The way that we are dealing with this is by allowing a plugin to mark a
parameter as one of a set of well known types. For instance, the plugin
can mark the parameter type as Decibels and give min an max values. A
list of suggested well known types:
Decibels Amplitude Frequency Time Percent
Mike
Koen Tanghe wrote:
On Thursday, November 04, 2004 6:42 AM [GMT+1=CET], Steve Harris <xxxS.W.Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 01:35:09AM +0100, Koen Tanghe wrote:
IMHO, it can be handy that users are allowed to type in parameters (so not only display).
Sure, but it doesnt require any specification, the UI can just provide a textbox.
Of course, and that's the point I was trying to make ;-) Please talk me through this: - so let's say the host UI provides a textbox - the user types in some characters in that textbox - how does the host communicate a new parameter value to the plugin, when it has only the string given by the user?
Koen
PS My thoughts were: - the host sends the entered value string to the plugin - the plugin does the necessary conversion from the string to a value (taking into account the localization settings, maybe using some GMPI provided set of common functions to help with this?) - the plugin either accepts the value or refuses it, and lets the host know
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