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Re: Mathlink newbie question

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  • Subject: [mg42230] Re: Mathlink newbie question
  • From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 01:53:25 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: The University of Western Australia
  • References: <bd6iol$c99$1@smc.vnet.net>
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In article <bd6iol$c99$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
 "Barbara Da Vinci" <barbaradavinci at yahoo.it> wrote:

> Please, can anyone suggest a resource where the very first step in using 
> Mathlink are described in details ?
> I have been looking for documentation and I found the Gayley's tutorial 
> but I was unsuccessful in understanding it in deep.

At the risk of self-promotion, you could buy

   MathLink: Network Programming with Mathematica  
   Chikara Miyaji and Paul Abbott
   Cambridge University Press, 2001
   ISBN: 0521645980 (Paperback/243 pages)
   Includes CD-ROM

available at http://store.wolfram.com/view/book/ISBN0521645980.str. 
Here is the blurb:
  
Programming tutorial giving a thorough explanation of MathLink, the 
mechanism enabling higher-level communication between Mathematica and 
external programs. Introduces basic concepts and explains the 
fundamentals of MathLink templates and its data transfer model. Also 
provides source code for a wide range of practical applications, giving 
the reader the opportunity to adapt the code to suit their own practical 
needs. Assumes prior knowledge of Mathematica and the C language. 

Preliminaries | Connecting the Front End and the Kernel | Compiling 
AddTwo | Transfer Time Using MathLink | Debugging MathLink Programs | 
TurtleGraphics | Cellular Automata | MovieDigitizer | Object-oriented 
Programming | Creating an Event-driven Mechanism | Creating a Window 
Object | Window Object Applications | Writing an Interactive Graphics 
System | Interactive Geometry | Communications between Mathematica 
Sessions 

Cheers,
Paul

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