This tutorial covers the complete Tools Demo, except for
the PID Emulator and Monitor programs, which were discussed in
Part II, “Tutorial One”. The complete source code
files for the Tools Demo are shown in Chapter 3, View the Code.
Table of Contents
9. Common Functions for Any Program (in
lib/common.g)- 9.1. Requiring OS-Specific Libraries -
lib_require
- 9.2. Starting Programs -
program_startup
- 9.3. Starting qserve and
nserve -
start_qnserves
- 9.4. Control Button Functionality - start_stop
- 9.5. Start a Process - start_process,
find_on_path
- 9.6. Handling Terminated Processes -
child_died
- 9.7. Kill a Child Process -
kill_child
- 9.8. Stop Processes - stop_processes
- 9.9. Sending Messages - send_message,
started_died_hook
10. Abstracted Functions- 10.1. Linux or QNX (in lib/linux.g,
lib/qnx.g)
- 10.1.1. System Calls -
anyos_system
- 10.1.2. Showing Help -
anyos_help
- 10.2. Linux, QNX 4, or QNX 6 (in lib/linux.g,
lib/qnx4.g,
lib/qnx6.g)
- 10.2.1. Process Termination -
anyos_find_process
- 10.2.2. Reassigning Strings -
anyos_assign
- 10.3. QNX 4 or QNX 6 (in lib/qnx4.g,
lib/qnx6.g)
- 10.3.1. Loading Extra Libraries for QNX 4 -
anyver_loadlibs,
gui_require
- 10.4. GTK or Photon (in lib/gtk.g,
lib/photon.g)
- 10.4.1. Displaying Text -
anygui_show_text
- 10.4.2. Process Termination -
anygui_sigchild
- 10.4.3. Process Termination -
anygui_destroyer
- 10.4.4. Buttons - .switched_on
- 10.4.5. Moving the Window - anygui_move_window
- 10.4.6. Change PID settings in the Monitor -
anyos_change_settings
- 10.4.7. Creating a Message/Dialog Window -
anygui_makemsg
- 10.5. GTK only (in lib/gtk.g)
- 10.5.1. Buttons - button_messages
- 10.6. Photon 1.14 or Photon 2 (in lib/qnx4.g,
lib/qnx6.g)
- 10.6.1. Accessing Trend Data -
.put_data
- 10.6.2. Numeric Callbacks -
anyver_numeric_callback
- 10.6.3. Numeric Assignments -
anyver_numeric_assign
- 10.6.4. Numeric Changing Settings -
anyver_change_settings
- 10.7. Photon only (in
lib/photon.g)
- 10.7.1. Buttons - PtLabel.get_text,
PtLabel.set_text
- 10.7.2. Rollovers - PtBasic.rollover,
attach_msg
11. PID Emulator and Monitor Functions- 11.1. The PID Emulator
- 11.2. The Monitor in GTK
- 11.3. The Monitor in Photon
- 11.3.1. Differences between Tutorial One and Tutorial
Two
12. Controller Functions- 12.1. Choosing a Controller - the
demo.g program
- 12.2. GTK: the Controller window -
create_control_win
- 12.3. GTK: Building Control Buttons -
control_button
- 12.4. Photon: the Controller window -
create_control_win
- 12.5. Common: The Text Message Display -
read_msg and
messages.txt
- 12.6. Common: The Process Status Display -
show_names,
toggle_raw,
.reassign_prog_name,
extra_space
- 12.7. Common: The Data Directory -
make_datadir
13. Log Functions- 13.1. GTK: the Log window -
create_log
- 13.2. GTK: Configuring and Using
gnuplot
- 13.3. GTK: Preparing Plots - prepare_times,
get_recent_data
- 13.4. Photon: the Log window -
create_log
- 13.5. Photon: Log callbacks -
start_logging
- 13.6. Common: The Cascade TextLogger Configuration File -
tl.cfg
- 13.7. Common: Starting and Stopping the Cascade TextLogger -
log_toggle
- 13.8. Common: Controlling the Cascade TextLogger -
send_command
14. History Functions- 14.1. GTK: the History Window -
create_history,
make_toggle_button
- 14.2. GTK: Interpolator Options Widgets -
qry_radio_but,
qry_entry
- 14.3. GTK: Editing Queries -
.change_int,
allow_entry_values,
.assign_values
- 14.4. GTK: Recording Data -
record_data,
countdown
- 14.5. GTK: Setting Up Plots -
reset_deadbands,
plot_prep
- 14.6. GTK: Sending Queries -
send_query,
.get_data
- 14.7. GTK: Displaying Query Data -
show_data,
write_minmax,
file_add
- 14.8. GTK: Configuring gnuplot
- 14.9. GTK: the Deadband Type Window -
create_dbtype_win,
db_labels,
db_options
- 14.10. Photon: the History Window -
HistoryWindow class,
.constructor,
create_history
- 14.11. Photon: Recording Data -
record_data,
countdown
- 14.12. Photon: Interpolator Options Widgets -
PtText.set_sensitive,
PtComboBox.set_sensitive
- 14.13. Photon: Editing Queries -
.change_int,
.allow_entry_values
- 14.14. Photon: Sending Queries -
send_query,
.assign_values,
.get_data
- 14.15. Photon: Displaying Query Data -
show_data
- 14.16. Photon: Setting Up Plots -
make_graph,
make_CwGraph_points
- 14.17. Photon: Plots and Deadbands -
query_refresh,
reset_deadbands,
db_prep_query
- 14.18. Photon: the Deadband Type Window -
create_dbtype_win,
db_options
- 14.19. Photon: the DeadbandType class
and .constructor method
- 14.20. Common: The Cascade Historian Configuration File -
hist.cfg
- 14.21. Common: the
InterpolatorSettings class and
.set_defaults,
.set_interpolator methods
- 14.22. Common: Sending Commands to the Cascade Historian
send_hs_command,
assign_history,
display_hs_info
- 14.23. Common: the DeadbandSettings
class and .set_parms method
- 14.24. Common: Plot Setup - find_midnite,
min_max
