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VisualAp 1.2.1, March 2010, author: Livio javalc6@gmail.com
Licensed under the "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE" as described in license.txt file.
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Introduction
VisualAp is a visual framework for building application and systems based on visual components.
Users can add their own visual components in order to extend the capability of VisualAp.
It will be possible to generate Java code, run process simulation.
VisualAp can be used in order to perform audio processing, image processing, text and other process-driven emulation.
VisualAp will provide a visual framework based on lightweight components, called proclet.
The user can create an application by selecting the components from a toolbox, configuring the parameters (via the Javabeans framework), and connecting the components together in order to set-up communication channels between the components.
In the first release the user will run code execution through the engine included in VisualAp, in interpreted mode.
In later releases it will be possible to generate Java code that can be compiled and run in standalone mode.
VisualAp can be used in order to perform audio processing, image processing, text and other process-driven emulation.
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Basic concepts
VisualAp is based on two main concepts: system and components.
A component is the basic element providing some services. A system is build using a number of components that are configured
and connected together in order to achieve a complex functionality.
In VisualAp a system is a graph whose nodes are the components.
In VisualAp a component is also called proclet (processing element).
There are three type of components:
- source: any component that generates some sort of data
- sink: any component that consumes data
- processor: any component that process input data into output data
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Installation
Windows: download the file visualap-setup.exe and execute it
Linux and other OS: download the file visualap-setup.jar in a local directory, the execute the command: java -jar visualap-setup.jar
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Usage:
java -jar visualap.jar [-fast] [-run] [-report] [-uniqueID] [-help] <filename>
Command line options:
-fast fast startup
-run automatic run
-report print a report about available beans
-uniqueID print uniqueID
-help this help
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Please read userguide.pdf for further information
VisualAp requires either JRE or JDK, version 1.6 or later
Tested with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Ubuntu
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Releases notes
Version 1.1: added Check Latest Version feature (from the main menu: Help -> Check Version), added optional <version> field in components
Version 1.2: fixed minor compilation warnings with JDK 1.6, removed class BareBonesBrowserLaunch as not needed in JDK 1.6, minor enhancement in the user interaction, fixed integration issues with Windows Vista and Windows 7
Version 1.2.1: enhanced handling of properties, replaced obsolete com.sun.image.codec.jpeg package and added support for gif and png images, dnd support, enhanced installation procedure
