Custom User Interfaces

This section describes how to customize the Showcase user interface.

You can customize the Showcase user interface using the following mechanisms:

• Embedded Custom Interface - HTML pages can be embedded in the user interface. This HTML page may use an Adobe Flash or AJAX based interface with custom controls. These HTML pages may appear above or below or on either side of the main interface window of Showcase.
• External Custom Interface - Web pages running on an external browser, such as from a kiosk, or embedded device, may be used as interfaces to control Showcase.

For users with advanced knowledge of Python they can also customize the Showcase interface using the Python wxWidgets module. For more information see the topic Customizing the User Interface with wxWidgets.

The custom UI system is based on the concept of sending messages to invoke functionality in the application.

To create custom interfaces, you do not need to have programming knowledge beyond writing web pages.