Breeze Runtime Demo

Breeze Runtime Demo is a sample application provided with Breeze that acts as a third-party client to the Breeze Runtime. Use it to get acquainted with the Runtime API. The app has a list of buttons that triggers corresponding Runtime API calls and console that shows the commands and their replies, as well as any objects identified by the workflow.

To get an overview, see Introduction to Breeze Runtime development.

About Breeze Runtime Demo

Start Breeze Runtime Demo from the Breeze program folder (typically C:\Program Files\Prediktera\Breeze\BreezeRuntimeDemo.exe).

Its main screen looks like this:

At the top of the Windows there are two tabs:

• Commands and Events - this tab shows a chronological list of:

  • commands issued to the Runtime (colored grey),

  • replies to commands (colored red) in JSON format.

  • events from the Runtime Event stream (colored white).

  • objects identified by the workflow from (colored green)

• Diagnostics - this tab can be used for advanced performance troubleshooting of a Runtime workflow. Learn more in Diagnostics.

To the right of the screen there is a list of buttons, each corresponding to a Runtime API function. Click on a button to trigger the corresponding command, and watch the results in the Commands and Events window.

Learn details about the Runtime API inDevelopers reference guide.

Using Runtime Demo

Use the Runtime Demo application to get acquainted with the Breeze Runtime API with the goal of writing a third party application that is using it.

As noted above, Runtime Demo shows commands, replies, events and objects, but it does not show a graphical visualization of the data from the camera. To do this you can use the Breeze Client Breeze Clientat the same time as Runtime Demo. You then issue commands in Runtime Demo, and watch the results in its commands and events Windows, and look at the live data stream in Breeze Client.

Runtime Demo shows the commands and replies, but to see exactly what the Runtime does, you can consult the Runtime log file at the same time. Learn more in Breeze log files and troubleshooting.