[kepler-users] Are there any graphical INPUT actors in the community?

[J. Marc Edwards]

Chris:

What I am thinking of is this...

I would like for a user to run a workflow "as is" with no modification. 
As the workflow begins execution, a graphical window pops up, prompting
the user with a suite of fields that the user can then input text data
into.  The workflow can then process the user input, check it for
validity, perhaps then re-prompt the user to correct their input.  There
would be options where the GUI can check for certain files and use that
as input to the user fields or write out those files based upon the user
input fields.

I want to use this as a means for users to configure user parameters for
external applications:

     ...have a set of default parameters.
    ...have the the user input their own customer parameters for the
external application.
    ...write out a parameter configuration file that can be used on
subsequent runs of the external application.
    ...would like to have 8-10 configuration files that could be
selected from the GUI OR to run the workflow with a specific parameter
configuration file.

Regards, Marc

J. Marc Edwards
Lead Architect - Semiconductor Design Portals
Nimbis Services, Inc.
Skype: (919) 747-3775
Cell:  (919) 345-1021
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marc.edwards at nimbisservices.com
www.nimbisservices.com


On 10/04/2011 11:33 AM, Christopher Brooks wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> In Kepler, the "Convert URL to Image" actor is
> ptolemy.actor.lib.image.URLToImage:
> "The ConvertURLToImage actor reads the URL or path of an image and
> outputs the image in a form that can be used by other actors (an image
> token)."
>
> Ptolemy includes interfaces to Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) and Java
> Media Framework (JMF).
> There was some work done with OpenCV, but it likely only present in
> the Ptolemy tree.
>
> As an aside, the Plotter has a facility where the user can draw a
> dataset.  In theory, that facility could be
> used in an actor to allow the user to draw the dataset and then output
> the data.
>
> Ptolemy can also use the locations of actors in the window as input. 
> We use this with the wireless model of
> computation to indicate how far apart wireless nodes are.
>
> What sort of graphical input did you have in mind?
>
> _Christopher
>
>
>
> On 10/4/11 8:25 AM, J. Marc Edwards wrote:
>> All:
>>
>> I am curious if any graphical input actors that have been developed. 
>> I would like to have a graphical actor that I could customize for a
>> variety of input from a workflow user.
>>
>> Kind regards, Marc
>> -- 
>>
>> J. Marc Edwards
>> Lead Architect - Semiconductor Design Portals
>> Nimbis Services, Inc.
>> Skype: (919) 747-3775
>> Cell:  (919) 345-1021
>> Fax:   (919) 882-8602
>> marc.edwards at nimbisservices.com
>> www.nimbisservices.com
>>
>>
>>
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