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frizzle // User SearchJava SDK - Early releaseOct 6, 2002, 10:15pm
I've made an early release available of the Java framework I created to
develop the Tekadence Magik module for bot development. I don't know if anyone else is working on a new Java implementation of the AW API, but it was easy enough to do myself. There is a lot of the API that hasn't been exposed yet (I'm working on it), but there is also a lot that is there. I'm more interested in building up a high-level object framework than just simply doing the JNI work, so I'm trying to put a lot of though into design. In any case, what's there I've posted on my website - including javadocs and some sample code. http://www.axlogic.com/aw -j Bot development for MagikSep 27, 2002, 5:27am
Just wanted to announce that I have released a *beta* version of a new Bot
development kit for Tekadence Magik: http://www.axlogic.com/aw For those of you who have never heard of Magik (probably most), it is a new visual development tool similar to VisualBasic - but for creating Java applications. I am one of the creators of Magik, but also I'm a long time fan of AW and creating Bots for AW. I couldn't resist the temptation of building a Tekadence module, and I think there is a lot that can be exploited.. such as the ease of which you can talk to WebServices, Databases, and JavaBeans - and also the robust scripting layer allowing you to program using standard Javascript. The functionality of the module is pretty limited right now, but easily expanded since the framework is all in place - namely the JNI layer that I had to develop first. I think that this is a pretty cool tool, and would be interested in anyones opinion on what I have in place so far, so please feel free to check it out and let me know what you think! If you are interested in Magik itself, you can check that out too - and you will need to download it use the new module I made: http://www.tekadence.com -j Bot development for MagikSep 27, 2002, 5:27am
Just wanted to announce that I have released a *beta* version of a new Bot
development kit for Tekadence Magik: http://www.axlogic.com/aw For those of you who have never heard of Magik (probably most), it is a new visual development tool similar to VisualBasic - but for creating Java applications. I am one of the creators of Magik, but also I'm a long time fan of AW and creating Bots for AW. I couldn't resist the temptation of building a Tekadence module, and I think there is a lot that can be exploited.. such as the ease of which you can talk to WebServices, Databases, and JavaBeans - and also the robust scripting layer allowing you to program using standard Javascript. The functionality of the module is pretty limited right now, but easily expanded since the framework is all in place - namely the JNI layer that I had to develop first. I think that this is a pretty cool tool, and would be interested in anyones opinion on what I have in place so far, so please feel free to check it out and let me know what you think! If you are interested in Magik itself, you can check that out too - and you will need to download it use the new module I made: http://www.tekadence.com -j Bot development for MagikSep 28, 2002, 4:38pm
It's actually free to try with the evaluation version of Magik... but yes,
the price tag is probably out of the league of most "hobbyists". I will be posting some of the bots that I make using Magik on the website, that can be launched with WebStart (requires Java). I just posted the first one in fact: "BabelBot". It uses the BorlandBabel web service to translate messages from the bot into various "languages". If you want to check that out you can, I think it's within your price range ;-) http://www.axlogic.com/aw [View Quote] Bot development for MagikSep 29, 2002, 6:01pm
We just switched our hosting service provider last week and there have been
a few glitches. For the most part the site has been up, and will be back up soon (probably by the time you read this), but thank you for the heads-up. [View Quote] Bot development for MagikOct 1, 2002, 3:51pm
I'm not a business expert either, but since you asked, it's not at all
stupid to make software that only big companies can afford. It obviously depends on where the target market is for the product. In the case of Magik, at $500 it is unfortunately priced out of the hobbyist market, but it is well below the cost of both VB Professional and LabView, and is the same price as Flash MX and in the ballpark of REALBasic. That being said, it would be great to have a lower cost version of Magik available - minus some features - that could be sold for $100-200 (or even less). I think there may be a misperception here that I'm trying to sell Magik to this usergroup, which is not the case. I just thought there may be some general interest in a new type of development tool for creating bots. The AW stuff is something that I did in my own time, outside of my work at Tekadence, and is not something I'm trying to sell. In fact things like the JNI wrappers and the Java framework that I made to do this, I will undoubtedly release after I've cleaned it up a bit. For some reason though, you guys seem more interested in the price of Magik, then you are about a new technology that might offer something unique to the AW development community. Oh well. [View Quote] Bot development for MagikOct 1, 2002, 11:13pm
Ok. That's cool. I asked you guys what you think, and you are telling me -
but I have to admit that I was hoping for more of a review of the actual product than the pricing model. I'm also assuming that I'm not the only professional developer on this usergroup who can afford to evaluate and purchase software, but I could be wrong there too. [View Quote] Global ModeOct 3, 2002, 7:05pm
I'm not sure, but you might want to try using:
AW_ENTER_GLOBAL I'm not using the VB sdk, so I couldn't tell you if the attribute constant is different there, but in the aw.h file it is defined as it is above. [View Quote] Java SDK - Early releaseOct 6, 2002, 10:15pm
I've made an early release available of the Java framework I created to
develop the Tekadence Magik module for bot development. I don't know if anyone else is working on a new Java implementation of the AW API, but it was easy enough to do myself. There is a lot of the API that hasn't been exposed yet (I'm working on it), but there is also a lot that is there. I'm more interested in building up a high-level object framework than just simply doing the JNI work, so I'm trying to put a lot of though into design. In any case, what's there I've posted on my website - including javadocs and some sample code. http://www.axlogic.com/aw -j |