I am trying to build + make changes to AlphaTab, a tablature reader that can be displayed on the web using SVG. It is a Visual Studio solution, but I cannot figure out how to build it successfully (I also have little experience with VS). I am using Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise, which I have access to as a student.
There are multiple projects within the solution, but the build I want is the JavaScript file. I know that it first compiles to Haxe and then to JavaScript, first using Phase, a C# -> Haxe compiler, which was also written by the AlphaTab creator.
Unfortunately this is all the info I have.. there aren't build instructions on the repo and I tried to reach out on his Contact page. I really like the look + simplicity of using AlphaTab and want to add some changes, but also if there are other open source tab editors (display on browser) that look as nice, please link if possible!
There is an unmaintained haxe version of alphatab on the haxe branch of the main repo, did you try experimenting with that?
https://github.com/CoderLine/alphaTab/tree/Haxe
open the .hxproj file in HaxeDevelop
https://haxedevelop.org/
Or in Visual Studio Code
https://github.com/vshaxe/vshaxe
To see if it has enough features try the html in the bin folder.
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I am using Eclipse Oxygen.
I have web features already installed, I think some packages are missing for javascript files.
When I try to create a new javascript file, I see that there is no javascript file. How to add this feature into eclipse?
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You just look in the wrong "folder" ("Web") to create a new JavaScript-file, the proper path is "JavaScript > JavaScript Source File".
You can also take advantage of the search in the Wizards when you type the desired search term at type filter text.
You must be using a perspective, which is not suitable for web development.
Try opening a perspective which suits your development domain. Web and Java EE perspectives for example supports JavaScript development. If such is not available in you Eclipse installation, you have to install additional tools. Which Eclipse package are you using?
In the right perspective you will have the JavaScript Source File option in the New pop-up dialog right clicking your project or an appropriate project folder (eg. WebContent).
So I'm working on a just for fun project to get practice using HTML/CSS/Javascript.
I'm using Aptana to write all my code and it is currently set up to run and work in a browser (obviously) it's a text adventure game.
It would be really cool though to be able to compile the code into an executable file that runs in its own window, not in a browser.
Is this something relatively easy to accomplish?
Thanks in advance for any help! :)
FF and Chrome provide a function to run a custom website in an app mode. That means no menubars, no addressbar and a complete window for the website. Maybe this is already what you are looking for.
http://www.rarst.net/software/dedicated-web-app-window/
https://superuser.com/questions/33548/starting-google-chrome-in-application-mode
https://superuser.com/questions/171235/does-internet-explorer-have-something-equivalent-to-chromes-app-mode
But if you are interested in compiled code for speeding up your game, this is not the way to achieve this.
For Windows as OS
see http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_IECreateEmbedded.htm
AutoIt is a scripting language for basically everything (with automation). SciTE is the editor to go.
In the example of the _IECreateEmbedded function, just change:
_IENavigate($oIE, "http://www.autoitscript.com")
to
_IENavigate($oIE, "file://.../thegame.html")
Very simple, you just have to copy-paste it and build it - you can even build it Online: AutoIt Online Compiler
There are many different ways you can acheive this.
If you're only targeting windows machines, then creating a HTA would be the simplest approach.
The modification to the structure of your existing code would be minimal, its essentially changing the file type and adding an extra couple of tags in. If you wanted a single file, instead of an exe and any resources (images etc) that you use you would have to base64 encode your images, and insert external scripts into the main page.
for information about embedding images and icons into a hta: http://www.john-am.com/2010/07/building-a-self-contained-hta-with-embedded-images-and-icons/
You could also use AppJS, node-webkit or similar type projects, but they would add around 30MB of stuff thats not being used.
There is actually a topic asking a very similar thing, however the information there is either out of date (broken links, discontinued solutions) or not suitable for my needs.
I have a showcase for my graduation wherein we have the opportunity to display our work to potential employers. The interface we have to use only allows .jpg, .flv and .exe files, however my project is in HTML / CSS / JavaScript.
Is there any way I can convert my project into a .exe?
(The ways the pre-existing question's answers suggest creating an .exe are now broken links / discontinued as far as I can tell; and alternate answers suggest ways to create standalone applications which do not generate .exes, which are not fit for my purposes)
Cheers!
Most easiest way is:
1) Download Visual Studio Express Edition(Because it's free).
2) File -> New Project -> Windows Forms Application.
3) Load your current HTML into it.
4) Add WebBrowser control to your project.
5) Deploy your application(Build -> Publish).
Note:
The WebBrowser Control use IE by-default. Take a look at this alternative as well.
Welcome to 2019!
There's all kinds of different ways to accomplish this now. One popular npm package is npm pkg. There's also the popular Electron (this is what vscode was built on), and quite a few others
You Could always turn the HTML file into a HTA file and then convert it into an exe :)
https://www.vbsedit.com/
You can create a Windows app from HTML/JS.
Actually it's one of my pet projects:
Scriptonit
I've been using it for a while to create tools for myself, but just recently I decided to make it a proper freeware product. If you're not looking for something very complex and you don't need lots of frameworks & modules, this might be just what you're looking for.
You can download Scriptonit here.
You may try creating a .exe installer to you html file using Inno Setup.
You can use the setup wizard; just select the html file instead of exe when selecting the main exe file
It works somehow like an installed application, it will open in your browser but you can see in the List of Applications. (in control panel)
We are developing multiple Java EE applications (8 for the moment) that are all based on the same sort of code. However, all the apps are clearly separated as different projects in Eclipse, they all have their own folder on Windows Explorer, and they all have their own repo on the Git server.
The idea was to put the redundant code somewhere (another project named "core"), and use it on every apps automatically without having to recode the same thing 8 times.
For the Java part, we did a "link source" in each project, which create sort of a symlink inside Eclipse to the "core" project, and use the specified "core" package in Java source with no problem.
But it doesn't work so well for the JavaScript/CSS part. I have absolutely no clue about how to code my redundant JS/CSS onto the "core" project, and use it elsewhere without having to manually copy it each and every time I modify it.
I think you should look into git for a solution to your problem. After all you still want the js file to be included in every project, but be maintained in a seperate project (as far as I understand it). There ought to be some sort of submodules and/or commit-handles or whatever to solve this using git.
This is what the User Library functionality in the JavaScript Include Path properties of your project is for.
I have some Javascript files I would like to minify and combine into one file. However since the order they appear is essential to the site not crashing. The simple solution would be to number them, however I do not have that option so I think I need a way to specify the order of the files in some sort of text file and
A: reference that in some sort of post build event in Visual Studio 2010 or
B: use some kind of standalone product to minify and combine the files.
Obviously the post build event would be preferable however that is not a requirement.
Thought? Suggestions?
I do not use Visual Studio - but I have read of the following tool in the past:
http://chirpy.codeplex.com/
In the documentation section there is an example how to integrate it in your Visual Studio project:
http://www.weirdlover.com/2010/07/18/chirpy-attains-godlike-abilities-in-version-1-0-0-4/