Kepler

same with 06-webServicesAndDataTransformation.xml

We seem to have lost the ability to save the position of output windows. I move the windows, then resave the workflow, but the next time I open it, the windows just go back to their default position.

It looks like saving the location of the Display window is broken
in Ptolemy II 7.0.beta, so it is likely broken in Kepler 1.0.0.rc1.

If, in ptII6.0.2, I create a Ramp -> Display model, run it
and then move the Display window, the following MoML appear

<property name="_windowProperties" 
               class="ptolemy.actor.gui.WindowPropertiesAttribute" 
               value="{bounds={659, 270, 348, 232}, maximized=false}">
     </property>

However, that moml does not appear if I do the same thing in 7.0.beta.

It looks like this change to WindowPropertiesAttribute causes the
problem
2007-12-01 18:10 eal

• ptolemy/actor/gui/: WindowPropertiesAttribute.java (1.33),
  SizeAttribute.java (1.37): Do not force persistence to be true,
  since this causes externally defined icons to be exported in the
  MoML.

2007-12-01 18:09 eal

• ptolemy/kernel/util/NamedObj.java (1.332): Fixed bug where icons
  were getting exported to MoML.

If I back out the change to WindowsPropertiesAttribute, then the
position of Display Windows is saved.

Edward, do you have any quick suggestions here?

Chad, you could hack in the above MoML into each Display so it
would have the WindowPropertiesAttribute. For example, a Display
named "Display" would look like:

<entity name="Display" class="ptolemy.actor.lib.gui.Display">
        <property name="_windowProperties" 
                 class="ptolemy.actor.gui.WindowPropertiesAttribute" 
                 value="{bounds={675, 514, 334, 234}, maximized=false}">
        </property>
        <property name="_location" 
                  class="ptolemy.kernel.util.Location" value="{430, 140}">
        </property>
    </entity>

If you add that attribute by hand then the location will be preserved.

Or, you could skip it, pending us fixing this bug in Ptolemy.

Edward fixed this bug in several files today

2008-02-06 15:55 eal

• ptolemy/actor/: gui/AbstractPlaceableActor.java (1.5),
  lib/gui/InteractiveShell.java (1.31), lib/gui/PlotterBase.java
  (1.40), lib/image/ImageDisplay.java (1.45): Made placement of
  placeables persistent again.

I'll fold these changes into rel-7-0-beta-2.

The next step is to run each model and place the displays and plots
in a tasteful manner.

After Edward and Christopher fixed the bug, I rearranged the windows and resaved the workflows. They all open with the displays in a nice row now.

Original Bugzilla ID was 3134