== name ==

RDNZL

== category ==

Foreign Function

== author ==

Dr. Edmund Weitz (mailto(edi@agharta.de), mailto(edi@weitz.de))

== author-image ==

== short-description ==

RDNZL is a .NET layer for Common Lisp.

== long-description ==

RDNZL (pronounced "Redunzl") enables Common Lisp applications to
interact with href(.NET,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_.NET)
libraries. It's more or less a foreign function interface for .NET
languages like
href(C#,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_programming_language)
built atop the C foreign function interface.

== examples ==

Here are some abbreviated examples. Details can be found in the documentation.

  (defun message-box (text &optional (caption "RDNZL"))
    ;; check if the "OK" button was pressed
    [Equals [MessageBox.Show text caption
                             ;; we want the message box to have "OK" and "Cancel" buttons
                             [$MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel]]
            [$DialogResult.OK]])

   (defun download-url (url)
     (let ((web-client (new "System.Net.WebClient")))
       [GetString (new "System.Text.ASCIIEncoding")
                  [DownloadData web-client url]]))

== instructions ==

* Install the href(.NET framework,http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/framework1_1/).
* Copy the file RDNZL.dll to the folder where your Lisp executable is located.
* Compile and load RDNZL by loading the file "load.lisp" or use ASDF:

  (asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op :rdnzl)

== tutorial ==

Examples can be found in the documentation.

== home-url ==

http://weitz.de/rdnzl/

== doc-url ==

http://weitz.de/rdnzl/

== license ==

RDNZL comes with a href(BSD license,http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php).

== book ==

== references ==

== source-fooball ==

Download the source code from
href(http://weitz.de/files/RDNZL.tar.gz,http://weitz.de/files/RDNZL.tar.gz)
or
href(ftp://ftp.franz.com/pub/lispwire/edi/RDNZL-0.6.1.tar.gz,ftp://ftp.franz.com/pub/lispwire/edi/RDNZL-0.6.1.tar.gz).
bold(NOTE: Edi's site might have a newer version.)


The C++ source for the shared library RDNZL.dll can be downloaded
separately from
href(http://weitz.de/files/RDNZL_cpp.tar.gz,http://weitz.de/files/RDNZL_cpp.tar.gz)
but you don't need this archive to deploy RDNZL - RDNZL.tar.gz already
contains RDNZL.dll.

== release-date ==

2005-01-03

== release-version ==

0.6.1

== status ==

beta

== history ==

== acl-dependencies ==

== other-dependencies ==

RDNZL depends on Microsoft's href(.NET framework,http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/framework1_1/).

== platform ==

RDNZL currently only runs on Microsoft Windows.

== ad ==