difference between hardware and software of a computer :-) I
mean I do not say that I can't work with hardware, but when you can do it with
software it's much cheaper and easier :-)
Michael
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> --
> Anders Isaksson, Sweden
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| Michael Lachmann skrev i meddelandet ... (...) I'll simply ignore those facts :-) If someone is building with set pieces, they'd better keep to the pieces and colors, or get lost... Seriously, if we want that functionality, then I think the modeller (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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