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Hi all,

What is the best/easiest way for us (as community) to create our own WitP editor?


When I was main guy in Falcon4 flight sim editing I created Excel (with VBA) editor for it until proper editor (done in C language equivalent) was made by my colleague few months afterwards (and even then for some tasks my Excel+VBA was better suited because data comparison was impossible in editor done with C language equivalent).

Should we peruse that Excel+VBA path?

Should we program some common/popular database (like MS Access or some other) for the task?

Should best programmer in our ranks (and I am most certainly not that guy because my C programming days are 10+ years behind me) create stand alone application better than original Matrix/2By3?

IMHO, we should talk this among us in order to help each other and not to duplicate task.


What do you think gentleman?


Leo "Apollo11"

Leo,

As an end user and not a programmer I feel that a stand alone would be better. Not every one has MS Excel, I don't. I'm currently using Quartto Pro 12 due to the high cost of Excel.

The perfect stand alone editor would be able to export and import data in a csv format. That way users could modify the data files using their speedsheet program and then import the data back into the editor. If the current editor had this ability then I wouldn't need anything else.

Maybe to save time Matrix/2by3 would allow someone to modify the current editor to allow data export/import.

I think that first we can create some easy/crude tool just with CSV import ability...even filtering helps a lot
someone can do it very quick I believe (not me...I'm too slow)

then we can create standalone editor with all nifty features and friendly and nice uder interface...mabye as a team work ? Depends on language...I'm using Delphi (Pascal or C#) , application can be .NET or standard Windows executable. Others use C, C++ etc. Different languages are not problem, parts can be done as DLLs and chief-programer can only use them.

Someone already started new editor?

I don't have much time for this work as bussiness applications are my priority, creation of new editor is long term job for me...


Arkady

Hello...

During development, I used the editor. Rich doesn't like editors and did most of the data base work. He used Excel. The data does not really need to be exported. Most any data base program can load the files.

If any programmers wished to write their own editors (it's really rather easy), they could use Borland Delphi or Builder C++, MS Visual C++, MS Visual Basic or most any compiler or interpreter.

Good Luck...

Michael Wood

ORIGINAL: tanjman

Leo,
...Maybe to save time Matrix/2by3 would allow someone to modify the current editor to allow data export/import...