Synopsis is a windows application with no Mac or Unix components but
you may not need them. Maybe you could look at Max 4.5 from Cycling 74
which also has a graphical aspect to it but is at least available on
Mac and Windows. Also it is used to control Teleo objects to control
the outside world via computer commands. It is very good.
Once you reach the limits that either of those programs has you can
come back to use Revolution for it's full potential. After all if all
you want to do is build a clock face then why learn any code but if you
want to use that clock in a program where you have full control over
how it works instead of just how the program designers think it should
then you can use Revolution.
But to be honest reading the manual and learning code are not the same
thing and to include the videoplayer component is a read the manual
thing that would happen just the same in Synopsis as well as in Max
4.5. It is not a code issue. In Synopsis in order to use the Windows
DLLs you will still need to understand the RULES in how to use them and
when and where.
I'd say you were just getting frustrated with Rev and you should hang
in there it is not as difficult as it seems. Ask questions here on the
list. Download sample stacks. See how others have done it. You may just
find what you need and find you end up loving it.
2 cents
HTH
Tom
On May 25, 2005, at 11:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi,
i am TOTALLY new to REVOLUTION...i was trying a similar project...
to make a PROGRAM that plays MPEG video files...
as far as i could see...the VIDEOPLAYER control...can ONLY play
quiktime....
what is revVIDEOPLAYER???
is it a library of FUNCTION COMPONENTS?
i am finding REVOLUTION is a great piece of SOFTWARE...but you need to
spedn TIME...learning the TRANSCRIPT LANGUAGE...
i do NOT like learning LANGUAGES...or the SYNTAX and RULES regarding
languages...it is TEDIOUS...
although REVOLUTION has TONNES of POWER under it's hood...you still
have to LEARN transcript....you know...
if you look at even a simple PROGRAM....like a CLOCK FACE...you find
it has nearly 100 lines of CODE...just to make a GRAPHICAL clock TICK
around the SECONDS....
this is TOO MUCH CODE..for such a simple REQUIREMENT...in my opinion...
www.codemorphis.com
this SYNPOSIS software has ZERO code...you never see a single LETTER
of code...it is just WIRING diagrams.....it does VIDEO and things like
this...GRAPHICS TOO...
you could make a CLOCK FACE in an hour...with SYNPOSIS...with ZERO
CODE ever seen...
also you can use the windows API library...which holds TEN THOUSAND
fucntions for windows programming..in DLL files...
i am going to try HARDER with REVOLUTION...but again...it looks like
CODE CODE CODE....to get results...
this is NOT a VISUAL RAD TOOL.....whereas SYNOPSIS is totally
VISUAL...with ZERO CODE...(there is NO language to learn)
cheers
Ben
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