DeleD Community Edition

Mr.Fletcher · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:30 am Post subject: .RAW Exporter

So! Here's an ultra simple exporter for an ultra simple file format.
There may be problems with other tools when exporting colors or object names, but that's what the options are for.

There also may be problems when using the exporter multiple times during a DeleD session, I don't exactly know why, but DeleD just closed itself several times. Let's observe these things!

So anyway, here it is:
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Oh, forgot to say, this is my first plugin and I'm not a professional programmer, so there might be problems I've never even thought of.
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Paul-Jan · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:44 am Post subject:

Ah, this is potentially great stuff. Here is some preliminary feedback (preliminary because I have to get my development version of 1.7 to compile in order to actually test it *lol*):

1) Your exporter requires DeleD 1.7, which might be a bit too steep a requirement for anyone who isn't in the beta program (i.e. the plugin doesn't even show up). You might want to ease that down to 1.61 (assuming your plugin works well with that version).

2) Do you have some info/links/etc about what the .RAW file actually is, what it is used for and/or how I can use it? I'm not familiar with the format.

3) It would be great if you could wrap up your exporter in a nice little zip file with a readme.txt (or any other documentation).

I'll post more feedback soon. Thanks for the effort you put into this!

Paul-Jan · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:05 am Post subject:

More detailed feedback:

1. The export process itself seems to work flawelessly (haven't loaded in the .RAW's yet). Nice.

2. When I type in the name 'test.raw' into the save dialog (I always type in the extension manually), my file gets the name 'test.raw.raw'. I'd rather have it not mess with my extension if I alread provided one.

3. The position of the form is a bit to the left of the center. I am guessing you made this in Delphi, and still have your form at poDesigned. poScreenCenter or poDesktopCenter might be a better choice.

4. The form can be 'sized' by dragging the lower right corner (or even maximized), but none of the controls scale/move. I usually set the borderstyle to dialog. This also solves the 'problem' with the empty icon in the caption bar.

As always, these are just suggestions, feel free to ignore them at any time... and shout when you feel the plugin is ready to be put up on our download pages, because we definitely want it there... Very Happy

Mr.Fletcher · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject:

No, you're completely right, of course Very Happy

Paul-Jan · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject:

Top job!

I just put it online in our own plugin section. If you want anything changed, or sample images added, just yell! Very Happy