[kepler-users] rename actor in kar file

[Chris Weed]

Yes, I get a similar behavior.

Here is another bug:
You should try saving an actor with a forward slash in the name "/".
This causes it to create a folder in the in the MyWorkflow kar, and
messes up the name of the actor.
Chris

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Jianwu Wang <jianwu at sdsc.edu> wrote:
>  Hi Chris,
>
>    The difference I found between open from a kar file (File-->Open Archive)
> and open from MyWorflows folder in Kepler GUI is that: the former way will
> show the composite actor (say A) with correct input port but the latter way
> will show a composite actor (say B) without input port. I need to open this
> composite actor B to find the composite actor A with correct input port.
>
>    Also the name of B is weird. If the kar file is saved as 'Unamed1', the
> composite actor showed under 'Unamed1,kar' is shown as 'Unamed1'. But you
> drag and drop it to an empty canvas, its name becomes 'Unamed'. If the kar
> is saved as 'Unamed', everything looks normal. It looks the number at the
> end of the actor will be removed when dragging and dropping it.
>
>    My tests on Windows and Mac are the same. Do you get the same behavior?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Sincerely yours
>
> Jianwu Wang
> jianwu at sdsc.edu
> http://users.sdsc.edu/~jianwu/
>
> Assistant Project Scientist
> Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory
> San Diego Supercomputer Center
> University of California, San Diego
> San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
>
>
> On 8/16/2010 12:39 PM, Chris Weed wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jianwu,
>> 1. yes, I meant nondeterministic merge
>> 2. I just did the same test you did, and it works when opened from a
>> kar file, but not when I saved the kar file in the MyWorkflows
>> directory. You can see the kar file in the MyWorkflows folder in the
>> Kepler Gui and drag it into the Kepler desktop. When you do this the
>> input port is not a multi-port, anymore.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Chris
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Jianwu Wang<jianwu at sdsc.edu>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi Chris,
>>>
>>>    I can not reproduce this error. Would you please help me on the
>>> following
>>> questions? Thanks.
>>>
>>>    1, Do you mean 'Nondeterministic Merge' actor? I didn't find
>>> 'Deterministic Merge' in Kepler 2.0.
>>>    2, Where is the input port you can not save its attribute? The
>>> composite
>>> actor encapsulating the 'Nondeterministic Merge' actor?
>>>
>>>    I put a 'Nondeterministic Merge' actor into a composite actor, added a
>>> input port to the composite actor and configured it to be Multi-port,
>>> save
>>> the composite actor as a kar. When I opened the kar file, the input port
>>> was
>>> still Multi-port.
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Sincerely yours
>>>
>>> Jianwu Wang
>>> jianwu at sdsc.edu
>>> http://users.sdsc.edu/~jianwu/
>>>
>>> Assistant Project Scientist
>>> Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory
>>> San Diego Supercomputer Center
>>> University of California, San Diego
>>> San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/3/2010 1:31 PM, Chris Weed wrote:
>>>>
>>>> FYI, I just tried your suggestion about encapsulating the
>>>> "Deterministic Merge" actor in a composite actor,
>>>> but it wouldn't save the attribute for the input port to be a
>>>> multi-port. It would revert back to a single input port.
>>>> Seems to be a bug.
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Jianwu Wang<jianwu at sdsc.edu>    wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>>
>>>>>     I find the same behavior here. I'm not sure what's the reason of
>>>>> it.
>>>>> Maybe others can point it out.
>>>>>
>>>>>     An alternative workaround way is to put your actor into a composite
>>>>> actor. Then rename the composite actor and save it in MyWorkflows
>>>>> directory.
>>>>> You should be able to search the actor with its new name.
>>>>>
>>>>>     About comma in kar files, I think it is a convention.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely yours
>>>>>
>>>>> Jianwu Wang
>>>>> jianwu at sdsc.edu
>>>>> http://users.sdsc.edu/~jianwu/
>>>>>
>>>>> Assistant Project Scientist
>>>>> Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory
>>>>> San Diego Supercomputer Center
>>>>> University of California, San Diego
>>>>> San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/20/2010 12:31 PM, chrisweed at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I am trying to save an actor with a different name, but it doesn't seem
>>>>> to
>>>>> get saved correctly in the kar file.
>>>>> I drag "Nondeterministic Merge" into my workflow, rename it PN Merge,
>>>>> and
>>>>> save it in a kar file "PN Merge.kar".
>>>>> Then when I go to the MyWorkflows directory, I see "PN Merge,kar" with
>>>>> an
>>>>> actor named "Nondeterministic Merge" and not "PN Merge".
>>>>> By the way, I also find it strange that it uses a comma in the kar file
>>>>> name
>>>>> instead of a period.
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
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