I'd like to take a moment and tell you about a project I've been working on - I hope you find it interesting.
Perhaps like you, I experimented with Flash Components for a bit before deciding they were not for me. I have my own library of components that I' ve been building for quite some time, and I recently added several widgets - Tree, List, Checkbox, and others to the library. I have considered distributing them, but I'm just not ready to distribute source code yet. For quite some time now I have been annoyed that there was no straightforward way to share protected lingo code with other developers. Methods such as copying script members from protected casts were complicated, annoying, and easily broken. In addition, there are other problems associated with protected code distribution. (Namely, documentation, and licensing protection.) To address these issues and distribute my code library I have come up with a solid, workable means to distribute protected lingo class libraries. Collectively, these tools are referred to as the Inplicity Toolkit. The Toolkit is primarily a protected class library that offers a wide range of features: Dynamic Components: * Basic Button, Checkbox, Radio Button * Text, TextArea, List, Scrollbar * Bitmaps, Rect, Border * Easy global instantiators.for example: newButton(), newList(), newScrollbar() * Skinnable, customizable * LDM safe Core Tools: * Channel Manager (dynamic sprite allocation / management) * Event Manager (Subscription (or 'listener') model for message distribution.) * LinkedMovie Manager (manage linked director movies) * ObjectStore (store and access objects by name, call methods within objects without having direct object reference, broadcast to all objects in store.) * Timer (LDM-compatible timeouts) * NetManager (LDM-compatible network events) * Misc. string utitlies Code Publishing tools * CodeProtection (protect your class library with serial number validation) * ScriptReference (Generate HTML & XML reference files that include comments and method declarations) * Inplicity Reference (MX2004 Dockable tool with quick access to all scripts in reference library. Can't seem to remember method calls and parameters?.now you don't need to!) I am in the process of packaging these tools as a product or set of products and I'm looking for beta testers. Once released, accepted beta testers will be thanked with a substantial discount on the product license fee. (Participation in the beta program does not obligate you to purchase anything.) If this sounds interesting to you, please drop me a note OFFLINE and tell me what platform you're developing on, what version(s) of Director you use, and how long you've been working with Director. NOTE: I am planning a small beta release at this time, and not all responders will be admitted to the beta program. I look forward to hearing from you, John Mathis http://www.inplicity.com/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
