Ben: OK...this is good. Now I'm seeing some of the choices here. I'll take a more in depth look at the types of JDialog panels that I can create.
Thanks, Marc J. Marc Edwards Lead Architect - Semiconductor Design Portals Nimbis Services, Inc. Skype: (919) 747-3775 Cell: (919) 345-1021 Fax: (919) 882-8602 marc.edwa...@nimbisservices.com www.nimbisservices.com On 10/04/2011 05:02 PM, ben leinfelder wrote: > Marc -- > You might also look at the Python Actor examples we have -- these can be used > to display JDialogs (etc) in Kepler to gather user input. It doesn't take too > much coding to use what we already have in the tutorial examples for your own > needs (see PythonDialogExample.xml). > -ben > > On Oct 4, 2011, at 1:47 PM, J. Marc Edwards wrote: > >> Matt: >> >> OK...the BrowserUI looks like an interesting actor option for my workflow. >> It would be nice to be able to "search" workflow *.kar files to determine if >> a workflow used a specific actor, in this case, a BrowserUI actor. >> >> I'd like to take a look at some workflows that use this actor. >> >> Do you also have a contact at SDSC with whom I may interact on this query? >> >> Kind regards, Marc >> J. Marc Edwards >> Lead Architect - Semiconductor Design Portals >> Nimbis Services, Inc. >> Skype: (919) 747-3775 >> Cell: (919) 345-1021 >> Fax: (919) 882-8602 >> marc.edwa...@nimbisservices.com >> www.nimbisservices.com >> >> >> On 10/04/2011 02:10 PM, Matt Jones wrote: >>> I believe that the folks at SDSC created the BrowserUI actor for just this >>> purpose -- you write an HTML page containing the input questions you want, >>> configure the BrowserUI to display it at the right point in the workflow, >>> and then gather the output from the configured ports. Ilkay probably has >>> examples of its use. >>> >>> It would nice to have a Java-based survey actor of some sort with an >>> extensible dialog, but I don't think anyone has built one yet. I could >>> imagine a nice utility that let you configure the output you want, and for >>> each output configure a set of prompts and choose widgets for display, and >>> then get back the output on the ports. This would be a more seamless >>> version of what BrowserUI does without the external browser and without >>> having to write HTML. Any takers who would want to create such an actor? >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:57 AM, J. Marc Edwards >>> <marc.edwa...@nimbisservices.com> wrote: >>> Chris: >>> >>> What I am thinking of is this... >>> >>> I would like for a user to run a workflow "as is" with no modification. As >>> the workflow begins execution, a graphical window pops up, prompting the >>> user with a suite of fields that the user can then input text data into. >>> The workflow can then process the user input, check it for validity, >>> perhaps then re-prompt the user to correct their input. There would be >>> options where the GUI can check for certain files and use that as input to >>> the user fields or write out those files based upon the user input fields. >>> >>> I want to use this as a means for users to configure user parameters for >>> external applications: >>> >>> ...have a set of default parameters. >>> ...have the the user input their own customer parameters for the >>> external application. >>> ...write out a parameter configuration file that can be used on >>> subsequent runs of the external application. >>> ...would like to have 8-10 configuration files that could be selected >>> from the GUI OR to run the workflow with a specific parameter configuration >>> file. >>> >>> Regards, Marc >>> >>> J. Marc Edwards >>> Lead Architect - Semiconductor Design Portals >>> Nimbis Services, Inc. >>> Skype: (919) 747-3775 >>> Cell: (919) 345-1021 >>> Fax: (919) 882-8602 >>> marc.edwa...@nimbisservices.com >>> www.nimbisservices.com >>> >>> >>> On 10/04/2011 11:33 AM, Christopher Brooks wrote: >>>> Hi Marc, >>>> In Kepler, the "Convert URL to Image" actor is >>>> ptolemy.actor.lib.image.URLToImage: >>>> "The ConvertURLToImage actor reads the URL or path of an image and outputs >>>> the image in a form that can be used by other actors (an image token)." >>>> >>>> Ptolemy includes interfaces to Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) and Java Media >>>> Framework (JMF). >>>> There was some work done with OpenCV, but it likely only present in the >>>> Ptolemy tree. >>>> >>>> As an aside, the Plotter has a facility where the user can draw a dataset. >>>> In theory, that facility could be >>>> used in an actor to allow the user to draw the dataset and then output the >>>> data. >>>> >>>> Ptolemy can also use the locations of actors in the window as input. We >>>> use this with the wireless model of >>>> computation to indicate how far apart wireless nodes are. >>>> >>>> What sort of graphical input did you have in mind? >>>> >>>> _Christopher >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/4/11 8:25 AM, J. Marc Edwards wrote: >>>>> All: >>>>> >>>>> I am curious if any graphical input actors that have been developed. I >>>>> would like to have a graphical actor that I could customize for a variety >>>>> of input from a workflow user. >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, Marc >>>>> -- >>>>> J. 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