Develop your own Digital Signage application

Another benefit of becoming an Enterprise user is the ability to access the rich Application Program Interface. With the API Enterprise users can develop a custom application that provides a different user experience. The API will access the same backend server API as our SignageStudio. This means that if you like to design functionality that behaves differently, you have full control to do just that.

And if this wasn’t enough, MediaSignage created a demo working application called MonsterSignage. With MonsterSignage you will experience first hand what can be done using the API. The MonsterSignage application allows you to create Ad packages, add / remove resource, do live snapshots and a lot more; and the best part is that we give you the source code for FREE. So you have the option to use the application as is, branded with your own information, or subclass the application and customize it.

The API uses SOAP based web services so you can develop in any programming language including C++, C#, JavaScript, PHP, Pearl, TCL/TK and others. But if you are looking for the most flexible and powerful development environment to date, we recommend you use  Adobe® Flash® / Flex Builder™ and ActionScript 3. In fact our MonsterSignage application was developed in Adobe® Flash® Builder™ and so we provide a working project that you can import and get up and running in seconds.

Flash® / Flex Builder™ is a highly productive, open source framework for building expressive mobile, web, and desktop applications. It allows you to build web and mobile applications that share a common code base, reducing the time and cost of application creation and longer term maintenance. While Flex applications can be built using only the free Flex SDK, Adobe® Flash® Builder™ software can accelerate development through features like intelligent code editing, step-through debugging, memory and performance profilers, and visual design.

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