[kepler-users] CompositeActor WorkFlow

[Chad Berkley]

You can add kar lib directories in the config file 
kepler/configs/ptolemy/configs/kepler/basicKeplerLibrary.xml.  You'll 
see the two existing directories on lines 24 and 25.  Just add another 
one for the kar directory that you want to add.

Your custom actors will only get deleted from the library, as you 
describe, if the .kepler directory gets cleared.  When you use the "save 
to library" dialog, it does not put the kar file into the kar directory 
(and you should not put it there manually or the objectmanager will try 
to load it twice).

chad

Mohana Ramaratnam wrote:
> Hi Chad,
> 
> I want to create custom kar files and save them in a folder outside 
> $KEPLER/kar/ however, I want my kar files to be in the path so that when 
> I invoke ant run-dev. I have looked at build.xml and couldnt find where 
> the setting is made for the path to the kar folder. I notice that if i 
> run ant buildkarlib again, my custom kars get deleted.
> 
> The following is the steps that I take which leads me to above problem 
> (amybe there is another method that I am not aware of):
> 
> I create my custom actor. Execute ant buildkarlib and then make changes 
> to my actor and so after ant compile need to perform a ant buildkarlib 
> again.
> 
> Where should I look?
> 
> Thanks
> Mohana
> 
> Chad Berkley wrote:
> 
>> Hi Mohana,
>> Glad it worked.  The reason the new actor shows up in two places is 
>> because the code doesn't remove the existing semantic type when you 
>> tell it where in the tree you want it.  It probably should.  You're 
>> right that I actually mean CompositeActor.  Thanks for the clarification.
>>
>> chad
>>
>> Mohana Ramaratnam wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chad,
>>>
>>> Yes that helped, however, the first time that i saved my workflow as 
>>> a composite actor under a category, the new actor was visible only 
>>> under that category. When I restart kepler, the new actor seems to 
>>> appear under the category of my selection and as well as at the root 
>>> of the actor tree parallel to the CompositeActor.
>>>
>>> PS: I couldnt search of a TypedCompositeActor as you mentioned, 
>>> assumed you were referring to the CompositeActor.
>>>
>>> Mohana
>>>
>>> Chad Berkley wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Mohana,
>>>>
>>>> One way to do this is to open a blank workflow window, and drag 
>>>> TypedCompositeActor from the tree onto the new workflow window.  
>>>> Then right click on that actor and choose "open actor."  you should 
>>>> then have a workflow screen open that represents the contents of 
>>>> your new composite.  Then open your workflow, copy the contents of 
>>>> the workflow by hightlighting all the components and doing ctrl-c, 
>>>> then paste the contents into the window that represents the 
>>>> composite actor.  You should then have the contents of your workflow 
>>>> in a composite that you can save to the library (i.e. rt. click and 
>>>> choose "save to library" which will create a kar file for the 
>>>> composite and put it in the library tree).
>>>>
>>>> hope that helps.  let me know if you need more help.
>>>>
>>>> chad
>>>>
>>>> Mohana Ramaratnam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have created a workflow which I want to save as a composite actor 
>>>>> and then use it with the IterateOverArray actor 
>>>>> (ptolemy.actors.lib.hoc.IterateOverArray).
>>>>>
>>>>> I can instantiate the IterateOverArray as a component, but how do I 
>>>>> save the composite actor so that i can either instantiate it or 
>>>>> have it visible in the kepler ontology. .
>>>>>
>>>>> Mohana
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>>>>>
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