Was RE: Hauppauge MVP price bargain - now C-Bus /xAP

["Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Barrett [mailto:dean@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 28 August 2004 08:25
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [ 1/2 ADVERT ;-0 ] Hauppauge MVP=20
> price bargain alert =A320
>=20
> Kevin
>=20=20
> From what you say below, are we looking at a replacement=20
> for Homegate ?
>=20=20
> Dynamic sliders etc certainly sounds like it - and if so=20
> how much programming control are we going to have ?

Within xAP Desktop you have a full scripting language with VB and
extension=
s
to link into xAP - plus every part of every graphic is a separate image
fil=
e
(with transparency effects in XP) - so you can do pretty much anything you
want. The latest SliMP3 display for example recovers album garphic art and
displays it within the player control/display window. Any xAP message can
b=
e
sent and of course received/parsed so full access to all the C-Bus stuff
etc. Yes - sort of akin to HomeGate in appearance - indeed you could us the
two together overlaying Xap desktop graphic 'widgets' on top of HomeGate -
but the xAP objects are not served through a web browser session so are for
local use only.

=20=20
Kevin