LinA´s Features Of The LinA Engine updated 10. Apr 1997In the following, you will find the current project status list of the LinA Engine. There are six different levels (1..6):
- finale release (free).
- beta release (free - public testing).
- alpha release (encrypted - only for members).
- in progress (code is combined with the LE).
- in the pipe (could be added in the LE).
- just an idea (make a suggestion or give us code if you have one).
Feel free to send us mail about bugs, suggestions or code which should be implemented in one of the next releases. You can use one of three templates which you can download and send back to us as an attached file.
- bug-report template
- suggestions template
- technical sheet for code-implementation
How to read the table:
- Short Name: click for more detailed information about this enhancement.
- Copyright by: the person who developed the source code.
- Source Code: code which is used by AMTPE.
Can have three levels (N=not now; MAC= no Windoze; Y= yes finished)- Dummy Engine: alpha testing, not designed.
Can have three levels (N=not now; MAC= no Windoze; Y= yes finished)- Lifted Engine: designed icons and dialog boxes, still alpha.
Can have two states (N=not now; Y= yes finished)- RM Code: beta release of engine and RM code.
Can have two states (N=not now, Y= yes finished)- Version: standard numbering (major/minor bug-fix stage compilation) scheme with initals.
e.g. 1.0a1[fb] means 1.0 version in alpha stage compiled by Frank Budszuhn
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Source Code |
Dummy Engine |
Lifted Engine |
RM Code |
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Gèrard Sebbah |
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Greg Reitter |
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Apple Event Quit message support |
(Marc van Olmen?) |
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Endless Interactive, Ilya Devèrs |
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Endless Interactive, Ilya Devèrs |
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Sky4Studios, Mark van Olmen |
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Gèrard Sebbah |
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Stefan Fürst |
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Stefan Fürst |
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StefanFürst |
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Art of Memory |
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Kleinofen, Marcel Uetzel |
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George Touchstone |
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IMPORTANT: Only final and beta releases are free for everybody. All other files are also available but encrypted by certain passwords, which are known only by the involved members.
More Effects © by Gèrard Sebbah updated 15. Feb 19972. Level: beta-testing; LE1.0a1 [fb]; download; bug-report
22 new transition-effects like:
- SlideRight,
- SlideLeft,
- SlideTop,
- SlideBottom,
- SlideBottomRight,
- SlideTopRight,
- SlideBottomLeft,
- SlideTopLeft,
- SlideAndPushRight,
- SlideAndPushLeft,
- SlideAndPushTop,
- SlideAndPushBottom,
- HorizontalCurtainWipeOpen,
- HorizontalCurtainWipeClose,
- VerticalCurtainWipeOpen,
- VerticalCurtainWipeClose,
- HorizontalCurtainSlideOpen,
- HorizontalCurtainSlideClose,
- VerticalCurtainSlideOpen,
- VerticalCurtainSlideClose,
- IrisOvalOpen,
- IrisOvalClose
Multiple Screen Selection (MSS) © by ... updated 15. Feb 19973. Level: beta release; LE 1.0a1 [fb]; download; bug report
Enables you to switch between different Screens, e.g. POS, or POI-systems.
QuickTime Track Switcher © by Endless Interactive updated 23. Feb 19975. Level: in the pipe; PC code wanted; technical sheet
Enables switching between QuickTime tracks.
DirectTextHandler © by Stefan Fürst updated 10. Apr 19975. Level: in the pipe; download; bug report
DirectTextHandler allows to use text directly - without a supplier.
ControlPak © by Stefan Fürst updated 10. Apr 19975. Level: in the pipe; download; bug report
ControlPak provides Buttons, PopupMenus and Sliders.
ChangeSupplier © by Stefan Fürst updated 10. Apr 19975. Level: in the pipe; download; bug report
Switch your media at runtime.
Picture Scaling © by Endless Interactive updated 15. Feb 19975. Level: in the pipe; PC code wanted; technical sheet
Scaling a picture supplier to any size.
Accelerator © by Sky4Studios, Mark v. Olmen updated 23. Feb 19975. Level: in the pipe; Ready for adding to the engine. We can include the Accelerator, because only one version can fit the three needs (plain, demo mode, fully licenced mode), depending on the library. It doesn't include the full version of the Accelerator, which is sold by Sky4Studios.
Fade Transition © by Gèrard Sebbah updated 15. Feb 19975. Level: in the pipe; PC code wanted; technical sheet
Makes a smooth dissolve effect between two screens. Gèrard needs help in putting this effect on the Windoze side.
Cursor To Pict from Claus Medvesek updated 15. Feb 19976. Level: suggestion; code wanted; suggestion template; technical sheet
Displays a pict instead of the current cursor (e.g., a flickering candle, a star, etc.).
Events:
after display, before display, mouse up, mouse down, mouse enter, mouse leave, finished.
Visual Desktop from Claus Medvesek updated 16. Feb 19976. Level: suggestion; code wanted; suggestion template; technical sheet
Enables the desktop and makes it visual in the background of a running Media Tool title.
There could be two possibilities for implementing this feature: (1) add this option in the RUNTIME SETTING dialog box or (2) as an additional action with "invisable" as the default after the following events: after display, before display, mouse up, mouse down, mouse enter, mouse, leave, when finished.
Anti-alias Text Stefan Fürst updated 15. Feb 19976. Level: suggestion; PC code wanted; download MAC code; bug report
Makes anti-alias text for rtf files.
An additional checkbox in the PROPERTIES dialog box is needed.
Question:
Can this be done with transparent background, scrolltext and text fields?
Is that also be possible on the Windoze?
QuicktimeStillSupplier updated 10. Apr 19976. Level: suggestion; PC code wanted; suggestion template; technical sheet
Imports different pict-formats into a Media Tool project by using the Quicktime, like Photoshop, PNG, Gif.
PopUpMenuHandler © Art of Memory updated 10. Apr 19976. Level: in the pipe; code available; download; bug report
Adds PopupMenus to your Media Tool-Project.
6. Level: suggestion; code wanted; suggestion template; technical sheet
The"picklist" object would be a scrolling text window that on mousedown highlights the line and returns the text selected. If multiple selections are allowed, Command+shift would select multiple?
Small Database from Richard Donagrandi updated 25. Feb 19976. Level: suggestion; code wanted; suggestion template; technical sheet
LinA probably has some simple C code for reading DBF files that would be easy to change for cross-platform reading. It would need some additional routines written for indexing and searching. Who can help?
Richard Donagrandi
And I have code (though not as efficient as it could be) that reads comma-separated rtf files in as tables/collections. Programmers can then do searches via the normal comparisons available in AMTPE. --Entirely written in AMTPE. No cross-platform C code necessary. --I haven't written it as a Media Tool engine. I'm not that advanced an AMTPE programmer.
RDK (v 2.0.1). © Kleinofen GmbH, Marcel Uetzel updated 25. Feb 19976. Level: suggestion; code available
Many additional features from Kleinhofen like a more functional launcher, additional button behaviors (Toggle), copying to clipboard and many more. Read Marcel's memo for details.
RealButtons (c) 1995, 1996 George Touchstone updated 10. Apr 19975. Level: suggestion; code available; download; bug report
Different automated button behaviour, e.g. Radiobutton, Slide, etc. See demo.