Sample interface code

[JimBeADeveloping]

Hey everyone:

I have a question regarding how to interface with the Winboard interface on a Win32 API. Basically, I'm looking to link up to it with something simple (maybe C# or even VB) or whatever is fast to develop in. I'm hoping to have this interface with a python server but dont' know exactly where to begin.

Does anyone have any suggestions, or even better yet, does anyone have any sample code? I would be much obliged if anyone did!

Cheers,
Jim

[Jim Ablett]

Hello Jim,
Not quite sure what you're trying to do exactly, but here's a link to a network sharing interface that supports winboard. It may be of interest.

http://www.magnetargames.com/Products/C ... nBoard.htm

Regards
Jim (another!)

[JimBeADeveloping]

Thanks a lot, I'm looking for all the resources I can find. Can you suggest a good language that I should use to do this considering that I would like to send the output from a Python server? Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the FICS server is presently running on? I would be curious to know because if i couild generate something, well, basically identicaly, that would be optimal.

Cheers,
~Jim (actually, its Jamieson, sorry to spoil the fun!)

[Anonymous]

I am also trying to do the same thing, and I found this that might be of use:
http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/Capt ... 20wxWindow
It is a bit hard to interface with an engine this way, so I am thinking of making a batch file to make the engine import moves and quit after giving me its move, but it is very suboptimal. Could you post here if you get anywhere with your program?