Integrate a window in revolution.

[Thomas McGrath III]

Damien,

You need to be more specific with your questions to get the best help.

If you are on a Macintosh computer then the answer is Yes just about  
every application can be controlled to some degree within Revolution  
using the do as applescript command. Also applications that do not  
have this ability or the aspect you are looking for builtin can still  
be controlled using "system events" and also Automator.

Now if you are on a Windows computer then the answer is Maybe since  
you can use VBscript to control an application IF it has a COM object  
for it. But I am afraid that I don't know if applications on Windows  
that don't have COM objects can be controlled or if there is an  
equivalent to the "system events" and Automator for Windows.

I don't know enough about Linux to give this answer.

Since most things can be done from within Revolution then the answer  
is to start there and see what Rev can do with the file/document etc.  
then look at the other solutions next and finally you can always  
write or hire some one to write and external etc. for what you want  
to do or search if one already exists.

For example:

If you wanted to display a web page you could try to control a  
browser from outside of Rev but altBrowser by Altuit already exists  
and is an excellent tool. But what if you just wanted to provide a  
link then you could still have Rev go to that URL, very simple. Now  
however if you wanted to fill in the fields on a page then you might  
need to dig deeper to get that done.

It is all dependent on what you really want to do and what you can  
live with and if you want to spend money to get it done.

The most general answer is "Anything can be done, but are you willing  
to put the resources into it?"

HTHs

Tom

On May 24, 2006, at 11:43 AM, Girard Damien wrote:

> The application which I want to "integrate" is not scripttable, is  
> it for exemple an mplayer window.
> Playing a video was an exemple. I just want to know if is it  
> possible to do that.
>
> Best,
>
> Damien
>
> Le Sun, 21 May 2006 14:28:56 +0200, Mark Schonewille  
> <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> a écrit:
>
>> Hi Girard,
>>
>> Is the application you want to "integrate" with Revolution  
>> scriptable? Are you using Mac, Linux or Windows? WHy can't you  
>> play the movie in Revolution itself?
>>
>> You might simply launch the movie file. Check the launch command  
>> in de docs.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Mark
>>
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>> Op 21-mei-2006, om 9:57 heeft Girard Damien het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I wan't to know how I can integrate an another software in  
>>> Revolution ?
>>>
>>> I need that because I have got the main software which call a sub  
>>> software, this sub software
>>> play a video. And I want to show this video in the main software.  
>>> So I want to know how I can
>>> integrate an another window in a runrev stack. (true integration  
>>> or fake integration, I just want to see the video).
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Girard Damien
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