topic Re: New API developer in GDL

New API developer

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:40:23 GMT

Hello; I am a french beginning developer.

I have developed little Java application, and most of my work outside ArchiCAD was on Web Applications using Php.

These two years I have worked on complex GDL object development.
But now I have a project on the table for an API for Archicad using a part In GDL and an other part coding API. I think I could handle C or C++ but I really don't know how to start to develop an API.

Could I found some examples that I could Launch on Archicad And Compile it on a Mac without using Software like VS 2003?

Thank you for your answer

PS : I have already begin to fill the graphisoft Application Form to have My own API developer ID; But I have not done anything else

Re: New API developer

Ralph Wessel — Thu, 31 May 2007 22:12:55 GMT

yohannAtila wrote:
Could I found some examples that I could Launch on Archicad And Compile it on a Mac without using Software like VS 2003?

The development kit for the ArchiCAD API comes complete with documentation and example projects. The examples cover a wide variety of applications, and could be used as a starting point for your own project.

Fortunately the Mac OS comes with a free development environment called XCode, but this is only applicable if you are developing for ArchiCAD 10 or above on Mac OS 10.3 or higher. I wouldn't consider starting development on anything lower than that anyway. If you haven't already done so, install the Developer tools that come with your Mac OS X installation.

Take a look at this link too: http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=2699&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Re: New API developer

Akos Somorjai — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:08:34 GMT

yohannAtila wrote:
I have already begin to fill the graphisoft Application Form to have My own API developer ID; But I have not done anything else

When you receive your developer ID and authorization code, you'll be able to create your own MDID resource. In the meantime, you can still play with the example add-ons; just start ArchiCAD in Demo mode.

HTH,

Akos

Re: New API developer

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:46:05 GMT

Hello Ralph,
Thank you for your answer.

I have read the web pages. I opened Xcode and graphisoft developer kit.
It seems to be very difficult to understand all.

I don't know how to make the example add-ons work on ArchiCAD demo.

Re: New API developer

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:45:04 GMT

Akos wrote:
In the meantime, you can still play with the example add-ons; just start ArchiCAD in Demo mode.

XScuse me, i just dont understand how to compile it to see it works in archicad.

Re: New API developer

Ralph Wessel — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:37:47 GMT

yohannAtila wrote:
It seems to be very difficult to understand all.
I don't know how to make the example add-ons work on ArchiCAD demo.

Yohann,

I've already sent this to you by email (with illustrations) but for the sake of anyone else who might be interested:

1) Open an XCode example project file (with the suffix '.xcodeproj')

2) Select 'Build' from the 'Build' menu to produce the add-on.

3) The completed add-on should be in the build/Release directory for the selected example. Copy this into the ArchiCAD/Add-Ons directory to use it. You will probably have to run ArchiCAD as a demo to use the example add-ons because they have no developer ID assigned to them.

Regards,

Ralph.

Re: New API developer

stefan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:27:37 GMT

Ralph wrote:
yohannAtila wrote:
It seems to be very difficult to understand all.
I don't know how to make the example add-ons work on ArchiCAD demo.
Yohann,

I've already sent this to you by email (with illustrations) but for the sake of anyone else who might be interested:

1) Open an XCode example project file (with the suffix '.xcodeproj')

2) Select 'Build' from the 'Build' menu to produce the add-on.

3) The completed add-on should be in the build/Release directory for the selected example. Copy this into the ArchiCAD/Add-Ons directory to use it. You will probably have to run ArchiCAD as a demo to use the example add-ons because they have no developer ID assigned to them.

Regards,

Ralph.

Does the XCode compile process work on PPC as well? Or do you need CodeWarrior for that? Since I don't have it and don't intend to buy it...

Re: New API developer

Ralph Wessel — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:01:41 GMT

stefan wrote:
Does the XCode compile process work on PPC as well? Or do you need CodeWarrior for that? Since I don't have it and don't intend to buy it...

XCode can compile for PPC, but unfortunately there is no develoment kit for Archicad add-ons to support that route. Even it was technically feasible, I suspect the cost would outweigh the benefits. PPC development is a legacy exercise now as far as Macs are concerned.

I've been corresponding with Yohann by email and he had the same question. I forgot that some will be still be working exclusively with PPC Macs. As you noted, CodeWarrior is required for this but I have no idea where you could purchase it now even if you wanted to. Motorola bought Metrowerks (inc. CodeWarrior) before Apple announced the shift to Intel, and abandoned CodeWarrior for Mac development to avoid supporting a rival processor.

Re: New API developer

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:38:57 GMT

Ralph wrote:
As you noted, CodeWarrior is required for this but I have no idea where you could purchase it now even if you wanted to.

I Googled "codewarrior" and found a couple. The first is for an educational copy of version 8 the second seems to offer a free demo download of version 9 with an option to buy for $99. I can't vouch for their legitimacy.

www.diskovery.com/codewarrior.html

mac.softpedia.com/get/Developer-Tools/CodeWarrior-Development-Studio.shtml

Re: New API developer

Rod Jurich — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:47:10 GMT

An announcement at our road show last evening said that GS support for PPC Mac will end at 12. Therefore from 13 on it will be Intel only.

Re: New API developer

stefan — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:17:58 GMT

Rod wrote:
An announcement at our road show last evening said that GS support for PPC Mac will end at 12. Therefore from 13 on it will be Intel only.

That's sweet... My machine will be three years old then. It was the top-of-the line when I bought it (one of the last updates before the intel-upgrade). I assume that AC13 on Windows will drop support for XP and Vista by then, too?

At least, they are so kind to make the dongle cross-platform when you buy it (even if it's internally still registered for ArchiCAD Windows version, in Dutch... a language for which support was dropped at about ArchiCAD 7 or .

Re: New API developer

Dwight — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:42:09 GMT

Rod wrote:
An announcement at our road show last evening said that GS support for PPC Mac will end at 12. Therefore from 13 on it will be Intel only.

Presuming that there will actually be an Archicad 13.

Like, it might be bad luck.

Go straight to Archicad 14.

I wonder what the software world will do when all software versions enter their teens.

Re: New API developer

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:05:52 GMT

Dwight wrote:
Presuming that there will actually be an Archicad 13.

ArchiCAD 2009?

Re: New API developer

Dwight — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:58:17 GMT

Been done before.
They aren't the innovators but i guess they did make more versions.

Re: New API developer

Rob — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:25:59 GMT

may be ancient roman numbers would do: Archicad XIII
or talking about year 2009: Archicad MMIX

Re: New API developer

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:59:28 GMT

Hello,

since gcc included in Xcode is able to produce both ppc and i386 code, it would be quite appealing to produce ArchiCAD add-ons for both architectures with gcc. The only problem is, that the ppc version of ACAP_STAT.lib seems to be in a (proprietary, google did not tell?) object format of CodeWarrior, which the gnu linker (ld) doesn't understand.

Is it possible to convert this static library to the object format that ld accepts?

Jyrki

Re: New API developer

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:03:20 GMT

jyrki.saarinen wrote:
since gcc included in Xcode is able to produce both ppc and i386 code, it would be quite appealing to produce ArchiCAD add-ons for both architectures with gcc. The only problem is, that the ppc version of ACAP_STAT.lib seems to be in a (proprietary, google did not tell?) object format of CodeWarrior, which the gnu linker (ld) doesn't understand.

Is it possible to convert this static library to the object format that ld accepts?

Sorry - that's not possible. You have to use CodeWarrior for Mac PPC development and XCode for Mactel.

Re: New API developer

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:18:13 GMT

Any ideas why Graphisoft won't provide libACAP_STAT.a for ppc, since CodeWarrior is now obsolete and Xcode is "the official" development platform?

Jyrki

Re: New API developer

Ralph Wessel — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:30:21 GMT

jyrki.saarinen wrote:
Any ideas why Graphisoft won't provide libACAP_STAT.a for ppc, since CodeWarrior is now obsolete and Xcode is "the official" development platform?

Unfortunately it isn't a simple change to make ArchiCAD and the relevant libraries build for PPC with XCode, and I believe it would be an expensive task which would significantly hamper development of new/improved features in ArchiCAD.

This would be OK if the PPC platform was on ongoing concern, but of course Apple has made a complete transition to Intel and they haven't sold PPC-based Macs for some time now. I think GS has already announced that ArchiCAD development on PPC Macs will cease after the next version (don't quote me on that - I can't remember if there was an official statement to that effect).

Re: New API developer

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:31:32 GMT

Ralph wrote:
I think GS has already announced that ArchiCAD development on PPC Macs will cease after the next version (don't quote me on that - I can't remember if there was an official statement to that effect).

http://www.graphisoft.com/company/press_zone/ppcout.html

Karl