[kepler-users] kepler parameters

[kianwee chen]

Thanks alot for the file it works !
ckw

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Christopher Brooks
<cxh at eecs.berkeley.edu>wrote:

>  Hi Kianwee,
> Yes, to add a parameter, right click on the FileParameter and select
> "Configure Attribute".
> Then select "Add".
> For the Name field, enter allowFiles or allowDirectories.
> For the Default value, enter true or false
> Then hit OK.
>
> You were pretty close in your solution, the issue is that true and false
> are booleans, 0 and 1 are integers.  Integers do not losslessly convert to
> booleans.
>
> To get a check box,  right click on the FileParameter and select "Configure
> Attribute"
> Then click on "Preferences"
> You can then click different styles for the attribute.  Checkbox is one
> such style.
>
> I've attached an xml file that has a simple model.  You will need to browse
> to a local file on your machine,
> the model probably has /Users/cxh hard coded into it.
>
> _Christopher
>
>
> On 10/24/11 8:17 PM, kianwee chen wrote:
>
> Thanks for the quick reply! I tried looking for the parameter you
> mentioned, "allowFiles" and "allowDirectories" but I cannot seem to find it
> on the FileParameter graphic interface. I right click on the file parameter
> and I can choose the configure attributes, I try to add the 2 parameters in
> ( although I cannot find a checkbox parameter option for the true false
> selection you mention below so I just gave it a 0 or 1 ) but it does not
> seems to be working. The file parameter still behave the same way
>
> thanks
> ckw
>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Edward A. Lee <eal at eecs.berkeley.edu>wrote:
>
>>
>> The documentation for FileParameter says:
>>
>> "If this attribute contains a parameter named allowFiles with value false,
>> then when a file browser is used to select a file, that file browser will be
>> set to not show files (only directories will be shown). If this attribute
>> contains a parameter named allowDirectories with value true, then the file
>> browser will permit the user to select directories (the default behavior is
>> that when a directory is selected, that directory is opened and its
>> contained files and directories are listed)."
>>
>> (I'm not sure about Kepler, but in Ptolemy, just drag in a FileParameter
>> from the Utilities menu, right click on it, and select Documentation.)
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by "list parameter." Can you cite a specific
>> example?
>>
>> Edward
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/24/11 3:22 AM, kianwee chen wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi everyone, I am trying to create a composite actor and trying to
>>> setup
>>> the parameters for the composite actor. Thus I have some question on
>>> adding parameters in composite actors.
>>>
>>> 1.) Directory parameter:
>>>
>>> -I would like to let the users specify a directory on the composite
>>> actor parameters interface, I know there is a file parameter but I need
>>> a directory parameter. How can I customise a directory parameter ?
>>>
>>> -I have a problem with relative path too, when I setup a file parameter
>>> it returns the string of the path relative to my current kepler file
>>> that is open. Is there a way to get the base file path ? Something like
>>> $CWD, but instead the file path of my currently open file ?
>>>
>>>
>>> 2.) List Parameter:
>>> - I have seen some actor have List parameters how do I customise one for
>>> my composite actor too ?
>>>
>>> Thanks alot !!
>>> ckw
>>>
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