[taurusgui] how to include a JDraw synoptic

[PhilLAL]

Hello, following the doc, I understood it is possible to include a panel which is a JDraw application already developped. I tried to include this JDraw with "Add Panel" selecting Widget Type=TaurusJDrawSynopticsView but I do not have anywhere to add my JDraw location.

However, it seems to work when adding this synoptic using taurusgui --new-gui and selecting JDW synoptic file. How can we add a JDraw synoptic into an existing TaurusGui?

[cpascual]

There is no current way of doing it while the application is launched, but you can use the "new gui wizard" to edit an existing TaurusGui:

For example:

• create a new gui with taurusgui --new-gui and use the /tmp/foo dir as its project dir (first input of the wizard). Let the wizard finish and check that the gui exists and works.
• Now, to edit it, call again taurusgui --new-gui and select again /tmp/foo dir as the project dir. You will be asked if you want to edit the existing GUI. Say yes and you can modify the GUI (including adding/removing synoptics). Note that no changes will be saved unless you accept in the last page of the wizard.

PS: while testing this for this reply, I discovered that #477 introduced a regression that prevents to edit existing GUIs (a fix has been proposed in #532)

[PhilLAL]

Thank you for this explanation. I understand the "Add panel" into the Gui does not allow to add a Widget Type=TaurusJDrawSynopticsView

Then, perhaps would it be more clear to comment the code making this widget appearing into the "Add panel" window? It could be uncommented when adding a Synoptic will be possible after the creation. Isn'it ?

[cpascual]

Actually, I just checked and it is indeed possible to set the file from the Add Panel dialog:

You just need to click on "Advanced Settings" and enter the (absolute path) name of the .jdw file in the "model" box.

Note however that this is slightly different from adding the synoptic with the --new-gui wizard:

• the wizard will also create a button for the synoptic in the toolbar
• the wizard will automatically register the synoptic as reader and writer of the instrument changed shared data (you too can do this manually in the advance settings of the "add panel" dialog)

So, I am removing the "bug" label and closing this as an answered question.

[PhilLAL]

Thank you, it works! (I'll see later for manual adding reader/writer registration of the jdraw panel) Thus this procedure should be documented since it seems not straightforward that Model can be used to enter a JDW file (I understood from http://taurus-scada.org/en/latest/users/ui/modelchooser.html it is used for device/attributes).

[cpascual]

I understood from http://taurus-scada.org/en/latest/users/ui/modelchooser.html it is used for device/attributes).

Yes, but the Synoptic widget is "non standard" in that it (ab)uses the model API to set the name of the jdraw file... This should be done in a more standard way.

Thus this procedure should be documented

You are right... would you mind creating a PR? ;)

[PhilLAL]

Ok I will create a PR, I just wanted to be sure I did not misunderstood.