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[Dynapi-Dev] Graphical layout program?

[Al B. <by...@lo...>]

Kudos to whoever designed the event handling in DynAPI2 - it is great. I
had not been able to get around to using the new libs until recently. I
was very impressed with how easy it was to do some basic graphical
object manipulation. I did this little proof-of-concept -
http://agva.localsquare.com/~byersa/examples/sections.html .

I am curious as to whether anyone out there has added or is interested
in adding some higher level, basic graphical design capability on top of
DynAPI. I realize that you can't do much, but there are alot of apps
that could use some basic floor plan layouts, which is basically just
rectangular shapes. Such a system would do things like:
1) scale
2) show dimensions
3) build up complex objects from simple ones, so that if one object is
stretched, the attached objects would move correctly.
4) a "snap-to" feature to build complex objects

I would like to talk to anyone that is.
-Al

--
Al Byers
Local Square, Inc.
826 N. Augusta St.
Staunton, VA 24401
540.213.0500
www.localsquare.com
by...@lo...

RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Graphical layout program?

[Brandon M. <bnd...@ho...>]

Hey.. that's an interesting Idea..

DynVisio


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dyn...@li...]On Behalf Of Al Byers
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:08 AM
> To: dyn...@li...
> Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] Graphical layout program?
> 
> 
> Kudos to whoever designed the event handling in DynAPI2 - it is great. I
> had not been able to get around to using the new libs until recently. I
> was very impressed with how easy it was to do some basic graphical
> object manipulation. I did this little proof-of-concept -
> http://agva.localsquare.com/~byersa/examples/sections.html .
> 
> I am curious as to whether anyone out there has added or is interested
> in adding some higher level, basic graphical design capability on top of
> DynAPI. I realize that you can't do much, but there are alot of apps
> that could use some basic floor plan layouts, which is basically just
> rectangular shapes. Such a system would do things like:
> 1) scale
> 2) show dimensions
> 3) build up complex objects from simple ones, so that if one object is
> stretched, the attached objects would move correctly.
> 4) a "snap-to" feature to build complex objects
> 
> I would like to talk to anyone that is.
> -Al
> 
> --
> Al Byers
> Local Square, Inc.
> 826 N. Augusta St.
> Staunton, VA 24401
> 540.213.0500
> www.localsquare.com
> by...@lo...
> 
> 
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Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Graphical layout program?

[<hen...@ri...>]

I'm very interested i=B4n it. It could both be used in a possible =
DynBuilder webapp like we're discussing and to realise a couple of =
things I had wished for my own Comic Creators site development. If =
nothing else, since I still have a bit to learn about DynAPI, I could =
rather than do raw coding contribute something of a objectmodel proposal =
to work from and/or UI definitions and graphics. Please let me know what =
you have in mind in more detail.
=20
Henrik V=E5glin

BTW You're resizable layer with handles was really cool, I can think of =
rather a few ways that could be used... And hey, since you're not hiding =
the handles properly before any section is created and existing, how =
about adding the same functionality to the DynDocument (ie the page) - =
it be really cool to be able to resize a page just like that.


----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Brandon Myers" <bnd...@ho...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 7:02 PM
Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Graphical layout program?


> Hey.. that's an interesting Idea..
>=20
> DynVisio
>=20
>=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dyn...@li...
> > [mailto:dyn...@li...]On Behalf Of Al Byers
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:08 AM
> > To: dyn...@li...
> > Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] Graphical layout program?
> >=20
> >=20
> > Kudos to whoever designed the event handling in DynAPI2 - it is =
great. I
> > had not been able to get around to using the new libs until =
recently. I
> > was very impressed with how easy it was to do some basic graphical
> > object manipulation. I did this little proof-of-concept -
> > http://agva.localsquare.com/~byersa/examples/sections.html .
> >=20
> > I am curious as to whether anyone out there has added or is =
interested
> > in adding some higher level, basic graphical design capability on =
top of
> > DynAPI. I realize that you can't do much, but there are alot of apps
> > that could use some basic floor plan layouts, which is basically =
just
> > rectangular shapes. Such a system would do things like:
> > 1) scale
> > 2) show dimensions
> > 3) build up complex objects from simple ones, so that if one object =
is
> > stretched, the attached objects would move correctly.
> > 4) a "snap-to" feature to build complex objects
> >=20
> > I would like to talk to anyone that is.
> > -Al
> >=20
> > --
> > Al Byers
> > Local Square, Inc.
> > 826 N. Augusta St.
> > Staunton, VA 24401
> > 540.213.0500
> > www.localsquare.com
> > by...@lo...
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
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Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Graphical layout program?

[Michael P. <mp...@ph...>]

I've been working on my own customised version of the API.  I've included a
hack for dragging that allows for snapping to the border as set by
setDragBoundry.  If your interested, I can email it to you.

Al Byers wrote:

> Kudos to whoever designed the event handling in DynAPI2 - it is great. I
> had not been able to get around to using the new libs until recently. I
> was very impressed with how easy it was to do some basic graphical
> object manipulation. I did this little proof-of-concept -
> http://agva.localsquare.com/~byersa/examples/sections.html .
>
> I am curious as to whether anyone out there has added or is interested
> in adding some higher level, basic graphical design capability on top of
> DynAPI. I realize that you can't do much, but there are alot of apps
> that could use some basic floor plan layouts, which is basically just
> rectangular shapes. Such a system would do things like:
> 1) scale
> 2) show dimensions
> 3) build up complex objects from simple ones, so that if one object is
> stretched, the attached objects would move correctly.
> 4) a "snap-to" feature to build complex objects
>
> I would like to talk to anyone that is.
> -Al
>
> --
> Al Byers
> Local Square, Inc.
> 826 N. Augusta St.
> Staunton, VA 24401
> 540.213.0500
> www.localsquare.com
> by...@lo...
>
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