Scene Builder embedding :fire: :fire: :fire:

[marl0rd]

This is a big topic. For now, we create:

• Connections. The way to connect to external devices.
• Devices: The object to manage the data from external devices.
• Tags: Selected data from devices to manipulate it and put it in a real context.

The next mileston is create the displays, so the user can create Human Machine Interfaces using the Dynamo library gauges that are already working.

Simple scope: Just one display in fine (no links to other displays).

Proposal Create another main tree item in the project tree called Displays and when someone double click it the App shows the embedded Scene Builder in the mainPane of the Skeleton. Sounds easy...

Steps

• [x] Create the Display class and add it to the TreeItem.
• [x] Add the behavior to open Scene Builder when the Display Tree Item is double click it.
• [x] Embed Scene Builder in eru.
• [x] Modify the Scene Builder to show the Dynamo gauges. This is kind simple because there is a way already in Scene Builder to add jar files that contains gauges and when the Dynamo Module is jared you can add it without problem.
• [ ] Link gauges to tags.
• [x] Test test and test.

Good luck

[marl0rd]

SceneBuilder is an open source project. Binaries for SceneBuilder are now available through Gluon. SceneBuilder was split into two parts:

SceneBuilderKit (a reusable framework) SceneBuilder (the actual SceneBuilder application, built using the framework). SceneBuilder source is currently still hosted as part of the JavaFX source repository (which is also open source). The current development version of SceneBuilder based upon Java 9 development efforts is located at:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjfx/9-dev/rt/file/tip/apps/scenebuilder Work was done on the SceneBuilder application itself so that it is able to be embedded into an IDE directly rather than needing to run as a stand-alone application (though it can also still run as a stand-alone application).

[marl0rd]

Here the repository: https://bitbucket.org/gluon-oss/scenebuilder

[marl0rd]

@gilbertojrequena There is something interesting. In My InteliiJ installation there is a jar file in :

/opt/idea/idea-IU-171.4249.39/plugins/javaFX/lib

Seems like IntelliJ use it to embed Scene Builder... Keep searching...

[gilbertojrequena]

Yes, I just addressed how IntelliJ uses it, I'm still digging into it :)

[marl0rd]

If you look inside the jar, it uses only the kit (as my second comment said). And IJ is not using the GLUON version, is using the oracle instead.

/opt/idea/idea-IU-171.4249.39/plugins/javaFX/lib/SceneBuilderKit-8.2.0.jar:

/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/kit/

[gilbertojrequena]

Actually they are using GLUON. As per https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/0be5219fa7f32612d6dec71845a12599d4940b15/platform/build-scripts/groovy/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/CommunityLibraryLicenses.groovy#L332

[marl0rd]

I am looking how the Scene Builder is open by itself using the kit here: https://bitbucket.org/gluon-oss/scenebuilder/src/6727faef1349b6ad603fe20a772b83d29d3c8c83/src/main/java/com/oracle/javafx/scenebuilder/app/SceneBuilderApp.java?at=default&fileviewer=file-view-default

[marl0rd]

Bassically:

public void performControlAction(ApplicationControlAction a, DocumentWindowController source) {
        switch (a) {
...
            case NEW_FILE:
                final DocumentWindowController newWindow = makeNewWindow();
                newWindow.loadWithDefaultContent();
                newWindow.openWindow();
                break;
...
            case OPEN_FILE:
                performOpenFile(source);
                break;
...
        }
    }

[marl0rd]

@gilbertojrequena : JetBrains/intellij-community is actually the whole IDE in open-source?????

[gilbertojrequena]

Just the community version

[gilbertojrequena]

Implementation finished with https://github.com/eru-scada/eru/commit/4a37b6179675b3b1e3dc645dad5ea3d33792ee28

[gilbertojrequena]

Linking components with tags will be covered with another issue.