Mach3 Plugin Tutorial Document and Prototype File Set

[Jeff_Birt]

Thanks! I wound up removing the dialog and recreating it and adding the event handler class again. In hindsight I probably could have gotten away with just removing and adding back in the event handler class but I was getting strange errors from the dialog header telling me the the IDC I gave the form was no good. This was a result, evidently, of not having the rest of the #includes in the header.

That compiler errors in C++ really stink. About 50% of the time what they say is useless....grump, grumble...., 45% of the time it is hard to relate what they say to changes you just made in your code, 5% of the time they are dead on....

[poppabear]

I FEEL your PAIN my Brother.................

scott

[Jeff_Birt]

OK, so if one is using a modeless dialog with Mach, how do you obtain a pointer to the CXMLProfile when your dialog needs to write back to the profile? When using a modal dialog its not a problem as you create/show the dialog in 'void myConfig(CXMLProfile *DevProf)' and then save any changes when you dialog returns. DevProf evidently is NOT a static pointer as simply copying it for later use does not work..

[poppabear]

Hey Jeff,

    for what it is worth, that is why I use the Modal dialog, I am too stupid to make the modeless work...........
No probs with modal, as you say above.

Scott

[Jeff_Birt]

I talked to Brian a bit about this and found out the problem. You can only access the profile in myConfig, or perhaps the myClose (not sure that is the right name) as Mach is using it the rest of the time. I decided to launch a separate modeless dialog when I want a diagnostic type dialog.

[TomHubin]

Hello,

I am shopping for Visual Studio 2003 and have found the following variations:

•   Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition
•   Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
•   Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer
•   Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition

I am planning to work on the 3d Video Plugin. Which of these VS2003 are suitable for compiling Mach3 plugins and which are not suitable?

Is there any other special  software that I will need to access USB cameras?

Is there any documentation on accessing USB cameras?

Tom Hubin
thubin@earthlink.net

[jemmyell]

Hello,

I am shopping for Visual Studio 2003 and have found the following variations:

•   Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition
•   Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
•   Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer
•   Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition

I am planning to work on the 3d Video Plugin. Which of these VS2003 are suitable for compiling Mach3 plugins and which are not suitable?

Is there any other special software that I will need to access USB cameras?

Is there any documentation on accessing USB cameras?

Tom Hubin
thubin@earthlink.net

Hi, I am using the Academic version.  The only real difference is that the Academic does NOT contain an optimizing compiler.  That said I usually compile non-optimized no matter what Microsoft compiler I am using.  The optimizations cause more trouble than they are worth.  Get the professional if you can afford it, but the Academic works just fine.  Search the Codeproject forum and the MSDN for info about USB camera interfaces.

-James Leonard