lawrencelim2808 0 Posted July 30, 2007 i wan to develop a sdk for remote viewing using visual basic, but i don know how to start and don know the source code i need.mai i know where i can find the sdk source code for geovision or the sample program? thank a lot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcs 0 Posted August 11, 2007 OH NO not another cloner... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kensplace 0 Posted August 11, 2007 I would start by learning visual basic and visual C or C++ at a simple level, then learn the windows api, binary, and assembler (not really required but if you understand assembler, you understand how programs operate at a low level, and have a greater depth of understanding) then develop your skills over the years. By the time you master the microsoft languages and api's enough to be proficient enough to write a sdk, you can then learn the low level details of how the cards work, and the functions on their chips etc. Investigate what functions are availalbe in the existing softwate, and contact the supplier for their own sdk. By that time, microsoft will have re-written their languages yet again, changed the windows api again, and most of your learned skills will be rendered useless thanks to microsofts greed and total lack of long term vision (other than it vision for more money). After you realise its all pointless, you may decide to relearn everything another time, or another couple of times, going through the same cycle again. But at some point, you will probably either give up, and decide microsoft hates the development community, or become a highly paid consultant that does not really bother learning the new languages, and start claiming to be a expert in whatever they release a couple of months after its released. Meanwhile, the card has probably been superceded by a completely different one, and the software changed beyond recognition, with any existing manu api long since obsolete. I would not bother to be honest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcs 0 Posted August 11, 2007 Cant wait for the LINUX release I see dells going to distribute pc's with linux on them ) woohoo finally Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory 0 Posted August 11, 2007 Ok ... one thing he wont be able to write an SDK so to speak, only Geo does that ... they get the card from the manufacturer who provides APIs to them (yes a low level SDK) and they create their software for it, then they provide a simple SDK for others that want to provide customized software for their "software"; not the cards. Anything more than that and you are basically going to the source of the card and using their APIs, or hacking Geo's software which is called pirating. Also, since he mentioned Remote Viewer and not DVR System Software, they provide an activeX control so all you need to know is VB6 or VB.net, but then you also have to figure out all the built in functions on your own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
