Director is what I know best, although I am reasonably proficient in Java - which was the focus of my degree.
Whilst it sounds complicated, the actual app is not doing anything super advanced or even processor hungry, its really just the environment I need to take into account. I'm pretty sure I am going to stick with Director - as I am sure it's up to the job, and I want the challenge of doing it myself rather than farming it out. If it's not up to the job and not reliable, I won't get paid, and at the moment, that's a risk I don't mind taking. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Pearce Sent: 25 August 2005 16:52 To: Lingo programming discussion list Subject: RE: <lingo-l> DMX Projector running as a windows service Hey Tim, Are you using director because that's what you know. Director is amazing but other languages would give you better control C++ or even Java. Keep us posted if you decide to stick with Director. I'm sure everyone would be interested how it turns out. It's good to see people pushing the normal bounds of any development platform. d:p -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Welford Sent: August 25, 2005 3:26 AM To: Lingo programming discussion list Subject: RE: <lingo-l> DMX Projector running as a windows service Darren, Well, I can't give too much away, but basically, it's a bit like a kiosk - well is a kiosk, but mounted on a special bus system, it takes GPS feeds and such and displays route position + adverts for shops \ services available at the next stop etc etc. I take into account what Bart was saying in his previous email response, but given that I will require several 3rd party xtras, and the environment it will be in (apparently the top floor of a double decker can pull 2G when it hits a pot hole) and as much as I love director, I don't want to rely on it entirely for telling me when its crashed. Also, due to the nature of the installation, there would be no way of restarting the app manually until it got back to a garage - which might be hours, and I can't restart the whole machine because the bus relies on other services running on it. Roymeo, I read your article yesterday, and found it very interesting, thanks, especially the heartbeat Idea, I may try and incorporate that into something else I am doing. I don't have any technical issues with actually making a projector into a service, just wondered if anyone has any positive or negative experience with it. Tim (with fingers crossed) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Pearce Sent: 24 August 2005 15:15 To: Lingo programming discussion list Subject: RE: <lingo-l> DMX Projector running as a windows service Hey Tim, On the windows resource kit there is a tool to run any .exe as a service. But can't remember what it's called, at this moment. Make sure you read about user rights and permisions, being that this will be running 24/7 you don't want any unwanted attacks, that's only if this is on the network. Curious what kind of service are you thinking of running with director. d:p -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Welford Sent: August 24, 2005 2:57 AM To: lingo-l@penworks.com Subject: <lingo-l> DMX Projector running as a windows service Hi List, Does anyone have any thoughts \ tips \ tricks or warnings for running projectors as a service on windows xp/2k/2k3 machines, especially in regards to things like running kiosk applications that run 24/7? And whether it's possible to restart the app if there is an error etc? Many Thanks Tim [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 lingo-l@penworks.com (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [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 lingo-l@penworks.com (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [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 lingo-l@penworks.com (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [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 lingo-l@penworks.com (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [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 lingo-l@penworks.com (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
