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Components
The following includes some of the components that can be dragged and dropped from the toolbox in Visual Studio 2008:
Command: This is the main component that all applications will have. This component controls all communications with the Viz Engines and includes all the commands that can be executed from code to control Viz with ease.
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![[Admin]](/images/stories/dmcit/vab_admin.gif)
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Admin: The Admin component looks after the setting up of all the Viz "Devices" attached to the control application. This includes the TCP/IP address of the engine/engines. Configured engines can be put "offline" so while they still exist within the admin component, no commands are sent to that particular engine. |
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![[Scene Browser]](/images/stories/dmcit/vab_scene.gif)
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Scene Browser: The Scene Browser component can be used by an application to display the hierarchy of the scenes directory in the engine and includes thumbnails of the scenes. The name of the selected scene is returned to the application. The scene browser can also be used to browse other parts of the Viz database, including fonts, images, materials and objects.
The scene browse uses another control in the library, ctlDBDrowser, that can be used by any application for any purpose where the tree structure of the Viz archive is required to be displayed with thumbnails of each file, be they scenes, fonts, images, materials or objects.
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![[Quick Draw]](/images/stories/dmcit/vab_qd.gif)
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QuickDrawTM: QuickDrawTM allows scenes to be setup as simple character generator templates. Included with the installer is a Viz plugin that can be dropped onto containers where you would like to be able to modify the contents, such as names or titles. QuickDrawTM then uses this information to enter and store information for each graphic using these templates. The QuickDrawTM graphics are then called up using the key pad component. QuickDrawTM graphics can be configured to have more than one page and can be setup to change on from one graphic to the next.
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![[Keypad]](/images/stories/dmcit/vab_kpad.gif)
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Key Pad: The Key pad component is used by QuickDraw to display graphics that have been setup in QuickDraw. It can also be used by the application for its own use such as function keys or graphics using the number in the Key Pad component itself. |
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