March 2002
+ Wednesday - March 13, 2002
I've finally purchased a Director book and am now plowing through it, mostly skipping the things I don't need (ie Shockwave). I've gotten far enough in it that I've started the beginnings of the actual frontend, and as I progress further through the book I'll be updating the frontend accordingly.
The other thing that I've finished is a first draft of the XML structure used by the frontend, with a sample shown below:
<arcade> <systems> <system> <name>Arcade</name> <emulator>Arcade:MacMame</emulator> <games> <game alpha="D"> <name>Donkey Kong (US)</name> <publisher>Nintendo of America</publisher> <year>1981</year> <rom>Arcade:Roms:dkong.zip</rom> <screenshot>Arcade:Screenshots:dkong.png</screenshot> </game> </games> </system> </systems> </arcade>
This may of course change depending on what I may want to add, or what is easier to parse in Director, but for now, it seems like a pretty solid base to work from.