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06-05-2009, 10:54 Desired Username Joined on 02-06-2007 Germany Posts 55 Suggestion for SetProperties (Ventuz .Net Remoting) Hi, currently SetProperties and similar methods require two arrays which must kept in sync: Public Sub SetProperties ( _ names As String(), _ values As Object() _ ) This has always struck me as not very "pretty." I would like to suggest that you add overloads using some form of list instead of the two arrays. For example, something maybe like this (in VB.Net): Public Sub SetProperties(ByRef TheData As Dictionary(Of String, Object)) Dim MaxIndex As Integer = TheData.Count - 1   If MaxIndex > -1 Then    Dim Entry As KeyValuePair(Of String, Object)   Dim Names(MaxIndex) As String     Dim Values(MaxIndex) As Object     Dim Index As Integer = 0     For Each Entry In TheData       Names(Index) = Entry.Key       Values(Index) = Entry.Value       Index += 1     Next     Scene.SetProperties(Names, Values)   End If End Sub Just an idea... Greetings from a sunny Munich morning...    Report

06-06-2009, 20:02 Ralf Stanke Joined on 05-15-2005 Hamburg, Germany Posts 567 Re: Suggestion for SetProperties (Ventuz .Net Remoting) Hi Desired Munich Name, the reason why we chose to use two array is that the default .net serialisation used for transferring the argument via the network has a much higher overhead if complex classes (like a Dictionary) is serialized. But you could "wrap" this call with anonother, more comfortable method which is executed locally to prepare the two arrays. Ralf    Report

06-12-2009, 15:28 Desired Username Joined on 02-06-2007 Germany Posts 55 Re: Suggestion for SetProperties (Ventuz .Net Remoting) Ralf> the default .net serialisation used for transferring the Ralf> argument via the network has a much higher overhead Ralf> if complex classes (like a Dictionary) is serialized. I understand, but I do not comprehend... I have written my own wrappers and thought it might be a good idea to include something like this as an overload in the Ventuz remoting .dll used by the control application. The actual communication would still be using two arrays. It would, imho, make the remoting API a bit more comfortable.    Report

06-12-2009, 15:55 Ralf Stanke Joined on 05-15-2005 Hamburg, Germany Posts 567 Re: Suggestion for SetProperties (Ventuz .Net Remoting) the entire Remoting part in Ventuz will be revised anyway! It will become some kind of SDK where you (ort 3rd parties) can implement their own protocols (eg Chyron's I³) All commands will come along with a timecode when these command have to be execute for example. And more... exprect this within the next 3-4 months. The old version will be kept available for compatibility reasons. Cheers Ralf    Report

06-12-2009, 15:59 Desired Username Joined on 02-06-2007 Germany Posts 55 Re: Suggestion for SetProperties (Ventuz .Net Remoting) ...interesting... ...veerrryyyy interesting... I look forward to seeing the new interface.    Report

06-12-2009, 22:04 Wykid Joined on 06-10-2009 Posts 2 Re: Suggestion for SetProperties (Ventuz .Net Remoting) Excellent! My next feature request post was going to concern the inability to accurately time sequence a bulk of remote commands. Sounds like this might be what I'm looking for! Looking forward to checking it out.    Report