= rwdmovies - for rwdtinker and RubyWebDialogs

rwdmovies is meant to be used to keep track of your DVD and VHS collection.

The GUI interface used is RubyWebDialogs 

RubyWebDialogs is a platform independent graphical user interface for Ruby applications. It generates HTML and serves it with an internal HTTP server, so you can use your favorite web browser as the front end for your Ruby application. All this means, that it can be used on almost every platform, like Ruby itself. http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubywebdialogs/

Install rwdtinker<br>
unzip this applet in the directory where you put rwdtinker

Start the program by typing<br> 
ruby init.rb

Then point your web browser to:<br>
http://localhost:7701/

The rwdtinker framework is used by:<br>

Spliting the source code and the gui code into atomic parts and use init.rb to merge the parts together.
With the  framework, we are able to ship a "plugin" or as I calling them "applet" that can be dropped into a directory and installed automatically. Also uninstalled. I am calling this framework Tinker, so the core program I call rwdtinker. My wife, Charlotte. suggested the name. It relates to the the "Tinker Toys" that has blocks and dowls and shapes that can be assembled by children and take different shapes. Without the word toy, it reminds us if the older English meaning of "a person who repairs pots and household devices by soldering and hammering.
The delivered applet is setup in the required directory structure with code configueration gui including help files location of documentation rwd_files = where documention for the applet can go. installed = a inf file that lists the manifest of files
This package is zipped up and uploaded as a file like rwdashedule-0.2.zip
The enduser who has the rwdtinker program drops the zip file into a directory called zips. I have parts of rwdtinker now (for Linux) that can install it automatically and remove it (based on the .inf file) 

Requirements:
RubyWebDialogs - I am using 0.1.1 2004-12-5

Ruby I am using version 1.8.2


I have tested this under Linux-Debian kernel 2.6.9

PROBLEMS:
you should consult what beginning 3 characters for you files.


don't type in the extension .sch

Closing the browser doesn't terminate the application. You have to use the application's close-button  And terminating the application doesn't terminate the application when running in network mode. You just log out.

Don't use the back-button of the browser! Strange and unpredictable things may and will happen!

Steven Gibson
steven@superant.com


http://rwdapplications.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl

== Changelog
Version 0.94
 exception rescue wrapping Amazon lib

version 0.93
 some code comments 
 search screen help
 amazon search improvements
 add download movie picture from url
 add create record on utilities screen

version 0.92
 updated for rwdtinker version 1.60
 one button bug report submissions
 
version 0.91
 movie poster opens on from page
 updated for rwdtinker version 1.58
 added rconftool use to update configuration files
 changed applets removal to not use external rm
 removed version number from directory name
 
version 0.9 
 added back Amazon search
 changed width of text fields 
 updated for rwdtinker version 1.50 - remote control and finding free ports

version 0.8
  added return from picture window
  added features to configuration screen
  added context sensitive help

version 0.7
 updated for rwdtinker 1.44

version 0.6
 updated for rwdtinker version 1.4
 added configuration screen
 added rename movie filename
 added delete movie record
 added edit movie record
 added attach picture

version 0.5
 changed directory structure for rwdtinker 0.9 and later
 added conf file for movie record directory location
 split inf file for sample data
 added nophoto.jpg and code to handle no jpg found
 improved name selection on the main screen

version 0.4
 Deleted Amazon search. Converted to be an 
 applet drop in for rwdtinker