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Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like)

From Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like)
Date 2020-01-23 17:18 -0600
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On 1/23/2020 2:52 AM, jeremy wrote:
> In article <r0aal9$t26$1@dont-email.me>, lynnmcguire5@gmail.com says...
>>
>> On 1/7/2020 9:14 AM, jeremy wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, go easy on me, new to this group :)
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a library that would enable me to develop a Visio-like UI
>>> for defining workflows.
>>>
>>> In essence I'd like to set up a library of a small number of "object
>>> types" (forms, statuses, emails for example) and allow my user to drag and
>>> drop from the library onto the page and easily connect e.g. a form to an
>>> email).
>>>
>>> If the above makes any sense to anyone, could you point me in the right
>>> direction?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>
>> Are you looking for a specific language such as C++ or javascript ?
> 
> Javascript - would need to be platform independent
>>
>> And a specific platform such as Windows or AWS ?
>>
> 
> No specific platform - my thoughts would be that this is 100% API driven -
> i.e. when the user loads this application, it determines what shapes (for
> example) are available (e.g. our appication informs via JSON that the user
> can use object1, object2 and object3) within the palette for the user to
> use and as each shape is dropped onto a canvas its position, size and
> connections to other objects are sent back to APIs on the server (which we
> would have written to conform to the spec of the tool)and that data is
> stored in our own database.
> 
> The (albeit fledgling) idea was to enable us to present those objects
> within our application that a user is able to configure (e.g. a process
> step being linked to an email) in a graphical manner. The number of types
> of object would be very small (maybe 5).
> 
> Not sure if this clarifies?
> 
> Thanks

Yup.  Like the first response, my research says that GoJS of Northwoods 
Software looks pretty good.  I just did not like the downloading of the 
js code from their website constantly since I have trust issues so I 
would get a source code license.
    https://www.nwoods.com/

Lynn

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Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-07 15:14 +0000
  Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Leonardo Campos <leonardoscampos@gmail.com> - 2020-01-07 11:28 -0800
    Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-08 10:38 +0000
  Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-01-08 01:22 +0100
    Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-08 10:30 +0000
      Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-08 07:05 -0800
        Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-08 16:18 +0000
          Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-08 08:59 -0800
        Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2020-01-08 19:12 +0000
          Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-08 11:39 -0800
            Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2020-01-09 11:03 +0000
              Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-09 11:18 +0000
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-09 03:59 -0800
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-09 12:52 +0000
                [OT] Netiquette (was: Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like)) Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-10 11:26 +0100
                Re: [OT] Netiquette (was: Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like)) Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-10 07:01 -0800
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-13 11:00 +0100
                Re: [OT] Netiquette "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-01-13 12:40 +0100
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-13 04:02 -0800
                Re: [OT] Netiquette jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-13 12:32 +0000
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-13 04:34 -0800
                Re: [OT] Netiquette jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-13 12:57 +0000
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-13 05:15 -0800
                Re: [OT] Netiquette jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-13 13:19 +0000
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-13 05:23 -0800
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-13 15:33 +0100
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2020-01-13 13:59 +0000
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-13 15:31 +0100
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-13 04:33 -0800
                Re: [OT] Netiquette Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-13 15:46 +0100
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2020-01-09 18:18 +0000
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-01-09 18:24 +0000
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-09 18:35 +0000
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-01-13 20:40 +0100
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) AC Needy <ac.needy@gmail.com> - 2020-01-13 16:51 -0500
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-01-19 23:14 +0100
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) dr.s.lartius@gmail.com - 2020-01-19 15:14 -0800
                Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) AC Needy <ac.needy@gmail.com> - 2020-01-20 02:09 -0500
                [OT] "Netiquette" (was: Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like)) Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-21 12:22 +0100
                Re: [OT] "Netiquette" (was: Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like)) John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2020-01-22 18:05 +0000
                Re: [OT] "Netiquette" Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-22 20:47 +0100
                Re: [OT] "Netiquette" Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-22 12:16 -0800
                Re: [OT] "Netiquette" AC Needy <ac.needy@gmail.com> - 2020-01-22 22:15 -0500
                Re: [OT] "Netiquette" Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-23 18:50 +0100
                Re: [OT] "Netiquette" Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-01-23 10:37 -0800
                Re: [OT] "Netiquette" Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-24 13:33 +0100
  Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-01-08 08:25 +0100
    Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-08 10:41 +0000
  Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2020-01-22 14:17 -0600
    Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> - 2020-01-23 08:52 +0000
      Re: Library for drag/drop/connect objects (visio-like) Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2020-01-23 17:18 -0600

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