Intellilink, the creators of Magic Xchange, have an SDK that enables developers to support Magic Xchange importing and exporting in their Magic Cap applications. The SDK is available here for both Macintosh and PC platforms.
Archive size: 81K (stuffed and binhexed)This archive contains a sample Magic Cap package and a Macintosh AppleScript that communicate via Magic Xchange for Macintosh. Documentation is included.
Archive size: 61K (zipped)This archive contains the code and documentation needed to integrate your packages with Magic Xchange for Windows.
Additionally, in the PC version, you can install your own translator into Magic Xchange to enable users to translate data between your Magic Cap package and either your PC application or another PC application format. PenCell does this in the released version of the product, translating between their format and Excel and Lotus 123 format.
In order to utilize this service, you must include an special object in your Magic Cap package that implements read and write methods for your data format. Files are either read or written via a stream. Magic Xchange only acts as the conduit, and it does not matter what data format you use.
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