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OEDN presents three downloadable EBIF tutorials courtesy of Luxoft

We're grateful to Luxoft (luxoft.com), an OCAP/EBIF developer based in Russia, for allowing us to repost several tutorials (including code), with links to download the source code for each.

These tutorials assume a basic knowledge of EBIF technology and all sample applications were developed and tested using TVWorks XDK, Eclipse IDE and Tomcat Application Server.

Dynamic Content in EBIF Applications Using Two-Way Communication
Building a simple EBIF application featuring dynamic content using two-way communication.

Complete EBIF Application Example Using Two-Way Communication
An extension of the 'Dynamic Content' tutorial, create a complete EBIF application using two-way communication

Insert Characters Into Text Fields Using the Remote Control in EBIF Application
When using the textinput widget, you can easily send numeric characters by pressing the digits on the remote control, but to send alpha-characters to the user interface, an additional programming effort is required - this tutorial presents a simple solution to this issue


OEDN TV @ the 2010 Cable Show, Los Angeles, May 11-13

This May, at the 2010 Cable Show in Los Angeles, CA, we were proud to demo a prototype CSPAN EBIF application from Ball State University.