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Subject: RE: Help needed on adl to opi standalone converter
From: Mark Rivers <[email protected]>
To: "'Kasemir, Kay'" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 00:16:27 +0000
Hi Kay,

Wow, that was really fast, thanks so much.  That will be really helpful.  I should have asked for this a long time ago :-)

I have already tested it, and am able to control the simDetector and its plugins using CSS and the screens I just autoconverted with that tool.

Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kasemir, Kay [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 2:53 PM
> To: Mark Rivers; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Help needed on adl to opi standalone converter
> 
> Hi:
> 
> > ..converter for that runs within the CSS/BOY GUI.  In order to do the conversion one
> must copy the .adl files into the CSS Workspace,
> > ..I am hoping that someone who is proficient in Java could refactor that Java converter so
> that it can be run from the command line,
> 
> This has been implemented.
> If you get the latest version of CSS, for example basic-epics* from https://ics-
> web.sns.ornl.gov/css/nightly, you can call that with command line options to convert *adl
> files.
> Assume you have a directory `displays` with `*.adl` files:
> 
>   css  -nosplash -application org.csstudio.opibuilder.adl2boy.application displays/*.adl
> 
> This uses the Linux shell to expand the arguments.
> On Windows you might have to list the files one by one:
> 
>   css  -nosplash -application org.csstudio.opibuilder.adl2boy.application displays/file1.adl
> displays/file2.adl
> 
> > ..perhaps the converter could also have the option of creating .bob files as well as .opi
> files.
> The display builder reads *.opi files.
> Everything there is for automated conversion is already built-in,
> so there's no manual step necessary to convert *.opi into *.bob.
> If tweaks are necessary, that's usually because the original display was tightly packed and
> some pixel-based differences now matter.
> That has to be done by opening the *.opi in the display builder editor,
> adjust the widgets, then save (which will write in the *.bob format).
> 
> Thanks,
> Kay

References:
Help needed on adl to opi standalone converter Mark Rivers
Re: Help needed on adl to opi standalone converter Kasemir, Kay

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