Is Rev too "Mac focused"?

[Dan Shafer]

I'd volunteer to work with Chris to create the primer even though I'm 
deliberately ignorant of C.

Dan

On Aug 7, 2004, at 11:18 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:

> Trevor DeVore wrote:
>
>
>> I agree with Ken on this.  I would like to see support for calling 
>> Win APIs, DLLs and ActiveX.  Even though one of the major features of 
>> Rev is the ability to develop for multiple platforms there are jobs 
>> where catering to a specific platform is required.
>
>
> Trevor,
>
> Unlike most of us on this list, you are already an accomplished C 
> programmer. In fact, you have successfully written a couple VERY NICE 
> externals for RR!
>
> Now, I wonder, how many others on this list would take the time to 
> learn the correct C interfaces to the WinAPI (I'm sure Ken would!). As 
> feature requests are made, the RR team has to factor how many users 
> would benefit from them.
>
> Also, as you recall at the Rev Summit in CA, Chris Bohnert 
> demonstrated how easy it is to create an external for RR. One which 
> can call a Win32API if needed. So, it seems to me, an interim step 
> would be a really good primer for creating externals for RR. 'Cause 
> even with a WinAPI interface embedded in the language, users will 
> still need to learn a lot to be able to use it.
>
> best,
>
> Chipp
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