Hi,
I've been using sailwave for about a year for doing the results for my
club Waldringfield SC. Can anyone tell me if there is an API that lets
me manipulate .blw files? I've seen a lua API proposed on this
dicussion group, but I couldn't find any more than that. I can think
of so many applications for an API.
Alternatively I could have a stab at understanding the .blw format. Is
there any documentation on that available?
Many thanks,
Harry
If it helps, a good text editor like UltraEdit can open the blw files
for you to read.
Graham Pinkney
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Hi,
I've been using sailwave for about a year for doing the results for my
club Waldringfield SC. Can anyone tell me if there is an API that lets
me manipulate .blw files? I've seen a lua API proposed on this
dicussion group, but I couldn't find any more than that. I can think
of so many applications for an API.Alternatively I could have a stab at understanding the .blw format. Is
there any documentation on that available?Many thanks,
Harry
Hi Harry,
Nope no API yet but yes I intend to use Lua especially now that Adobe
have embraced it. The .blw files are pretty simple, you’ll probably
suss it out after looking for a while but I don’t really want to
document it - in case it constrains me in the future. Doing an XML
save saves exactly the same data as what is put into the .blw files but
in a different format so comparing them may help. Essentially each
line in a .blw file is a property, value, competitor handle and race
handle (numeric) with c handle and r handle not always relevant. Some
values are multivalues with items separated by | and maybe other
characters in other places (I can’t remember). The good news it it’s a
plain text file so the world is your oyster really…
I do intend to work on Sailwave this Winter and I would like to think
I’ll get Lua in there - but as a hobby it 's tricky to actually give
you dates etc… who knows what great ideas the wife will have for
me…
Colin J
Sailwave
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Thanks Colin, that's useful help. Great product by the way!
Harry