i am pretty new to metacard and i have what may be a simple question (and
maybe not).
i am using metacard to create a "helper" application on my HP which is to
be called from a master program (actually a CAD package). the CAD package
has a development language in C. basically i can write a 'C' program that
automatically starts up with the CAD package and can link to the CAD
database. the 'C' program can start up anything i want - - like metacard.
the metacard app will be my primary focus and any external calls are only
for minimal communications to get some info from the CAD program through
the C interface.
i have gone through the tutorials and see how XtTemplate.c and External.c
basically work. thus, i am trying to use an external C program to launch
metacard, etc. much like the XT demo. however, the twist I have is that i
want metacard to make a couple function calls back to the C program, like
the external.c demo. i guess i want the functionality of both. is there an
easy way to modify the two sets of files to do this.
i have checked the archives of this mailing list, but nothing seemed too
helpful. actually, any additional information that anyone may have (like
documentation) on how the interface works may be helpful.
thanks...
-jim
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* James M. Cardinal *
* Graduate Research Associate *
* Life-Cycle Design Lab & ERC/NSM, The Ohio-State University *
* Phone: (614) 292 - 2849 *
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