Tony, You might want to look at the source code for CDC v3.0. There is example code in Perl and Java for connecting to the CDC client and generating a JPEG image. At first glance this seems pretty straight-forward and shouldn't require more than a weekend to hack a UI to it.
http://skychart.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/skychart/tags/beta-3-0-1-4/skychart/ (look in the /scripts folder) A few years ago, I built a DCOM DDE wrapper class that connected to CDC version 2.6 and provided an interface that could be consumed by a script (vbscript, jsscript, etc.). I built a test HTML user interface that was capable of accepting user input and generating/returning a chart to the browser. I know that what your asking can be done. If I remember correctly, I built the entire thing over a couple of weekends. In fact, the AstroPlanner software still uses the DCOM DLL to control CDC from within its application. Some of my best code is the result of bumbling through a project. Regards, Jeff Burton --- In [email protected], Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Sander, > > I basicly bumble my way through things, and when neccesary, teach myself a > new trick. I have used perl, and java before, and have toyed with ruby on > rails. I am hoping someone else has made a script or two for just such an > occasion, but if not, I can be led down the path. I have no idea where to > start though. > <snip!>
