Yes, I get a similar behavior. Here is another bug: You should try saving an actor with a forward slash in the name "/". This causes it to create a folder in the in the MyWorkflow kar, and messes up the name of the actor. Chris
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Jianwu Wang <jianwu at sdsc.edu> wrote: > ?Hi Chris, > > ? ?The difference I found between open from a kar file (File-->Open Archive) > and open from MyWorflows folder in Kepler GUI is that: the former way will > show the composite actor (say A) with correct input port but the latter way > will show a composite actor (say B) without input port. I need to open this > composite actor B to find the composite actor A with correct input port. > > ? ?Also the name of B is weird. If the kar file is saved as 'Unamed1', the > composite actor showed under 'Unamed1,kar' is shown as 'Unamed1'. But you > drag and drop it to an empty canvas, its name becomes 'Unamed'. If the kar > is saved as 'Unamed', everything looks normal. It looks the number at the > end of the actor will be removed when dragging and dropping it. > > ? ?My tests on Windows and Mac are the same. Do you get the same behavior? > > Best wishes > > Sincerely yours > > Jianwu Wang > jianwu at sdsc.edu > http://users.sdsc.edu/~jianwu/ > > Assistant Project Scientist > Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory > San Diego Supercomputer Center > University of California, San Diego > San Diego, CA, U.S.A. > > > On 8/16/2010 12:39 PM, Chris Weed wrote: >> >> Hi Jianwu, >> 1. yes, I meant nondeterministic merge >> 2. I just did the same test you did, and it works when opened from a >> kar file, but not when I saved the kar file in the MyWorkflows >> directory. You can see the kar file in the MyWorkflows folder in the >> Kepler Gui and drag it into the Kepler desktop. When you do this the >> input port is not a multi-port, anymore. >> >> HTH, >> Chris >> >> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Jianwu Wang<jianwu at sdsc.edu> ?wrote: >>> >>> ?Hi Chris, >>> >>> ? ?I can not reproduce this error. Would you please help me on the >>> following >>> questions? Thanks. >>> >>> ? ?1, Do you mean 'Nondeterministic Merge' actor? I didn't find >>> 'Deterministic Merge' in Kepler 2.0. >>> ? ?2, Where is the input port you can not save its attribute? The >>> composite >>> actor encapsulating the 'Nondeterministic Merge' actor? >>> >>> ? ?I put a 'Nondeterministic Merge' actor into a composite actor, added a >>> input port to the composite actor and configured it to be Multi-port, >>> save >>> the composite actor as a kar. When I opened the kar file, the input port >>> was >>> still Multi-port. >>> >>> Best wishes >>> >>> Sincerely yours >>> >>> Jianwu Wang >>> jianwu at sdsc.edu >>> http://users.sdsc.edu/~jianwu/ >>> >>> Assistant Project Scientist >>> Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory >>> San Diego Supercomputer Center >>> University of California, San Diego >>> San Diego, CA, U.S.A. >>> >>> >>> On 8/3/2010 1:31 PM, Chris Weed wrote: >>>> >>>> FYI, I just tried your suggestion about encapsulating the >>>> "Deterministic Merge" actor in a composite actor, >>>> but it wouldn't save the attribute for the input port to be a >>>> multi-port. It would revert back to a single input port. >>>> Seems to be a bug. >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Jianwu Wang<jianwu at sdsc.edu> ? ?wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Chris, >>>>> >>>>> ? ? I find the same behavior here. I'm not sure what's the reason of >>>>> it. >>>>> Maybe others can point it out. >>>>> >>>>> ? ? An alternative workaround way is to put your actor into a composite >>>>> actor. Then rename the composite actor and save it in MyWorkflows >>>>> directory. >>>>> You should be able to search the actor with its new name. >>>>> >>>>> ? ? About comma in kar files, I think it is a convention. >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely yours >>>>> >>>>> Jianwu Wang >>>>> jianwu at sdsc.edu >>>>> http://users.sdsc.edu/~jianwu/ >>>>> >>>>> Assistant Project Scientist >>>>> Scientific Workflow Automation Technologies (SWAT) Laboratory >>>>> San Diego Supercomputer Center >>>>> University of California, San Diego >>>>> San Diego, CA, U.S.A. >>>>> >>>>> On 7/20/2010 12:31 PM, chrisweed at gmail.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I am trying to save an actor with a different name, but it doesn't seem >>>>> to >>>>> get saved correctly in the kar file. >>>>> I drag "Nondeterministic Merge" into my workflow, rename it PN Merge, >>>>> and >>>>> save it in a kar file "PN Merge.kar". >>>>> Then when I go to the MyWorkflows directory, I see "PN Merge,kar" with >>>>> an >>>>> actor named "Nondeterministic Merge" and not "PN Merge". >>>>> By the way, I also find it strange that it uses a comma in the kar file >>>>> name >>>>> instead of a period. >>>>> Chris >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Kepler-users mailing list >>>>> Kepler-users at kepler-project.org >>>>> http://mercury.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-users >>>>> >
