i am wanting to make a series of apps to read outgauge info send by lfs to my networked laptop where it will show data on a gui maybe using java.

the hardest part i think will be the gui app.

any help would be very much appreciated.

thanks

james

There are some good tutorials on Java GUI on the sun website:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/

Google is your friend

Specific questions are always welcome, but I think it is a good idea to read those tutorials first

thanks mate

Theres also rheiser's JInSim that you could look at and tweak. Here: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=11568

I have a little xp in Java too so I can share what I have.

could i use flash instead of java because i am looking to modify it after for use on a touch screen, so which would be easier

you could use flash but you'll have to read up on the RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol) to stream and convert the live data to graphics. it really is a LOT of work, i looked into it before.
only thing about Flash is that it would look a lot better than a Java app.

Quick bit of info: http://osflash.org/rtmp/protocol

i have got the visual basic tutorials of the microsoft website and it looks a lot easier if i can to use that and use it for control via a touchscreen

surely it doesn't make any difference if your using a mouse or a touch screen what making an app... ??
a button is a botton i would have thought... weather you push a screen or use a mouse button it's still a button.
i thought the touch-screen's drivers would do the hard work by figuring out where your touching on a screen and what is a button and whats no, and not your app

i know i worded it wrong what i ment was is that i have decided to use a touchscreen in the future, then a seperate statment saying that i have decided to use visual basic as i have downloaded the tutorials from microsoft and they are very good