[kepler-dev] new actor library format for ptII4?

[Chad Berkley]

Thanks Edward.  That fixed it.  That's a cool way to view the 
configuration too.  I had never played with the tree view before.

thanks again,
chad

Edward A Lee wrote:
> 
> The basic actor library was renamed...
> With "actor library" the actors are now in an entity called "Actors".
> 
> BTW: A useful trick is to open the configuration in vergil and select
> View->Tree View.  The default configuration is
> $PTII/ptolemy/configs/full/configuration.xml
> 
> You can view the whole structure of the configuration here...
> 
> Eventually, I would like to evolve this into a way to edit and create
> configurations, but we aren't there yet...
> 
> Edward
> 
> At 03:20 PM 7/13/2004 -0700, Chad Berkley wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> When adding a new actor to the actor library under PTII3, I used the 
>> following code:
>>
>> public NewActorWizardTableau(PtolemyEffigy container, String name)
>>     throws IllegalActionException, NameDuplicationException
>>   {
>>     super(container, name);
>>
>>     //create the wizard frame
>>     Effigy e = container.topEffigy();
>>     Container parent = e.showTableaux().getFrame();
>>
>>     Configuration c = (Configuration)e.toplevel();
>>
>>     actorLibrary = (CompositeEntity)c.getEntity("actor library");
>>
>>     CompositeEntity actorLibNest =
>>       (CompositeEntity)actorLibrary.getEntity("actor library");
>>
>>     CompositeEntity dynActor =
>>         (CompositeEntity)actorLibNest.getEntity("dynamicActor");
>>
>>      ....
>>    }
>>
>> I was basically starting eith the topEffigy of the container and 
>> working my way down the model to the actor library, then adding the 
>> actors to the appropriate object under actor library.  When we 
>> upgraded to PTII4, this stopped working.  Now, when I try to get the 
>> "actor library" submodel, all I see are Utilities and UserLibrary.  I 
>> used to be able to get to any of the Actors subtree as well.  Does 
>> anyone know if something changed in PTII4 that does not allow you to 
>> navigate this model anymore?  Is there now a better way to navigate 
>> through the model?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> chad
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> 
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