Yes, you can do this. An example you can look at is the EML200Datasource actor. It downloads data, then changes its icon when it's done. The source is in kepler/src/org/ecoinformatics/seek/datasource/eml/eml2
chad tog wrote: > Hi Jianwu > > Thanks to your info, I was able to change my actor icon. > Btw I am wondering if it is possible to change this icon during the > execution of the workflow let say if I want to visualy see my > terminated task I could change the icon in the wrapup method. Is that > possible ? > > Guillaume > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Jianwu Wang <jianwu at sdsc.edu> wrote: >> Hi Guillaume, >> >> Firstly, the public repository of Kepler has changed from SVS to SVN: >> https://code.kepler-project.org/code/kepler/trunk/. The >> 'VizDesign-AddingIcons_kma.doc' is a little out of date. Sorry about it. >> >> Secondly, if you just want to use your actor locally. The two files, >> namely uiSVGIconMappingsByClass.properties and >> uiSVGIconMappingsByLSID.properties, mean your local files. They can be found >> at $KEPLER\configs\ptolemy\configs\kepler\ (Linux or Mac machine) or >> %KEPLER%\configs\ptolemy\configs\kepler\ (Windows machine). You need to >> change the files at the public repository only if you want your changes >> effect all the Kepler users. >> >> I hope it is useful. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Sincerely yours >> >> Jianwu Wang >> jianwu at sdsc.edu >> >> Post-Doctor >> Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory >> San Diego Supercomputer Center >> University of California, San Diego >> San Diego, U.S.A. >> >> tog wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Thanks for your answer. >> I have been following all source codes and reading the docs it looks >> this was a bad idea. >> Nevertheless, it is not very clear from the documentation (word file) >> how to proceed, it just says: >> >> """ >> Instructions for assigning existing icons to an actor can be found in >> the Kepler CVS repository here: >> >> kepler\configs\ptolemy\configs\kepler\uiSVGIconMappingsByClass.properties >> kepler\configs\ptolemy\configs\kepler\uiSVGIconMappingsByLSID.properties >> """ >> And I have been unable to retrieve those files (is the cvs/svn public >> ?) . Could you give me more explaination please. >> >> Thanks >> Best Regards >> Guillaume >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Jianwu Wang <jianwu at sdsc.edu> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Guillaume, >> >> From the section 10.2.1.4 of Kepler User Manual (which can be gotten >> http://kepler-project.org/Wiki.jsp?page=Documentation), named 'Actor Icons', >> you can find the instructions for actor icons. The reference from this >> section >> (http://cvs.ecoinformatics.org/cvs/cvsweb.cgi/kepler-docs/user/VizDesign-AddingIcons_kma.doc) >> has more detailed info. If you have any more questions, please let us know. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Sincerely yours >> >> Jianwu Wang >> jianwu at sdsc.edu >> >> Post-Doctor >> Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory >> San Diego Supercomputer Center >> University of California, San Diego >> San Diego, U.S.A. >> >> tog wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Yet another question ! >> >> I tried to modify the representation of an actor using : >> _attachText("_iconDescription", "<svg> ...</svg>\n") >> Did I miss a point here ? >> >> Thanks and Best Regards >> Guillaume >> >> ________________________________ >> _______________________________________________ >> Kepler-users mailing list >> Kepler-users at ecoinformatics.org >> http://mercury.nceas.ucsb.edu/ecoinformatics/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users >> >> >> >> > > >
