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<DIV><FONT size=2>If what you mean by "scalable" is that it will continue to
work with new versions of Rev, the answer is "yes". If you mean is it flexible
enough to call *any* DLL, that would depend on how the external for Rev was
written; it is far easier to write an external that acts as an API to a specific
Windows DLL than it is to try and write one that will call *any* DLL (a large
undertaking because of the structs and custom types needed to be passed as
params to DLLs like user32.dll/shell32.dll/etc.).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Ken Ray<BR>Sons of Thunder Software<BR>Email: <A
href="mailto:kray@sonsothunder.com">kray@sonsothunder.com</A><BR>Web Site: <A
href="http://www.sonsothunder.com/">http://www.sonsothunder.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kenl34@earthlink.net href="mailto:kenl34@earthlink.net">Ken
Lipscomb</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=use-revolution@lists.runrev.com
href="mailto:use-revolution@lists.runrev.com">use-revolution@lists.runrev.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 26, 2002 6:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Using Windows DLL's and COM
objects</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=497120611-26082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That
is what I thought. Does the Rev architecture allow for a stable and
scalable external implementation?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=497120611-26082002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ken</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:use-revolution-admin@lists.runrev.com">use-revolution-admin@lists.runrev.com</A>
[mailto:use-revolution-admin@lists.runrev.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ken
Ray<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 26, 2002 12:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:use-revolution@lists.runrev.com">use-revolution@lists.runrev.com</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: Using Windows DLL's and COM objects<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Ken,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Not naturally. An external would need to be written
for Rev to allow connectivity to other DLLs or COM objects.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Ken Ray<BR>Sons of Thunder Software<BR>Email: <A
href="mailto:kray@sonsothunder.com">kray@sonsothunder.com</A><BR>Web Site:
<A
href="http://www.sonsothunder.com/">http://www.sonsothunder.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kenl34@earthlink.net href="mailto:kenl34@earthlink.net">Ken
Lipscomb</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=use-revolution@lists.runrev.com
href="mailto:use-revolution@lists.runrev.com">use-revolution@lists.runrev.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 25, 2002 2:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Using Windows DLL's and COM
objects</DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there any way of using Windows DLL's and/or
COM objects with RunRev? I would like to call the WindowsMediaPlayer
COM object.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken Lipscomb</FONT>
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