This was with the prototype code, so it won't port directly over; it would be a trivial shared app - the shared data would be the multicast group to be used, and all the client app would do is start up wbd on that group.
--bob At 10:59 AM 6/22/2004, Adam Carter wrote: >Robert Olson wrote: >| we did a demo at sc a couple years ago of wbd integrated with the ag2 >| prototype system, seemed to work pretty well (though it requires >multicast, >| and as I recall doesn't use straight RTP so the RTP reflectors don't >help). > >Hi Robert, >I'd be interested in hearing more about this wbd integration. Does it work >like a normal AG2 shared app? Has it ever been tested with AG2.2? Does it >use AG's infrastructure for the communication of events between instances of >the application? >Is there any documentation available anywhere which describes specifically >the use of wbd with Access Grid? > >I've heard many people talk about their desire to have an easy-to-use >whiteboard integrated with AG, so if there's one out there, it begs the >question as to why it isn't being used more widely. It seems to me that it >is important enough functionality to be distributed with the main AG >toolkit, or at least mentioned in documents like the User's Guide to Shared >Applications. Do you know if there are any plans for either of the above? > >Any comments on, or answers to, any of the questions above would be >gratefully received! > >/\ |) /\ |\/| > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr Adam Carter (Applications Consultant) |epcc| > > e: a...@epcc.ed.ac.uk w: http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~adam > r: 3405 JCMB t: +44 131 650 6009 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
