About OpenWire Editor

 

NEW:   OpenWire Editor is now included as part of the Firemonkey – VCL or .NET component packages!

 
Also, we offer custom licensing of the OpenWire Editor.  Embed a custom version in your product and offer users the simplicity of making graphical connections (see the video, below) to configure and control your application! Please direct any questions about custom licensing of the OpenWire Editor to Boian Mitov ( mitov@mitov.com ).
 

The OpenWire Editor provides an intuitive, powerful graphical editing pane to build OpenWire applications simply by connecting components (FireMonkey, VCL, .NET)  and making wiring diagrams.  In the OpenWire Editor, the “wires” are like those connecting a TV to a VCR, or speakers to a surround system; the OpenWire pins are analogous to the jacks where you plug the wires in; and the OpenWire components correspond to the entertainment components (TV, speakers, etc.). 

 

For a quick demonstration, watch this video:

For example, consider an application where you wish to play a video file and display the video on a form while simultaneously calculating its RGB histogram and displaying that on a Scope component.  With VideoLab and the OpenWire Editor, you would simply create Form1 and add the components (AVIPlayer, ImageDisplay, Histogram, and Scope).  Then, use you mouse to drag connections from Outputs to Inputs:

 

Visual Studio 2010:

 

The OpenWire Editor (above) allows you to build OpenWire platform applications by drawing such wiring diagrams.  The resulting application:

 

OpenWire Editor Features

– Opportunity to embed in your product, with custom licensing agreement

– Works with VCL or FireMonkey

– See the big picture of data flow throughout your application.  While working in RAD Studio, the (Form) Design tab allows you to design your GUI, and the OpenWire tab lets you design and visualize the data stream paths.

– Round-trip synchronization of the Form Design tab and the OpenWire Editor.  Any components added or removed, and any pins connected or disconnect are reflected in both views.

– Auto-arranges connection routes when you make or break connections.  For example, the VUMeter below was connected to the Scope by dragging a line straight from one component to the other, and the OpenWire Editor routed the connection optimally:

– Edit component properties without leaving the OpenWire tab.  The “tools” icon in the upper-right corner of each component gives you access to the major properties of that component.

– Simplified control of data flow.  For example, the OpenWire pins carry not only data but transfer events, such as start, stop, and pause to other components in the stream.

– Simplified control of stream state.  Connected StatePins share one and the same state. If a the state of one of the StatePins changes all the connected StatePins are changing to the same state. StatePins can be connected to one SourcePin, and/or to multiple SinkPins.

– Simplified control of clock timing.  ClockPins allow the data flow to be driven by an external clock.  For example, if you need to process a batch of video files then you can use an external clock to drive the video stream as fast as the underlying threads will allow.
 
 
Features of OpenWire platform Components and Pins:
  • Each component can have one or more inputs (data sinks) and/or outputs (data sources).
  • Each input or output is called Pin. I.e. there are IputPins and OutputPins.
  • Each OutputPin can stream specific format data to compatible format InputPins.
  • Each type of data has its own data specification, and it is this specification that allows compatible pins to be connected in the OpenWire Editor.
 
To learn more about OpenWire pins and communication between pins, see the Features of the OpenWire open source technology.

 

OpenWire Editor What’s New

New in Version 6.0 (released on 2013-06-12)

  1. Added support for Delphi / C++ Builder / RAD Studio XE4
  2. Now uses the latest language features in Delphi such as generics, and anonymous methods
  3. Support for Delphi versions older than XE2 is discontinued due to the new language features
  4. Added support for implace editors
  5. Improved .NET integration

New in Version 5.0.3.1 (released on 2012-10-20)

  1. Fixed a bug when populating existing buffers in .NET generic filters
 

New in Version 5.0.3 (released on 2012-10-10)

  1. New graphical OpenWire Editor for .NET
  2. Added support for Visual Studio 2012
  3. Added support for Delphi / C++ Builder / RAD Studio XE3
  4. Improved Firemonkey support

New in Version 5.0.2 (released on 2012-04-16)

  1. Improved FireMonkey support

New in Version 5.0.1 (released on 2011-10-26)

  1. First Official Release of OpenWire Editor — beta.
  2. Added FireMonkey support.

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OpenWire Editor EXAMPLES

 

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 OpenWire Editor FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why can't I connect two specific pins?

If you are unable to connect two pins, this means that they are not compatible — they do not produce / consume the same type of data stream.  To determine which pins are compatible, hover over an output pin and all compatible input pins will be highlighted.

Can the OpenWire Editor be integrated with a product that I am developing/selling?

Perhaps: it depends on the nature of your product.  Contact Boian Mitov ( mitov@mitov.com ) regarding licensing a custom, embedded version the OpenWire editor.

 

Mitov License

 

If you do not have a custom licensing agreement with Mitov Software then the following license applies:
 
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Also, we offer custom licensing and vertical development of the OpenWire Editor.  Please direct any questions about custom licensing to Boian Mitov ( mitov@mitov.com ).

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