3rd Party Application Integration - How?

[Shadowy_one]

Can anybody tell me how to integrate third party applications? I can't seem to find out how to integrate Syrinscape.

 

[Parody]

In Syrinscape, open the SoundSet from which you want to pick sounds. Go to Options and turn on Third-Party Integration. Now there should be a bunch of (+) buttons on the various controls. Click one to copy a custom URI to the clipboard; it'll look something like:

syrinscape-fantasy:moods/d2l0Y2h3b29kOjpSYWluaW5nIGFnYWlu/play/

In Realm Works, edit the Topic/Article/etc. where you want to put the link. Right-click in a snippet and pick Hyperlink. Replace the text in the Address box with the text from Syrinscape. Edit the Text to Display as appropriate.

Now you have a link that should fire up a Syrinscape player and act like you clicked on the button whose (+) button you clicked.

 

[Shadowy_one]

In Syrinscape, open the SoundSet from which you want to pick sounds. Go to Options and turn on Third-Party Integration. Now there should be a bunch of (+) buttons on the various controls. Click one to copy a custom URI to the clipboard; it'll look something like:

syrinscape-fantasy:moods/d2l0Y2h3b29kOjpSYWluaW5nIGFnYWlu/play/

In Realm Works, edit the Topic/Article/etc. where you want to put the link. Right-click in a snippet and pick Hyperlink. Replace the text in the Address box with the text from Syrinscape. Edit the Text to Display as appropriate.

Now you have a link that should fire up a Syrinscape player and act like you clicked on the button whose (+) button you clicked.

Thanks! I would have never figured that one out without you.

 

[DMG]

Parody is correct, you add the call as a hyperlink.

I actually put in a support ticket on how to do that, as per the release notes. I thought Syrinscape or other API calls were special snippet types. The hyperlinks never even occurred to me at the time.

 

[rob]

If you simply paste the text into the snippet, without explicitly creating a hyperlink, I'm pretty sure that the link will be auto-detected and created. It did at one point during development, at least, but I haven't checked recently to confirm it.

Granted, having the link URI visible due to a direct paste is a little less pretty, but it's also less fiddly to setup. So you can use whichever approach you find more appealing.

 

[Parody]

On my machine, http: is converted, syrinscape-fantasy: is not. But this is in version 200 and I don't have Syrinscape Fantasy installed, so it's not a very conclusive test. :)

 

[liz]

You can see how to get URI's from within Sryinscape by watching their handy-dandy YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aM30zA9CLg

 

[rob]

On my machine, http: is converted, syrinscape-fantasy: is not. But this is in version 200 and I don't have Syrinscape Fantasy installed, so it's not a very conclusive test. :)

The 3pp integration wasn't added until build 201, so it definitely won't work with 200.

 

[Seregil]

Just tried it. It does not auto detect because the link does not contain http://
You have to make it a hyperlink. Once this is done, however, it does work.

 

[snaggle2th]

What about PDFs? It would be great to hyperlink to a page within a PDF.

What are the best practices? Is it better to upload a PDF into a realm, or leave it external? Would uploading several PDFs start to cause performance issues? Is it possible to link to a page within a PDF? I know it can be done with a remote file, but what about a local one? What about one internal to the realm?

 

[ruhar]

I do not know what I'm doing wrong but I can't get it to work. I highlight text, right click and choose Hyperlink but I can't paste the link I copied from Syrinscape. If I open Notepad and paste the information is there so it's not a case of not being in the clipboard. I am going to send a bug report.

 

[liz]

I do not know what I'm doing wrong but I can't get it to work. I highlight text, right click and choose Hyperlink but I can't paste the link I copied from Syrinscape. If I open Notepad and paste the information is there so it's not a case of not being in the clipboard. I am going to send a bug report.

Make sure that you have the latest version (it fixed a small issue with the third party app integration).

We put together a "how-to" here: http://www.wolflair.com/realmworks/2015/10/30/syrinscape-realm-works/

 

[ShadowChemosh]

Make sure that you have the latest version (it fixed a small issue with the third party app integration).

We put together a "how-to" here: http://www.wolflair.com/realmworks/2015/10/30/syrinscape-realm-works/

Just a heads up appears those steps are missing one at the very end. If you don't take Syrinscape out of "Third Party App Integration" mode then none of the sounds will play. It took me a few minutes to figure this out this weekend as I put everything in but clicking the "links" wouldn't cause any sound to play. Finally figured out to press "ESC" in Syrinscape to cancel "Third Party App Integration" mode and everything worked.

Now I have "spooky" sounds all setup for my Halloween one shot this coming weekend.

 

[liz]

Just a heads up appears those steps are missing one at the very end. If you don't take Syrinscape out of "Third Party App Integration" mode then none of the sounds will play. It took me a few minutes to figure this out this weekend as I put everything in but clicking the "links" wouldn't cause any sound to play.

Thanks for the heads up! I've added that step in to make sure it's obvious.

 

[ruhar]

I tried it in a different realm and had no problem. I'm guessing the problem with creating the link in the original realm has something to do with the constant crashing issue that I've already reported. Fingers and toes crossed that the team figures it out quickly since I need it for Saturday.