[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I need some guidance as to whether REBOL/View/Command has the
> > capabilities for an upcoming project.
> >
> > A friend of mine is going to migrate a Visual BASIC security system
> > product to another language and maybe even from the Win9x platform.
> > This is a good time for him to learn REBOL, that is if REBOL/View and
> > REBOL/Command will be able to handle the problem at hand.
> >
> > The system will need to communicate to two other devices via the serial
> > port. I assume REBOL/Command will do that with the help of some serial
> > driver programs.
>
> Not a problem, lights on my parallel port tester are already blinking :-)
>
> > It needs to run solely with a touch screen interface, which operates
> > like a mouse. REBOL/View should do this job I suppose.
>
> Hmm, don't know what do you expect of REBOL/View, but I think touch screen
> should be irrelevant to REBOL/View directly, as it should be some kind of
> driver, which should do the work.
>
> > There needs to be the ability to have multiple terminals/clients, which
> > run of a single server. I expect that REBOL/Command could help us
> > there, since I could do that with REBOL/Core.
>
> Maybe REBOL/Serve, as it will have tasking/threading, security (probably
> SSL?) etc.
REBOL/Serve? Maybe. Tasking and threading would be real handy.
>
>
> > I assume REBOL/View can work as a client to REBOL/Command. REBOL/View
> > being a visual version of REBOL/Core and REBOL/Command being a binary
> > executing version of REBOL/Core (amongst other things).
> >
> > Am I on the right track here? Will REBOL do this?
>
> The only one question is what do you expect of REBOL/View gui. I would
> still more like to see /Core's multitasking ability than being dependant on
> /Serve, /Command and having to launch yet-another-rebol from harddrive.
>
Yes, /View is the big question now. Basically /View would need to present
graphical represention of a building with buttons on it. When you push a unlock
door button, /View would send the request to the server (/Core, /Command, or
/Serve) that would handle the request. Some method of accessing controls not
in immediate view would be nice, like multiple pages or scroll bars.
Another thing is a way to put /View into a kiosk (full screen no escape) mode.
However I am sure RT would add this functionality without too much lobbying.
--Ryan
>
> -pekr-
>
> >
> >
> > --Ryan
