[kepler-dev] Could not get alternate top pack, how do I save something as a KAR

[Christopher Brooks]

Hi Derik,
Thanks for the quick response and explanation about KeplerData.

I get the "Could not get alternate top pack" message under
Windows Server 2003 with a clean checkout and build.

_Christopher


On 1/14/10 1:45 PM, Derik Barseghian wrote:
> Hi Christopher,
>
> I just noticed the "Could not get alternate top pack" message as well.
> Linux throws errors when you click on the menu items, but the mac
> doesn't, so I'm not sure for how long this been a problem.
>
> ant clean-all doesn't remove ~/KeplerData. The idea is that KeperData
> stores persistant data, and .kepler is now just for temporary files.
>
> Derik
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Christopher Brooks wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to work on
>> Bug 4194 - Kepler should have the Continous and Modal domains
>> and I want to create some KAR files for the Continuous Director
>> and the Continuous actors.
>>
>> For example, the Continuous Director is
>> ptolemy.domains.continuous.kernel.ContinuousDirector
>> I can instantiate that Director using "Graph -> Instantiate Actor"
>> However, I don't have any menus that deal with KARs, such
>> as "Save As Kar"
>>
>> I just did a clean build and I see that I'm getting the following
>> log message:
>> [run] Could not get the alternate top pack class
>> "org.kepler.gui.KeplerMenuHandler" named in the configuration by the
>> _alternateTopPackClass attribute: null
>> [run] Please check your configuration and try again. Using the default
>> Top pack().
>>
>> Why can't I get the alternate top pack class? What's the exception?
>> How do I check my configuration? I have a configuration, I just did
>> a clean build.
>> A better error message would help here.
>>
>> Also, is "ant clean-all" removing ~/KeplerData? Perhaps it should?
>> ant clean-all removes ~/.kepler
>>
>>
>> _Christopher
>>
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Christopher Brooks, PMP                       University of California
CHESS Executive Director                      US Mail: 337 Cory Hall
Programmer/Analyst CHESS/Ptolemy/Trust        Berkeley, CA 94720-1774
ph: 510.643.9841 fax:510.642.2718	      (Office: 545Q Cory)
home: (F-Tu) 707.665.0131 cell: 707.332.0670