tutorial?

Dave^ · Post by **Dave^** » February 16th, 2005, 6:33 pm

is there a tutorial on writing Plugins?

i'm looking for something that will 'read' from a txt/ini file......

any sugguestions, or if anyone know where i can get one?

Post by **clansley** » February 16th, 2005, 7:04 pm

There's a guide here: http://lcdsmartie.sourceforge.net/plugins.html

it also has links for sample source code.

Dave^ · Post by **Dave^** » February 16th, 2005, 7:33 pm

i have absolutly no programing knowledge whatsoever, could you tell me what program etc i need to be able to write a Plugin?

i tried downloading a demo of Delphi earlier, but it was too much hassle having to fill out forms telling them my inside leg measurement and downloading 3 or 4 different files etc - i prefer a simple life......lol

thanks

Post by **clansley** » February 17th, 2005, 12:01 am

Dave^ wrote:i have absolutly no programing knowledge whatsoever, could you tell me what program etc i need to be able to write a Plugin?

I'm sorry but programming knowledge is required to write a plugin - unless, you're good at getting other people to do the programming for you!

[but don't ask me, as I'm very busy with my new job]

Chris.

Post by **limbo** » February 17th, 2005, 4:33 pm

Can You be more specific specific about the "read ini" is there a specific ini file that you want to read?
what info you want to retrieve from the file?

I can't promise but if it's something easy I will help you to start developing your first plug in (however you have to be patient if you have no coding experience)

Dave^ · Post by **Dave^** » February 17th, 2005, 8:01 pm

it's my 'player.ini' file from Grand Prix Legends....

it contains the best laptimes for the different cars at different tracks...

i would like the [20x4] LCD to show the time and date, and the best lap times for the different cars at the track i'm using.....

here's the rar'd ini file....
http://www.dave6.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/player.rar

thanks for the help

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Post by **limbo** » February 17th, 2005, 10:44 pm

Limbo wrote:File received. I need some time to check it and I 'll contact you.

Dave^ · Post by **Dave^** » February 18th, 2005, 12:34 am

excellent - thanks

Post by **limbo** » February 19th, 2005, 11:41 am

OK I think that the plug in is ready for use (in a stable state)

You can download it here http://users.panafonet.gr/networkoff/gpl.rar please test it and give me your opinion.

Report any bug within 24 hours otherwise consider this plugin as discontinued.

this because I have no time to develop a plugin that is not a public release

However I can supply you the source code (.NET code) and help you if you like to add more features on this plugin.

I suggest you to use it with the "enallax" plugin, can be found on my site http://users.panafonet.gr/networkoff/indexsmartie.htm, to alter two values in the same screen

Dave^ · Post by **Dave^** » February 19th, 2005, 12:28 pm

thanks....

but i'm getting 'can not load plugin' error....

i've read the readme's - i have the msvcr71.dll

Post by **limbo** » February 19th, 2005, 2:49 pm

You have to install the latest .NET framework

Take a look at
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php? ... _id=416971

the old forums

Dave^ · Post by **Dave^** » February 19th, 2005, 3:44 pm

ahh - i thought it was just the dll i needed

seems ok - thanks a lot - you're a legend!

LCD Smartie

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