14 files changed, 239 insertions, 1010 deletions

diff --git a/rotord/src/graph.cpp b/rotord/src/graph.cpp
index f54b18c..313df2a 100644
--- a/rotord/src/graph.cpp
+++ b/rotord/src/graph.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 using namespace Rotor;
 using Poco::Logger;
 
-const string Graph::toString(){
+const string Graph::graphToString(){
 	string xmlgraph;
 	if (loaded) {
 		xml.copyXmlToString(xmlgraph);
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bool Graph::preview(xmlIO &XML,string &node,string &_format,int frame,int w,int
 	if (nodes.find(node)!=nodes.end()){
 		float t=frame/framerate;
 		XML.addTag("preview");
-		XML.addAttribute("preview","frame",ofToString(frame),0);
+		XML.addAttribute("preview","frame",toString(frame),0);
 		XML.addAttribute("preview","nodeID",node,0);
 		XML.pushTag("preview");
 		if (dynamic_cast<Signal_node*>(nodes[node])){
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ bool Graph::video_render(const string &output_filename,const float framerate) {
 
 
 				Logger& logger = Logger::get("Rotor");
-				logger.information("Video_output rendering "+output_filename+": "+ofToString(duration)+" seconds at "+ofToString(framerate)+" fps, audio frame size: "+ofToString(exporter.get_audio_framesize()));
+				logger.information("Video_output rendering "+output_filename+": "+toString(duration)+" seconds at "+toString(framerate)+" fps, audio frame size: "+toString(exporter.get_audio_framesize()));
 				//25fps video and 43.06640625fps audio? hmm
 				//how to get the timecodes correct for the interleaved files
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ bool Graph::video_render(const string &output_filename,const float framerate) {
 				    //does audioloader output interleaved samples?
 				    samples_in_frame=(audioloader.codecContext->sample_rate)/framerate;
 				    string whether=usingaudio?"Loading":"Cannot load";
-				    logger.information(whether+" audio file: "+audio_filename+", each frame contains "+ofToString(samples_in_frame)+" samples at "+ofToString(audioloader.codecContext->sample_rate)+" hz");
+				    logger.information(whether+" audio file: "+audio_filename+", each frame contains "+toString(samples_in_frame)+" samples at "+toString(audioloader.codecContext->sample_rate)+" hz");
 				    audioframe=new uint16_t[(samples_in_frame+exporter.get_audio_framesize())*audioloader.codecContext->channels];
 				}
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ bool Graph::video_render(const string &output_filename,const float framerate) {
 
 			    float mtime = ((end.tv_sec-start.tv_sec) + (end.tv_usec-start.tv_usec)/1000000.0) + 0.5;
 
-				logger.information("Video_output: rendered "+output_filename+": in "+ofToString(mtime)+" seconds");
+				logger.information("Video_output: rendered "+output_filename+": in "+toString(mtime)+" seconds");
 
 				if (usingaudio) {
 					audioloader.close();
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ bool Graph::parseXml(string media_path){
 								string parameter=xml.getAttribute("parameter","name","",i4);
 								if (nodes[nodeID]->parameters.find(parameter)!=nodes[nodeID]->parameters.end()) {
 									string val=xml.getAttribute("parameter","value","",i4);
-									if (val!="") nodes[nodeID]->parameters.find(parameter)->second->value=ofToFloat(val);
+									if (val!="") nodes[nodeID]->parameters.find(parameter)->second->value=toFloat(val);
 									string fromID=xml.getAttribute("parameter","from","",i4);
 									if (nodes.find(fromID)!=nodes.end()) {
 										if (!nodes[nodeID]->parameters[parameter]->connect(nodes[fromID])){
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ bool Graph::parseXml(string media_path){
 								string parameter=xml.getAttribute("parameter_input","name","",i4);
 								if (nodes[nodeID]->parameters.find(parameter)!=nodes[nodeID]->parameters.end()) {
 									string val=xml.getAttribute("parameter_input","value","",i4);
-									if (val!="") nodes[nodeID]->parameters.find(parameter)->second->value=ofToFloat(val);
+									if (val!="") nodes[nodeID]->parameters.find(parameter)->second->value=toFloat(val);
 									string fromID=xml.getAttribute("parameter_input","from","",i4);
 									if (nodes.find(fromID)!=nodes.end()) {
 										if (!nodes[nodeID]->parameters[parameter]->connect(nodes[fromID])){
diff --git a/rotord/src/graph.h b/rotord/src/graph.h
index df6564d..231d784 100644
--- a/rotord/src/graph.h
+++ b/rotord/src/graph.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace Rotor {
 			bool loaded;
 			float duration;
 			float framerate;
-			const string toString();
+			const string graphToString();
 			xmlIO xml;
 			bool audio_loaded;
 			string audio_filename;
diff --git a/rotord/src/nodes_audio_analysis.cpp b/rotord/src/nodes_audio_analysis.cpp
index c997cae..74b0574 100644
--- a/rotord/src/nodes_audio_analysis.cpp
+++ b/rotord/src/nodes_audio_analysis.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Rotor{
 		string vdata;
 		for (int i=0;i<width;i++){
 			if (i>0) vdata+=",";
-			vdata+=ofToString(vectordata[i]);
+			vdata+=toString(vectordata[i]);
 		}
 		XML.addValue("data",vdata);
 	}
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace Rotor{
 	string Vamp_node::get_features(){
 		string data;
 		for (auto i: analyser.features) {
-			data=data+" ["+ofToString(i.second.number)+":"+ofToString(i.first);
+			data=data+" ["+toString(i.second.number)+":"+toString(i.first);
 			if (i.second.values.size()) {
 				data+=" (";
 				bool first=true;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ namespace Rotor{
 						first=false;
 					}
 					else data+=",";
-					data=data+ofToString(j);
+					data=data+toString(j);
 				}
 				data+=") ";
 			}	
diff --git a/rotord/src/nodes_drawing.h b/rotord/src/nodes_drawing.h
index 370c0fb..34a2679 100644
--- a/rotord/src/nodes_drawing.h
+++ b/rotord/src/nodes_drawing.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Rotor {
 			void vector_output(cairo_t * cr,const Frame_spec &frame){
 				string text;
 				if (parameters["number"]->value>-99999998.0f){
-					text=ofToString(parameters["number"]->value,4);
+					text=toString(parameters["number"]->value,4);
 				}
 				else text=attributes["text"]->value;
 				cairo_text_extents_t te;
diff --git a/rotord/src/ofUtils.cpp b/rotord/src/ofUtils.cpp
deleted file mode 100755
index 7d7d9cc..0000000
--- a/rotord/src/ofUtils.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,745 +0,0 @@
-#include "ofUtils.h"
-//#include "ofImage.h"
-//#include "ofTypes.h"
-//#include "ofGraphics.h"
-//#include "ofAppRunner.h"
-
-#include "Poco/String.h"
-#include "Poco/LocalDateTime.h"
-#include "Poco/DateTimeFormatter.h"
-
-#include <cctype> // for toupper
-
-
-
-/*
-#ifdef TARGET_WIN32
-    #ifndef _MSC_VER
-        #include <unistd.h> // this if for MINGW / _getcwd
-	#include <sys/param.h> // for MAXPATHLEN
-    #endif
-#endif
-
-
-#if defined(TARGET_OF_IPHONE) || defined(TARGET_OSX ) || defined(TARGET_LINUX)
-	#include <sys/time.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifdef TARGET_OSX
-	#ifndef TARGET_OF_IPHONE
-		#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
-		#include <sys/param.h> // for MAXPATHLEN
-	#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifdef TARGET_WIN32
-    #include <mmsystem.h>
-	#ifdef _MSC_VER
-		#include <direct.h>
-	#endif
-
-#endif
-*/
-
-#ifndef MAXPATHLEN
-	#define MAXPATHLEN 1024
-#endif
-
-
-static bool enableDataPath = true;
-//static unsigned long startTime = ofGetSystemTime();   //  better at the first frame ?? (currently, there is some delay from static init, to running.
-//static unsigned long startTimeMicros = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();
-
-/*
-//--------------------------------------
-unsigned long ofGetElapsedTimeMillis(){
-	return ofGetSystemTime() - startTime;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------
-unsigned long ofGetElapsedTimeMicros(){
-	return ofGetSystemTimeMicros() - startTimeMicros;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------
-float ofGetElapsedTimef(){
-	return ofGetElapsedTimeMicros() / 1000000.0f;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------
-void ofResetElapsedTimeCounter(){
-	startTime = ofGetSystemTime();
-	startTimeMicros = ofGetSystemTimeMicros();
-}
-*/
-//=======================================
-// this is from freeglut, and used internally:
-/* Platform-dependent time in milliseconds, as an unsigned 32-bit integer.
- * This value wraps every 49.7 days, but integer overflows cancel
- * when subtracting an initial start time, unless the total time exceeds
- * 32-bit, where the GLUT API return value is also overflowed.
- */
-/*
-unsigned long ofGetSystemTime( ) {
-	#ifndef TARGET_WIN32
-		struct timeval now;
-		gettimeofday( &now, NULL );
-		return now.tv_usec/1000 + now.tv_sec*1000;
-	#else
-		#if defined(_WIN32_WCE)
-			return GetTickCount();
-		#else
-			return timeGetTime();
-		#endif
-	#endif
-}
-*/
-
-/*
-unsigned long ofGetSystemTimeMicros( ) {
-	#ifndef TARGET_WIN32
-		struct timeval now;
-		gettimeofday( &now, NULL );
-		return now.tv_usec + now.tv_sec*1000000;
-	#else
-		#if defined(_WIN32_WCE)
-			return GetTickCount()*1000;
-		#else
-			return timeGetTime()*1000;
-		#endif
-	#endif
-}
-*/
-//--------------------------------------------------
-unsigned int ofGetUnixTime(){
-	return (unsigned int)time(NULL);
-}
-
-//default ofGetTimestampString returns in this format: 2011-01-15-18-29-35-299
-//--------------------------------------------------
-string ofGetTimestampString(){
-	string timeFormat = "%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S-%i";
-	Poco::LocalDateTime now;
-	return Poco::DateTimeFormatter::format(now, timeFormat);
-}
-
-//specify the string format - eg: %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S-%i ( 2011-01-15-18-29-35-299 )
-//--------------------------------------------------
-string ofGetTimestampString(string timestampFormat){
-	Poco::LocalDateTime now;
-	return Poco::DateTimeFormatter::format(now, timestampFormat);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-int ofGetSeconds(){
-	time_t 	curr;
-	tm 		local;
-	time(&curr);
-	local	=*(localtime(&curr));
-	return local.tm_sec;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-int ofGetMinutes(){
-	time_t 	curr;
-	tm 		local;
-	time(&curr);
-	local	=*(localtime(&curr));
-	return local.tm_min;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-int ofGetHours(){
-	time_t 	curr;
-	tm 		local;
-	time(&curr);
-	local	=*(localtime(&curr));
-	return local.tm_hour;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-int ofGetYear(){
-  time_t    curr;
-  tm       local;
-  time(&curr);
-  local   =*(localtime(&curr));
-  int year = local.tm_year + 1900;
-  return year;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-int ofGetMonth(){
-  time_t    curr;
-  tm       local;
-  time(&curr);
-  local   =*(localtime(&curr));
-  int month = local.tm_mon + 1;
-  return month;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-int ofGetDay(){
-  time_t    curr;
-  tm       local;
-  time(&curr);
-  local   =*(localtime(&curr));
-  return local.tm_mday;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-int ofGetWeekday(){
-  time_t    curr;
-  tm       local;
-  time(&curr);
-  local   =*(localtime(&curr));
-  return local.tm_wday;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-void ofEnableDataPath(){
-	enableDataPath = true;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-void ofDisableDataPath(){
-	enableDataPath = false;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-//use ofSetDataPathRoot() to override this
-static string & dataPathRoot(){
-#if defined TARGET_OSX
-	static string * dataPathRoot = new string("../../../data/");
-#elif defined TARGET_ANDROID
-	static string * dataPathRoot = new string("sdcard/");
-#elif defined(TARGET_LINUX)
-	static string * dataPathRoot = new string(ofFilePath::join(ofFilePath::getCurrentExeDir(),  "data/"));
-#else
-	static string * dataPathRoot = new string("data/");
-#endif
-	return *dataPathRoot;
-}
-
-static bool & isDataPathSet(){
-	static bool * dataPathSet = new bool(false);
-	return * dataPathSet;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-void ofSetDataPathRoot(string newRoot){
-	string newPath = "";
-
-	#ifdef TARGET_OSX
-		#ifndef TARGET_OF_IPHONE
-			char path[MAXPATHLEN];
-			uint32_t size = sizeof(path);
-
-			if (_NSGetExecutablePath(path, &size) == 0){
-				//printf("executable path is %s\n", path);
-				string pathStr = string(path);
-
-				//theo: check this with having '/' as a character in a folder name - OSX treats the '/' as a ':'
-				//checked with spaces too!
-
-				vector < string> pathBrokenUp = ofSplitString( pathStr, "/");
-
-				newPath = "";
-
-				for(int i = 0; i < pathBrokenUp.size()-1; i++){
-					newPath += pathBrokenUp[i];
-					newPath += "/";
-				}
-
-				//cout << newPath << endl;   // some sanity checks here
-				//system( "pwd" );
-
-				chdir ( newPath.c_str() );
-				//system("pwd");
-			}else{
-				ofLog(OF_LOG_FATAL_ERROR, "buffer too small; need size %u\n", size);
-			}
-		#endif
-	#endif
-	
-	dataPathRoot() = newRoot;
-	isDataPathSet() = true;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-string ofToDataPath(string path, bool makeAbsolute){
-	
-	if (!isDataPathSet())
-		ofSetDataPathRoot(dataPathRoot());
-	
-	if( enableDataPath ){
-
-		//check if absolute path has been passed or if data path has already been applied
-		//do we want to check for C: D: etc ?? like  substr(1, 2) == ':' ??
-		if( path.length()==0 || (path.substr(0,1) != "/" &&  path.substr(1,1) != ":" &&  path.substr(0,dataPathRoot().length()) != dataPathRoot())){
-			path = dataPathRoot()+path;
-		}
-
-		if(makeAbsolute && (path.length()==0 || path.substr(0,1) != "/")){
-			/*
-			#if !defined( TARGET_OF_IPHONE) & !defined(TARGET_ANDROID)
-
-			#ifndef TARGET_WIN32
-				char currDir[1024];
-				path = "/"+path;
-                path = getcwd(currDir, 1024)+path;
-
-			#else
-
-				char currDir[1024];
-				path = "\\"+path;
-				path = _getcwd(currDir, 1024)+path;
-				std::replace( path.begin(), path.end(), '/', '\\' ); // fix any unixy paths...
-
-
-			#endif
-
-
-			#else
-				//do we need iphone specific code here?
-			#endif
-			*/
-		}
-
-	}
-	return path;
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-template <>
-string ofToHex(const string& value) {
-	ostringstream out;
-	// how many bytes are in the string
-	int numBytes = value.size();
-	for(int i = 0; i < numBytes; i++) {
-		// print each byte as a 2-character wide hex value
-		out << setfill('0') << setw(2) << hex << (unsigned int) ((unsigned char)value[i]);
-	}
-	return out.str();
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-string ofToHex(const char* value) {
-	// this function is necessary if you want to print a string
-	// using a syntax like ofToHex("test")
-	return ofToHex((string) value);
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-int ofToInt(const string& intString) {
-	int x = 0;
-	istringstream cur(intString);
-	cur >> x;
-	return x;
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-int ofHexToInt(const string& intHexString) {
-	int x = 0;
-	istringstream cur(intHexString);
-	cur >> hex >> x;
-	return x;
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-char ofHexToChar(const string& charHexString) {
-	int x = 0;
-	istringstream cur(charHexString);
-	cur >> hex >> x;
-	return (char) x;
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-float ofHexToFloat(const string& floatHexString) {
-	union intFloatUnion {
-		int x;
-		float f;
-	} myUnion;
-	myUnion.x = 0;
-	istringstream cur(floatHexString);
-	cur >> hex >> myUnion.x;
-	return myUnion.f;
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-string ofHexToString(const string& stringHexString) {
-	stringstream out;
-	stringstream stream(stringHexString);
-	// a hex string has two characters per byte
-	int numBytes = stringHexString.size() / 2;
-	for(int i = 0; i < numBytes; i++) {
-		string curByte;
-		// grab two characters from the hex string
-		stream >> setw(2) >> curByte;
-		// prepare to parse the two characters
-		stringstream curByteStream(curByte);
-		int cur = 0;
-		// parse the two characters as a hex-encoded int
-		curByteStream >> hex >> cur;
-		// add the int as a char to our output stream
-		out << (char) cur;
-	}
-	return out.str();
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-float ofToFloat(const string& floatString) {
-	float x = 0;
-	istringstream cur(floatString);
-	cur >> x;
-	return x;
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-bool ofToBool(const string& boolString) {
-	static const string trueString = "true";
-	static const string falseString = "false";
-	string lower = Poco::toLower(boolString);
-	if(lower == trueString) {
-		return true;
-	}
-	if(lower == falseString) {
-		return false;
-	}
-	bool x = false;
-	istringstream cur(lower);
-	cur >> x;
-	return x;
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-char ofToChar(const string& charString) {
-	char x = '\0';
-	istringstream cur(charString);
-	cur >> x;
-	return x;
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-template <> string ofToBinary(const string& value) {
-	stringstream out;
-	int numBytes = value.size();
-	for(int i = 0; i < numBytes; i++) {
-		bitset<8> bitBuffer(value[i]);
-		out << bitBuffer;
-	}
-	return out.str();
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-string ofToBinary(const char* value) {
-	// this function is necessary if you want to print a string
-	// using a syntax like ofToBinary("test")
-	return ofToBinary((string) value);
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-int ofBinaryToInt(const string& value) {
-	const int intSize = sizeof(int) * 8;
-	bitset<intSize> binaryString(value);
-	return (int) binaryString.to_ulong();
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-char ofBinaryToChar(const string& value) {
-	const int charSize = sizeof(char) * 8;
-	bitset<charSize> binaryString(value);
-	return (char) binaryString.to_ulong();
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------
-float ofBinaryToFloat(const string& value) {
-	const int floatSize = sizeof(float) * 8;
-	bitset<floatSize> binaryString(value);
-	union ulongFloatUnion {
-			unsigned long result;
-			float f;
-	} myUFUnion;
-	myUFUnion.result = binaryString.to_ulong();
-	return myUFUnion.f;
-}
-//----------------------------------------
-string ofBinaryToString(const string& value) {
-	ostringstream out;
-	stringstream stream(value);
-	bitset<8> byteString;
-	int numBytes = value.size() / 8;
-	for(int i = 0; i < numBytes; i++) {
-		stream >> byteString;
-		out << (char) byteString.to_ulong();
-	}
-	return out.str();
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-vector <string> ofSplitString(const string & source, const string & delimiter, bool ignoreEmpty, bool trim) {
-	vector<string> result;
-	if (delimiter.empty()) {
-		result.push_back(source);
-		return result;
-	}
-	string::const_iterator substart = source.begin(), subend;
-	while (true) {
-		subend = search(substart, source.end(), delimiter.begin(), delimiter.end());
-		string sub(substart, subend);
-		if(trim) {
-			Poco::trimInPlace(sub);
-		}
-		if (!ignoreEmpty || !sub.empty()) {
-			result.push_back(sub);
-		}
-		if (subend == source.end()) {
-			break;
-		}
-		substart = subend + delimiter.size();
-	}
-	return result;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-string ofJoinString(vector <string> stringElements, const string & delimiter){
-	string resultString = "";
-	int numElements = stringElements.size();
-
-	for(int k = 0; k < numElements; k++){
-		if( k < numElements-1 ){
-			resultString += stringElements[k] + delimiter;
-		} else {
-			resultString += stringElements[k];
-		}
-	}
-
-	return resultString;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-void ofStringReplace(string& input, string searchStr, string replaceStr){
-	size_t uPos = 0; 
-	size_t uFindLen = searchStr.length(); 
-	size_t uReplaceLen = replaceStr.length();
-		
-	if( uFindLen == 0 ){
-		return;
-	}
-
-	for( ;(uPos = input.find( searchStr, uPos )) != std::string::npos; ){
-		input.replace( uPos, uFindLen, replaceStr );
-		uPos += uReplaceLen;
-	}	
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-bool ofIsStringInString(string haystack, string needle){
-	return ( strstr(haystack.c_str(), needle.c_str() ) != NULL );
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-string ofToLower(const string & src){
-	string dst(src);
-	transform(src.begin(),src.end(),dst.begin(),::tolower);
-	return dst;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-string ofToUpper(const string & src){
-	string dst(src);
-	transform(src.begin(),src.end(),dst.begin(),::toupper);
-	return dst;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-string ofVAArgsToString(const char * format, ...){
-	// variadic args to string:
-	// http://www.codeproject.com/KB/string/string_format.aspx
-	static char aux_buffer[10000];
-	string retStr("");
-	if (NULL != format){
-
-		va_list marker;
-
-		// initialize variable arguments
-		va_start(marker, format);
-
-		// Get formatted string length adding one for NULL
-		size_t len = vsprintf(aux_buffer, format, marker) + 1;
-
-		// Reset variable arguments
-		va_end(marker);
-
-		if (len > 0)
-		{
-			va_list args;
-
-			// initialize variable arguments
-			va_start(args, format);
-
-			// Create a char vector to hold the formatted string.
-			vector<char> buffer(len, '\0');
-			vsprintf(&buffer[0], format, args);
-			retStr = &buffer[0];
-			va_end(args);
-		}
-
-	}
-	return retStr;
-}
-
-string ofVAArgsToString(const char * format, va_list args){
-	// variadic args to string:
-	// http://www.codeproject.com/KB/string/string_format.aspx
-	char aux_buffer[10000];
-	string retStr("");
-	if (NULL != format){
-
-		// Get formatted string length adding one for NULL
-		vsprintf(aux_buffer, format, args);
-		retStr = aux_buffer;
-
-	}
-	return retStr;
-}
-
-/*
-//--------------------------------------------------
-void ofLaunchBrowser(string url){
-
-	// http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224816
-    
-	//make sure it is a properly formatted url
-	if(Poco::icompare(url.substr(0,7), "http://") != 0 &&
-       Poco::icompare(url.substr(0,8), "https://") != 0) {
-		ofLog(OF_LOG_WARNING, "ofLaunchBrowser: url must begin http:// or https://");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	//----------------------------
-	#ifdef TARGET_WIN32
-	//----------------------------
-
-		#if (_MSC_VER)
-		// microsoft visual studio yaks about strings, wide chars, unicode, etc
-		ShellExecuteA(NULL, "open", url.c_str(),
-                NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
-		#else
-		ShellExecute(NULL, "open", url.c_str(),
-                NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
-		#endif
-
-	//----------------------------
-	#endif
-	//----------------------------
-
-	//--------------------------------------
-	#ifdef TARGET_OSX
-	//--------------------------------------
-		// ok gotta be a better way then this,
-		// this is what I found...
-		string commandStr = "open "+url;
-		system(commandStr.c_str());
-	//----------------------------
-	#endif
-	//----------------------------
-
-	//--------------------------------------
-	#ifdef TARGET_LINUX
-	//--------------------------------------
-		string commandStr = "xdg-open "+url;
-		int ret = system(commandStr.c_str());
-		if(ret!=0) ofLog(OF_LOG_ERROR,"ofLaunchBrowser: couldn't open browser");
-	//----------------------------
-	#endif
-	//----------------------------
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-string ofGetVersionInfo(){
-	string version;
-	stringstream sstr;
-	sstr << "of version: " << OF_VERSION << endl;
-	return sstr.str();
-}
-*/
-//---- new to 006
-//from the forums http://www.openframeworks.cc/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1413
-/*
-//--------------------------------------------------
-void ofSaveScreen(string filename) {
-   ofImage screen;
-   screen.allocate(ofGetWidth(), ofGetHeight(), OF_IMAGE_COLOR);
-   screen.grabScreen(0, 0, ofGetWidth(), ofGetHeight());
-   screen.saveImage(filename);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-void ofSaveViewport(string filename) {
-	// because ofSaveScreen doesn't related to viewports
-	ofImage screen;
-	ofRectangle view = ofGetCurrentViewport();
-	screen.allocate(view.width, view.height, OF_IMAGE_COLOR);
-	screen.grabScreen(0, 0, view.width, view.height);
-	screen.saveImage(filename);
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-int saveImageCounter = 0;
-void ofSaveFrame(bool bUseViewport){
-   string fileName = ofToString(saveImageCounter) + ".png";
-	if (bUseViewport){
-		ofSaveViewport(fileName);
-	} else {
-		ofSaveScreen(fileName);
-	}
-	saveImageCounter++;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-string ofSystem(string command){
-	FILE * ret = NULL;
-#ifdef TARGET_WIN32
-	 ret = _popen(command.c_str(),"r");
-#else 
-	ret = popen(command.c_str(),"r");
-#endif
-	
-	string strret;
-	char c;
-
-	if (ret == NULL){
-		ofLogError() << "ofSystem: error opening return file";
-	}else{
-		do {
-		      c = fgetc (ret);
-		      strret += c;
-		} while (c != EOF);
-		fclose (ret);
-	}
-
-	return strret;
-}
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-ofTargetPlatform ofGetTargetPlatform(){
-#ifdef TARGET_LINUX
-	if(ofSystem("uname -m").find("x86_64")==0)
-		return OF_TARGET_LINUX64;
-	else
-		return OF_TARGET_LINUX;
-#elif defined(TARGET_OSX)
-	return OF_TARGET_OSX;
-#elif defined(TARGET_WIN32)
-	#if (_MSC_VER)
-		return OF_TARGET_WINVS;
-	#else
-		return OF_TARGET_WINGCC;
-	#endif
-#elif defined(TARGET_ANDROID)
-	return OF_TARGET_ANDROID;
-#elif defined(TARGET_OF_IPHONE)
-	return OF_TARGET_IPHONE;
-#endif
-}
-*/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rotord/src/ofUtils.h b/rotord/src/ofUtils.h
deleted file mode 100755
index 0567e22..0000000
--- a/rotord/src/ofUtils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,223 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-//#include "ofConstants.h"
-
-
-// core: ---------------------------
-#include <cstdio>
-#include <cstdarg>
-#include <cmath>
-#include <ctime>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <string>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <vector>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <sstream>  //for ostringsream
-#include <iomanip>  //for setprecision
-#include <fstream>
-#include <algorithm>
-
-#include <bitset> // for ofToBinary
-
-
-
-
-//#include "ofLog.h"
-
-/*#ifdef TARGET_WIN32	 // for ofLaunchBrowser
-	#include <shellapi.h>
-#endif
-*/
-
-
-using namespace std;
-
-int 	ofNextPow2(int input);
-
-void	ofResetElapsedTimeCounter();		// this happens on the first frame
-float 	ofGetElapsedTimef();
-unsigned long ofGetElapsedTimeMillis();
-unsigned long ofGetElapsedTimeMicros();
-int 	ofGetFrameNum();
-
-int 	ofGetSeconds();
-int 	ofGetMinutes();
-int 	ofGetHours();
-
-//number of seconds since 1970
-unsigned int ofGetUnixTime();
-
-
-/*
-unsigned long ofGetSystemTime( );			// system time in milliseconds;
-unsigned long ofGetSystemTimeMicros( );			// system time in microseconds;
-
-		//returns 
-string ofGetTimestampString();
-string ofGetTimestampString(string timestampFormat);
-
-
-int     ofGetYear();
-int     ofGetMonth();
-int     ofGetDay();
-int     ofGetWeekday();
-
-void 	ofLaunchBrowser(string url);
-*/
-void	ofEnableDataPath();
-void	ofDisableDataPath();
-string 	ofToDataPath(string path, bool absolute=false);
-
-template<class T>
-void ofRandomize(vector<T>& values) {
-	random_shuffle(values.begin(), values.end());
-}
-
-template<class T, class BoolFunction>
-void ofRemove(vector<T>& values, BoolFunction shouldErase) {
-	values.erase(remove_if(values.begin(), values.end(), shouldErase), values.end());
-}
-
-template<class T>
-void ofSort(vector<T>& values) {
-	sort(values.begin(), values.end());
-}
-template<class T, class BoolFunction>
-void ofSort(vector<T>& values, BoolFunction compare) {
-	sort(values.begin(), values.end(), compare);
-}
-
-template <class T>
-unsigned int ofFind(const vector<T>& values, const T& target) {
-	return distance(values.begin(), find(values.begin(), values.end(), target));
-}
-
-template <class T>
-bool ofContains(const vector<T>& values, const T& target) {
-	return ofFind(values, target) != values.size();
-}
-
-//set the root path that ofToDataPath will use to search for files relative to the app
-//the path must have a trailing slash (/) !!!!
-void	ofSetDataPathRoot( string root );
-
-template <class T>
-string ofToString(const T& value){
-	ostringstream out;
-	out << value;
-	return out.str();
-}
-
-/// like sprintf "%4f" format, in this example precision=4
-template <class T>
-string ofToString(const T& value, int precision){
-	ostringstream out;
-	out << fixed << setprecision(precision) << value;
-	return out.str();
-}
-
-/// like sprintf "% 4d" or "% 4f" format, in this example width=4, fill=' '
-template <class T>
-string ofToString(const T& value, int width, char fill ){
-	ostringstream out;
-	out << fixed << setfill(fill) << setw(width) << value;
-	return out.str();
-}
-
-/// like sprintf "%04.2d" or "%04.2f" format, in this example precision=2, width=4, fill='0'
-template <class T>
-string ofToString(const T& value, int precision, int width, char fill ){
-	ostringstream out;
-	out << fixed << setfill(fill) << setw(width) << setprecision(precision) << value;
-	return out.str();
-}
-
-template<class T>
-string ofToString(const vector<T>& values) {
-	stringstream out;
-	int n = values.size();
-	out << "{";
-	if(n > 0) {
-		for(int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
-			out << values[i] << ", ";
-		}
-		out << values[n - 1];
-	}
-	out << "}";
-	return out.str();
-}
-
-template <class T>
-string ofToHex(const T& value) {
-	ostringstream out;
-	// pretend that the value is a bunch of bytes
-	unsigned char* valuePtr = (unsigned char*) &value;
-	// the number of bytes is determined by the datatype
-	int numBytes = sizeof(T);
-	// the bytes are stored backwards (least significant first)
-	for(int i = numBytes - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-		// print each byte out as a 2-character wide hex value
-		out << setfill('0') << setw(2) << hex << (int) valuePtr[i];
-	}
-	return out.str();
-}
-template <>
-string ofToHex(const string& value);
-string ofToHex(const char* value);
-
-int ofHexToInt(const string& intHexString);
-char ofHexToChar(const string& charHexString);
-float ofHexToFloat(const string& floatHexString);
-string ofHexToString(const string& stringHexString);
-
-int ofToInt(const string& intString);
-char ofToChar(const string& charString);
-float ofToFloat(const string& floatString);
-bool ofToBool(const string& boolString);
-
-template <class T>
-string ofToBinary(const T& value) {
-	ostringstream out;
-	const char* data = (const char*) &value;
-	// the number of bytes is determined by the datatype
-	int numBytes = sizeof(T);
-	// the bytes are stored backwards (least significant first)
-	for(int i = numBytes - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-		bitset<8> cur(data[i]);
-		out << cur;
-	}
-	return out.str();
-}
-template <>
-string ofToBinary(const string& value);
-string ofToBinary(const char* value);
-
-int ofBinaryToInt(const string& value);
-char ofBinaryToChar(const string& value);
-float ofBinaryToFloat(const string& value);
-string ofBinaryToString(const string& value);
-
-string 	ofGetVersionInfo();
-
-void	ofSaveScreen(string filename);
-void	ofSaveFrame(bool bUseViewport = false);
-void	ofSaveViewport(string filename);
-
-//--------------------------------------------------
-vector <string> ofSplitString(const string & source, const string & delimiter, bool ignoreEmpty = false, bool trim = false);
-string ofJoinString(vector <string> stringElements, const string & delimiter);
-void ofStringReplace(string& input, string searchStr, string replaceStr);
-bool ofIsStringInString(string haystack, string needle);
-
-string ofToLower(const string & src);
-string ofToUpper(const string & src);
-
-string ofVAArgsToString(const char * format, ...);
-string ofVAArgsToString(const char * format, va_list args);
-
-string ofSystem(string command);
-
-//ofTargetPlatform ofGetTargetPlatform();
-
-
diff --git a/rotord/src/rendercontext.cpp b/rotord/src/rendercontext.cpp
index d88bd68..8b4053f 100644
--- a/rotord/src/rendercontext.cpp
+++ b/rotord/src/rendercontext.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ void Render_context::session_command(const Session_command& command,xmlIO& XML,H
 				if (state!=RENDERING) {
 					Poco::StringTokenizer t1(command.body,",");
 					if (t1.count()>1){
-						int w=ofToInt(t1[0]);
-						int h=ofToInt(t1[1]);
+						int w=toInt(t1[0]);
+						int h=toInt(t1[1]);
 						if (graph.set_resolution(w,h)){
 							logger.information("resolution set to "+t1[0]+"x"+t1[1]);
 							XML.addValue("status","resolution set to "+t1[0]+"x"+t1[1]);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void Render_context::session_command(const Session_command& command,xmlIO& XML,H
 				status=HTTPResponse::HTTP_OK;
 				//XML.addValue("patchbay",graph.toString());
 				logger.information("Requested graph");
-				XML.loadFromBuffer(graph.toString());
+				XML.loadFromBuffer(graph.graphToString());
 			}
 			else {
 				logger.error("ERROR: graph not loaded: check XML");
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void Render_context::session_command(const Session_command& command,xmlIO& XML,H
 				//direct call for testing
 					float framerate=25.0f;
 					//if (command.size()>2) {
-					//	framerate=ofToFloat(command.id);
+					//	framerate=toFloat(command.id);
 					//}
 					string signal_xml;
 					if (false) { //graph.signal_render(signal_xml,framerate)){
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ void Render_context::session_command(const Session_command& command,xmlIO& XML,H
 					else {
 						status=HTTPResponse::HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;
 						logger.error("ERROR: Could not create preview");
-						XML.addValue("error","Could not preview node '"+preview_node+"', frame "+ofToString(frame)+" at "+ofToString(width)+"x"+ofToString(height));
+						XML.addValue("error","Could not preview node '"+preview_node+"', frame "+toString(frame)+" at "+toString(width)+"x"+toString(height));
 					}
 				}
 				else {
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void Render_context::session_command(const Session_command& command,xmlIO& XML,H
 			if(state==RENDERING){
 				status=HTTPResponse::HTTP_OK;
 				XML.addValue("status","Rendering video");
-				XML.addValue("progress",ofToString(graph.progress));
+				XML.addValue("progress",toString(graph.progress));
 			}
 			else {
 				logger.error("ERROR: Render progress requested but not rendering");
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void Render_context::session_command(const Session_command& command,xmlIO& XML,H
 			    if (state==IDLE) {
 						output_filename=output_dir+command.body;
 						if (command.body!="") {
-//							output_framerate=ofToFloat(command.body);
+//							output_framerate=toFloat(command.body);
 						}
 					    add_queue(Session_task(command.uid,RENDER));
 					    status=HTTPResponse::HTTP_OK;
diff --git a/rotord/src/rotor.cpp b/rotord/src/rotor.cpp
index 8905a6e..ee18dbd 100755
--- a/rotord/src/rotor.cpp
+++ b/rotord/src/rotor.cpp
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ bool Video_loader::load(const string &_filename){
     isLoaded=player.open(uri);
 	if (isLoaded){
 		logger.information("Video_loader loaded "+_filename+": "\
-			+ofToString(player.getNumberOfFrames())+" frames, "\
-			+ofToString(player.getFrameRate())+" fps, "\
-			+ofToString(player.getWidth())+"x"+ofToString(player.getHeight())\
-			+", channels:"+ofToString(player.getNumberOfChannels()));
+			+toString(player.getNumberOfFrames())+" frames, "\
+			+toString(player.getFrameRate())+" fps, "\
+			+toString(player.getWidth())+"x"+toString(player.getHeight())\
+			+", channels:"+toString(player.getNumberOfChannels()));
 		return true;
    	}
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Image* Video_loader::output(const Frame_spec &frame){
 		if (wanted!=lastframe){
 			if (!player.fetchFrame(frame.w,frame.h,wanted)) { //seek fail
 				Logger& logger = Logger::get("Rotor");
-				logger.error("Video_loader failed to seek frame "+ofToString(wanted)+" of "+attributes["filename"]->value);
+				logger.error("Video_loader failed to seek frame "+toString(wanted)+" of "+attributes["filename"]->value);
 
 				if (image.w>0) return &image; //just return the previous frame if possible
 				else return nullptr;
diff --git a/rotord/src/rotor.h b/rotord/src/rotor.h
index b504e5f..310809f 100755
--- a/rotord/src/rotor.h
+++ b/rotord/src/rotor.h
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ namespace Rotor {
 				b=(c&0xFF0000)>>16;
 			}
 			Colour(std::string s){
-				r=(uint8_t)ofHexToChar(s.substr(0,2));
-				g=(uint8_t)ofHexToChar(s.substr(2,2));
-				b=(uint8_t)ofHexToChar(s.substr(4,2));
+				r=(uint8_t)hexToChar(s.substr(0,2));
+				g=(uint8_t)hexToChar(s.substr(2,2));
+				b=(uint8_t)hexToChar(s.substr(4,2));
 			}
 			float Rfloat(){
 				return ((float)r)/255.0f;
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ namespace Rotor {
 			string title;
 			bool duplicate_inputs;
 			string find_setting(map<string,string> &settings,string key,string def=""){ if (settings.find(key)!=settings.end()) return settings[key]; else return def;};
-			float find_setting(map<string,string> &settings,string key,float def){ if (settings.find(key)!=settings.end()) return ofToFloat(settings[key]); else return def;};
-			int find_setting(map<string,string> &settings,string key,int def){ if (settings.find(key)!=settings.end()) return ofToInt(settings[key]); else return def;};
+			float find_setting(map<string,string> &settings,string key,float def){ if (settings.find(key)!=settings.end()) return toFloat(settings[key]); else return def;};
+			int find_setting(map<string,string> &settings,string key,int def){ if (settings.find(key)!=settings.end()) return toInt(settings[key]); else return def;};
 			void base_settings(map<string,string> &settings) {
 				description=find_setting(settings,"description");
 				type=find_setting(settings,"type");
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ namespace Rotor {
 				}
 			}
 			void set_parameter(const std::string &key,const std::string &value){
-				if (parameters.find(key)!=parameters.end())	parameters[key]->value=ofToFloat(value);
+				if (parameters.find(key)!=parameters.end())	parameters[key]->value=toFloat(value);
 			};
 		};
 	class Signal_node: public Node{
diff --git a/rotord/src/rotord.cpp b/rotord/src/rotord.cpp
index 51c21ab..cdc38fe 100755
--- a/rotord/src/rotord.cpp
+++ b/rotord/src/rotord.cpp
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ int RotorServer::main(const std::vector<std::string>& args){
 		}
 		else logger.information("settings.xml not found, using defaults");
 
-		logger.information("rotord running on port "+ofToString(port));
+		logger.information("rotord running on port "+toString(port));
 
 		port = (unsigned short) config().getInt("port", port); //override from command line
 
diff --git a/rotord/src/utils.cpp b/rotord/src/utils.cpp
index 9828124..cd12aa4 100644
--- a/rotord/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/rotord/src/utils.cpp
@@ -27,3 +27,114 @@ bool fgreater(const float u,const float v){
 	if (v-u>FLOAT_THRESHOLD) return true;
 	else return false;
 };
+
+//----------------------------------------
+template <>
+string toHex(const string& value) {
+	ostringstream out;
+	// how many bytes are in the string
+	int numBytes = value.size();
+	for(int i = 0; i < numBytes; i++) {
+		// print each byte as a 2-character wide hex value
+		out << setfill('0') << setw(2) << hex << (unsigned int) ((unsigned char)value[i]);
+	}
+	return out.str();
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------
+string toHex(const char* value) {
+	// this function is necessary if you want to print a string
+	// using a syntax like toHex("test")
+	return toHex((string) value);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------
+int toInt(const string& intString) {
+	int x = 0;
+	istringstream cur(intString);
+	cur >> x;
+	return x;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------
+int hexToInt(const string& intHexString) {
+	int x = 0;
+	istringstream cur(intHexString);
+	cur >> hex >> x;
+	return x;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------
+char hexToChar(const string& charHexString) {
+	int x = 0;
+	istringstream cur(charHexString);
+	cur >> hex >> x;
+	return (char) x;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------
+float hexToFloat(const string& floatHexString) {
+	union intFloatUnion {
+		int x;
+		float f;
+	} myUnion;
+	myUnion.x = 0;
+	istringstream cur(floatHexString);
+	cur >> hex >> myUnion.x;
+	return myUnion.f;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------
+string hexToString(const string& stringHexString) {
+	stringstream out;
+	stringstream stream(stringHexString);
+	// a hex string has two characters per byte
+	int numBytes = stringHexString.size() / 2;
+	for(int i = 0; i < numBytes; i++) {
+		string curByte;
+		// grab two characters from the hex string
+		stream >> setw(2) >> curByte;
+		// prepare to parse the two characters
+		stringstream curByteStream(curByte);
+		int cur = 0;
+		// parse the two characters as a hex-encoded int
+		curByteStream >> hex >> cur;
+		// add the int as a char to our output stream
+		out << (char) cur;
+	}
+	return out.str();
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------
+float toFloat(const string& floatString) {
+	float x = 0;
+	istringstream cur(floatString);
+	cur >> x;
+	return x;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------
+bool toBool(const string& boolString) {
+	static const string trueString = "true";
+	static const string falseString = "false";
+	string lower = Poco::toLower(boolString);
+	if(lower == trueString) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	if(lower == falseString) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	bool x = false;
+	istringstream cur(lower);
+	cur >> x;
+	return x;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------
+char toChar(const string& charString) {
+	char x = '\0';
+	istringstream cur(charString);
+	cur >> x;
+	return x;
+}
+
diff --git a/rotord/src/utils.h b/rotord/src/utils.h
index 3859afe..d9df488 100644
--- a/rotord/src/utils.h
+++ b/rotord/src/utils.h
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef ROTOR_utils_H
+#define ROTOR_utils_H
+
 #include <cmath>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <vector>
+#include <iomanip>
+
+#include "Poco/String.h"
 
 #define FLOAT_THRESHOLD .001f
 
@@ -8,3 +17,80 @@ bool fless_or_equal(const float u,const float v);
 bool fgreater_or_equal(const float u,const float v);
 bool fless(const float u,const float v);
 bool fgreater(const float u,const float v);
+
+
+template <class T>
+std::string toString(const T& value){
+	std::ostringstream out;
+	out << value;
+	return out.str();
+}
+
+/// like sprintf "%4f" format, in this example precision=4
+template <class T>
+std::string toString(const T& value, int precision){
+	std::ostringstream out;
+	out << std::fixed << std::setprecision(precision) << value;
+	return out.str();
+}
+
+/// like sprintf "% 4d" or "% 4f" format, in this example width=4, fill=' '
+template <class T>
+std::string toString(const T& value, int width, char fill ){
+	std::ostringstream out;
+	out << std::fixed << std::setfill(fill) << std::setw(width) << value;
+	return out.str();
+}
+
+/// like sprintf "%04.2d" or "%04.2f" format, in this example precision=2, width=4, fill='0'
+template <class T>
+std::string toString(const T& value, int precision, int width, char fill ){
+	std::ostringstream out;
+	out << std::fixed << std::setfill(fill) << std::setw(width) << std::setprecision(precision) << value;
+	return out.str();
+}
+
+template<class T>
+std::string toString(const std::vector<T>& values) {
+	std::stringstream out;
+	int n = values.size();
+	out << "{";
+	if(n > 0) {
+		for(int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
+			out << values[i] << ", ";
+		}
+		out << values[n - 1];
+	}
+	out << "}";
+	return out.str();
+}
+
+template <class T>
+std::string toHex(const T& value) {
+	std::ostringstream out;
+	// pretend that the value is a bunch of bytes
+	unsigned char* valuePtr = (unsigned char*) &value;
+	// the number of bytes is determined by the datatype
+	int numBytes = sizeof(T);
+	// the bytes are stored backwards (least significant first)
+	for(int i = numBytes - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		// print each byte out as a 2-character wide hex value
+		out << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << std::hex << (int) valuePtr[i];
+	}
+	return out.str();
+}
+template <>
+std::string toHex(const std::string& value);
+std::string toHex(const char* value);
+
+int hexToInt(const std::string& intHexstring);
+char hexToChar(const std::string& charHexString);
+float hexToFloat(const std::string& floatHexString);
+std::string hexToString(const std::string& stringHexString);
+
+int toInt(const std::string& intString);
+char toChar(const std::string& charString);
+float toFloat(const std::string& floatString);
+bool toBool(const std::string& boolString);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/rotord/src/xmlIO.cpp b/rotord/src/xmlIO.cpp
index 3a7ec61..f2abe27 100755
--- a/rotord/src/xmlIO.cpp
+++ b/rotord/src/xmlIO.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void xmlIO::clear(){
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 bool xmlIO::loadFile(const string& xmlFile){
 
-	//string fullXmlFile = ofToDataPath(xmlFile);
+	//string fullXmlFile = toDataPath(xmlFile);
 
 	bool loadOkay = doc.LoadFile(xmlFile);
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bool xmlIO::loadFile(const string& xmlFile){
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 bool xmlIO::saveFile(const string& xmlFile){
 
-	//string fullXmlFile = ofToDataPath(xmlFile);
+	//string fullXmlFile = toDataPath(xmlFile);
 	return doc.SaveFile(xmlFile);
 }
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void xmlIO::removeTag(const string& tag, int which){
 int xmlIO::getValue(const string& tag, int defaultValue, int which){
     TiXmlHandle valHandle(NULL);
 	if (readTag(tag, valHandle, which)){
-		return ofToInt(valHandle.ToText()->Value());
+		return toInt(valHandle.ToText()->Value());
 	}
 	return defaultValue;
 }
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ int xmlIO::getValue(const string& tag, int defaultValue, int which){
 double xmlIO::getValue(const string& tag, double defaultValue, int which){
     TiXmlHandle valHandle(NULL);
 	if (readTag(tag, valHandle, which)){
-		return ofToFloat(valHandle.ToText()->Value());
+		return toFloat(valHandle.ToText()->Value());
 	}
 	return defaultValue;
 }
@@ -361,13 +361,13 @@ int xmlIO::writeTag(const string&  tag, const string& valueStr, int which){
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 int xmlIO::setValue(const string& tag, int value, int which){
-	int tagID = writeTag(tag, ofToString(value).c_str(), which) -1;
+	int tagID = writeTag(tag, toString(value).c_str(), which) -1;
 	return tagID;
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 int xmlIO::setValue(const string& tag, double value, int which){
-	int tagID = writeTag(tag, ofToString(value).c_str(), which) -1;
+	int tagID = writeTag(tag, toString(value).c_str(), which) -1;
 	return tagID;
 }
 
@@ -379,13 +379,13 @@ int xmlIO::setValue(const string& tag, const string& value, int which){
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 int xmlIO::addValue(const string& tag, int value){
-	int tagID = writeTag(tag, ofToString(value).c_str(), -1) -1;
+	int tagID = writeTag(tag, toString(value).c_str(), -1) -1;
 	return tagID;
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 int xmlIO::addValue(const string&  tag, double value){
-	int tagID = writeTag(tag, ofToString(value).c_str(), -1) -1;
+	int tagID = writeTag(tag, toString(value).c_str(), -1) -1;
 	return tagID;
 }
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ int xmlIO::addTag(const string& tag){
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 int xmlIO::addAttribute(const string& tag, const string& attribute, int value, int which){
-	int tagID = writeAttribute(tag, attribute, ofToString(value).c_str(), which) -1;
+	int tagID = writeAttribute(tag, attribute, toString(value).c_str(), which) -1;
 	return tagID;
 }
 
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ int xmlIO::addAttribute(const string& tag, const string& attribute, int value){
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------
 int xmlIO::addAttribute(const string& tag, const string& attribute, double value, int which){
-	int tagID = writeAttribute(tag, attribute, ofToString(value).c_str(), which) -1;
+	int tagID = writeAttribute(tag, attribute, toString(value).c_str(), which) -1;
 	return tagID;
 }
 
diff --git a/rotord/src/xmlIO.h b/rotord/src/xmlIO.h
index 84db7ca..2048c8d 100755
--- a/rotord/src/xmlIO.h
+++ b/rotord/src/xmlIO.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <vector>
 #include "tinyxml.h"
-#include "ofUtils.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 using namespace std;