There are no mdf files for the modules in the dx library. Module
description files (mdf) are needed to make your custom outboard and
runtime-loadable modules available for use. Take a look at a
mdf file and you will see it defines the module name, category, input and
output. This is the information that is need within the VPE and a
configuration dialog box.
The Compute is extremely powerful, and it is often recommended that you
try using the Compute modules before building your own custom module. For
the expression line, you can enter multiple expressions separated by
semicolons and even assign values to variables. If you want more inputs,
either Edit->Input Tabs ->Add or ctrl-a. You should already be familar
with adding tabs to the Collect module. You can also rename the inputs
from "a" and "b" to variables with more meaning (eg., temp, radius, etc.).
You might also want to check out the Compute2 modules where expression can
be entered and selected from another tool.
Jeff
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Ching-Nien Chen wrote:
>
> Hi, all:
> How can I build expressions into a module without going
> through the c program as shown in the add.c example?
> I found the Compute module is quite nice that it has
> an area for entering 'expression'. But I cannot find
> the .mdf for it. How to build a similar one? (Compute
> seems to allow only two inputs, what if more?)
> For the same matter, are there individual mdf files
> for the dx lib?
> Thanks.
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