Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

John Sinclair <[email protected]> · Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:11:30 -0400

Hi Carl,

The "import exchange file" menu item is another example of a less than

useful option. Initially, the edm file format was a primitive collection

of ordered lines of text without the current tag-value semantics. At

that time, I was converting our existing control system from VSystem to

EPICS and had written a script to convert 95% of the proprietary VDraw

file contents to an exchange format to which this option refers. In

that the existing edl format is now superior to the exchange format, I

need to remove the option. But, darn it, there's sentimental value to

all this buzzard puss like when Vista Control Systems threatened to take

legal action because they were convinced I had stolen VDraw and

reincarnated it as edm (I sent them the source and they apologized, etc.).

I'll eradicate this menu item in a future version.

John

Carl Schumann wrote:

Hi,

Anybody particularly John Sinclair able to explain please what an

exchange/*.xch file is in the context of EDM?

Thanks,
Carl Schumann