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Question to PowerMAME32 users
SirPoonga:
I think that would make it easier to maintain. Instead of mucking with the gui of all tabs just add a single tab for each new version of mame.
MikeQ:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on February 24, 2006, 12:45:57 pm ---I think that would make it easier to maintain. Instead of mucking with the gui of all tabs just add a single tab for each new version of mame.
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Well I was pleasantly surprised the last time I merged some of my changes. The gui .rc file merged without a single problem. I figured this would be an issue but it wasn't.
I'm going to keep it on a tab just because it differentiates what is and isn't a PowerMAME feature.
I've got a question for you SirP. Controls.dat comes in a plain text and XML format correct? Which is more commonly used? and do you have parsing routines or does everyone implement thier own?
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: MikeQ on February 24, 2006, 02:05:07 pm ---I've got a question for you SirP. Controls.dat comes in a plain text and XML format correct? Which is more commonly used? and do you have parsing routines or does everyone implement thier own?
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It comes in ini and xml formats.
I would say it is split on which gets used. Johnny5 uses ini format which is the most popular program that uses constols.dat. But almost everything else uses xml that I am award of, like ListGen.
The developers package has info on the formats used, along with an algorithm suggestion
http://fe.donkeyfly.com/controls/controls_dat.php
Howard_Casto:
How it gets used really depends on the development environment and if it has a good xml parser available.
I use the ini format because I coded j5 in vb6 and a good xml parser doesn't pop up until .net. Since mame includes an xml parser this one should be a no brainer.
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 27, 2006, 06:37:21 pm ---and a good xml parser doesn't pop up until .net.
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ACtually, the one in .net is pretty good. It's what set49mode uses. Granted for the 26meg listxml file it still struggles, but for controls.dat it should be fine.
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