Creating A Module

To create a Vision module, open up XCode after installing the Vision package.  Create a new project and choose Vision>Module for the template.  Many settings that are needed are already preconfigured. 

Corresponding LoadObject() calls must be placed in the constructor and destructor functions of the code files to load the modules that contain the objects that these classes require.  This ensures that when these modules are loaded that all their dependent modules are also loaded.  This is shown is the picture to the right.  The PanelLabel object requires both the Panel and Label object and places the function calls accordingly.

Similar to the process described in how to create an application, having XCode keep track of project dependencies helps a lot because it makes sure that if changes have occurred in a dependent project that they are rebuilt. 

By default, server module targets install themselves into the repository.  If you do not wish this to happen then delete the shell script run phase that installs it into the repository.

If do you plan on installing this module into the repository be sure to run the script called "repositoryupdate" (by default installed into ~/Vision/Tools/repository) once after copying it into the repository.  This script updates the three copies of repository.h found in /usr/local/Vision/Headers which allows for applications using your new module to not have to explicitly import any header files that you have created for your module (other module projects still have to explicitly import them though).

At this point you simply need to create your desired subclasses and write the code for your objects.