xAP Desktop Beta 2

[James <james@xxxxxxx>]

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I have just uploaded an updated version of xAP Desktop to mi4.biz

for those not familiar with the app it's best to have a look here to see
what it is
(pictures speaks a thousand words and all that):
http://www.mi4.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=45

New Features
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Proxy support for all internet access
Much faster xAP processor
The Display library is now web enabled. So as well as loading displays
from the local library that ships with Desktop, you get them from the
web. Sounds complicated but very simple to use, in fact other than a
(Web) in the display name you wouldn't know you were getting them from
the web at all. The tray icon now features a web menu that as well as
being the place to set up your proxy server also has an update option.
This downloads a small text file that contains the latest list of
available displays.

and finally the big new feature

A script engine.
In the previous Desktops all the displays basically took info straight
from a xAP message and displayed it. You could tweak it a bit but that
was all. Now you can pretty much do anything you want with it using
standard vbscript. Scripts are part of a display and are loaded along
with all the other display files. They are stored as simple .txt files
and you can have as many as you want. Scripts are run be three means. By
button push as part of an event, when a xAPVar is updated and when a
xAPVar changes. What the script does is up to you but you can use all
standard vbscript commands along with a load of extra ones to control
any aspect of any display, not just the display that triggered the script.
What does this all mean?
Using the two example displays that use scripts
News Display
Normally scrolls through news headlines from 5 sources. It has a button
that when clicked expands the display and now shows more info for each
news sources and has back and forward buttons to cycle through the news
sources. Each story has a button that when clicked causes a web page to
be displayed, the page being the full story. Each of these buttons is a
script that moves labels, changes the background and updates the labels
and tooltips.
Audio controller
When a new track gets played this display listens for the path of the
song. Using an on change script it goes to where the mp3 came from and
looks for cover art. If it finds some it displays it inside the display.
All thats on top of the original display and transport controls.

The guides section on mi4.biz has more info on the script interface and
more guides on it will follow

Enjoy

James



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