personal note:
did/do web programming jobs with PHP/JS/SQL.
at university I have to do a lot of Java. also learnt Prolog for computational linguistics. right now I have to work with Perl for a chatbot typography module.
for usine I got a little into Pascal Script.
lot of other scripting languages for different stuff too.. (including IML soon)
for serious usine and vst coding I'd need to learn C++ (or Pascal derivat Delphi).
result is: I understand a lot of languages but I am not good at one particular language (PHP when it has to be one). help
-> the rapid development of usine, not only adding new modules in a breeze, moreover adding new programming languages/representations is fascinating.
but: its impossible for me to keep up! I'd like to see more time spent into documentation and tutorials. or put differently: there are so many ways to achieve something in usine, it should be more clear (for me) which is the best way to do something (means: use already built-in functionality, make visual subpatch, use IML, use Pascal script, compile C++ or Delphi module, etc.).
Statistics: Posted by amiga909 — 07 Jan 2009, 12:48
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also I add 3 new functions in the script language:
function GetVariableString(name:string):string;
function GetVariableInteger(name:string):integer;
function GetVariableFloat(name:string):double;
to retrieve the global IML values.
Statistics: Posted by senso — 07 Jan 2009, 11:02
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BTW, am I right when I think that the Delphi SDK is still v1?
Yes you are right.In fact, i 'translated' the SDK to C++when olivier was coding all these groovy 4.1 features, so they are naturally integrated in, but so far, the Pascal version wasn't updated has olivier couldn't duplicate himself.
I believe the Pascal version will be sync again soon...when olivier (or other ?) will put his hand one.
Maybe there is a need here for a 'Pascal SDK maintainer' ? as olivier seems very busy with Usine itself.
Statistics: Posted by martignasse — 07 Jan 2009, 10:45
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SendUsineMsg('CREATE_MODULE fader_' + intToStr(faderCount + 1) + ' 3 ' + intToStr(posY) + ' ' + intToStr(posY));
Nice!
Of course for Vincent's purpose this would need to be possible also outside of the scripting environment (i.e. in Templates Engine and plain IML in SendUsineMessage-module) but in scripting this is all working very nicely already.
I'm a happy man. 4.1 is the bomb!
antwan
Statistics: Posted by antwan — 07 Jan 2009, 10:32
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Bjorn, is C++ your developing langage? Did you have a look to the SDK and thout that C++ + templates...
No, when I first started to learn myself programming eons ago, it was with a version of Pascal on the Atari ST which helps somewhat when doing scripts... I've been using different languages/dialects up through the years, but I've never done anything in C++; the closest thing being Pro*C (an Oracle pre-compiler for C with embedded SQL) and a little Java. At work I mostly use PL/SQL (a 3G language tightly integrated with SQL) that looks similar to Pascal in a lot of ways, but the similarities also means that I can sit a while and wonder why my "IF () THEN ... END IF;" is giving a compilation error when doing a script in Usine. 
I've taken a very quick look at the SDK - that is the UserDefinitions - and I think I've understood most of it. Some time ago, I downloaded Delphi and tried to compile a couple of the examples with success, but I've never really got around to use it for anything real.
At my work, we've developed a new client framework using .Net and C#, but so far I haven't been involved with it at all, but I guess I'll be looking more into C++ when I start with C#.
@Olivier:
Thanks for your answer, looking forward to new functions!
BTW, am I right when I think that the Delphi SDK is still v1?
Statistics: Posted by bsork — 07 Jan 2009, 08:54
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I didn't anticipate the success of the IML!
Of course.I must say it's much more easyer for me to add some bitmaps and draw some wires. Perhaps am I not alone in this simple case!
Statistics: Posted by Vincent — 06 Jan 2009, 23:01
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get variables, etc.
I didn't anticipate the success of the IML!
Statistics: Posted by senso — 06 Jan 2009, 22:47
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Hope I'm not hijacking your thread Vincent, but I have a related question to Olivier:
No Bjorn, you're not hijacking.Questions on IMI are important, since they proove to who needs that this feature will become one of the greatest mana in this game. Mana AND quad damage!
I think that Olivier will appreciate if we are interested in his crazy implemntations, isn't it?
Actually, hijacking is a background question!
I've tried to do some templates files also because scripting tool in Usine is not yet quite user-friendly, but both are related of corse.
Bjorn, is C++ your developing langage? Did you have a look to the SDK and thout that C++ + templates... that could be devastating?
cheers
Statistics: Posted by Vincent — 06 Jan 2009, 17:33
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And is this the key to getting the IML syntax to work within scripting the quotes as in bsorks example? I.e. SendUsineMsg('CREATE_MODULE fader1 3 100 100');
Cause I didn't get it to work as I mentioned in another thread...
Thanks.
antwan
Statistics: Posted by antwan — 06 Jan 2009, 15:08
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Is there a way to retrieve the values of the variables used in the IML from within a script or a user module? Something like GetUsineMessageVar('VARIABLE_NAME')?
Statistics: Posted by bsork — 06 Jan 2009, 10:48
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Yes, scripts, sure, but it's not the same domain.
I'm thinking to something, here: to the possibility of mixing TXT templates with small C++ dll.
Those TXT files used by the template engine should be able to call an external procedure with parameters. Would'nt it be fine?
cheers
Statistics: Posted by Vincent — 05 Jan 2009, 22:38
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Statistics: Posted by senso — 05 Jan 2009, 20:13
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Question:
is it possible to do stuffs like this:
CODE:
CREATE_LINK SRC_MODULE SRC_TERMNUM+1 out1 2// where 1 is added to the variable SRC_TERMNUM (this line doesn't work)And is it possible to add conditions, etc...?
And, in the modular mood, is it possible to call other templates from a template?
Thanks
Statistics: Posted by Vincent — 02 Jan 2009, 18:17
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