Multi layout on ControlDesk using Python [solved]

[medlot]

Hi,

I m using controDesk Developer V2.7 Unicode under Windows2000 Pack4. I do automotive mesurments with Simulink V6.3 files using a micro-autobox. it works correctly. I want to have a second layout working with the principal one that I can activate and desactivate online with a simple switch (on the principal layout). Is it possible and if yes how this can be done?

Thnaks.

[medlot]

This is the Python code of the button located in the principal layout:

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-


def On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_WriteDat a():
"""
Syntax : On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_WriteDat a()

Purpose : WriteData event handler.

Parameters : None

"""
print "On_Instrumenta tion_layout_1_d SPACEPushButton Control_WriteDa ta called"

and this is the name of the layout I want to activate :
layout_2.py

they are located in the same directory

any questions are welcome
Thanks

[bartonc]

This is the Python code of the button located in the principal layout:

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-


def On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_WriteDat a():
"""
Syntax : On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_WriteDat a()

Purpose : WriteData event handler.

Parameters : None

"""
print "On_Instrumenta tion_layout_1_d SPACEPushButton Control_WriteDa ta called"

and this is the name of the layout I want to activate :
layout_2.py

they are located in the same directory

any questions are welcome
Thanks

I like to import at the top of the code to show dependencies:

import layout_2

Then, in your event handler, it's:

layout_2.SomeFunction()

If the code has been written "in line" like most scripts, then you need to change it in to a callable like this:

def SomeFunction():
	# Indent all the code of the script here
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
	SomeFuntion()	# Will still run as a script

[medlot]

Hi, thanks for the help but unfortunately I didn't succeed to do it. Taking a simple example, I have 2 layouts, layout_1 and layout_2. On the first there is an OnOffButton. In the second one, I ve got a display panel. This is what I wrote in the file _layout_1.py:

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-

def On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_WriteDat a():
"""
Syntax : On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_WriteDat a()

Purpose : WriteData event handler.

Parameters : None

"""
import layout_2
print "On_Instrumenta tion_layout_1_d SPACEPushButton Control_WriteDa ta called"

def On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_Click():
"""
Syntax : On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_Click()

Purpose : Click event handler.

Parameters : None

"""

print "On_Instrumenta tion_layout_1_d SPACEPushButton Control_Click called"

def SomeFunction():
# Indent all the code of the script here
if __name__ == "__main__":
SomeFuntion() # Will still run as a script
""""""""""""""" """"""""""""""" """""

This is what it is written in the _layout_2.py file:

def On_Instrumentat ion_layout_2_dS PACEDisplayCont rol_Click():
"""
Syntax : On_Instrumentat ion_layout_2_dS PACEDisplayCont rol_Click()

Purpose : Click event handler.

Parameters : None

"""
print "On_Instrumenta tion_layout_2_d SPACEDisplayCon trol_Click called"

def layout_2.SomeFu nction():
# Indent all the code of the script here

if __name__ == "__main__":
SomeFuntion() # Will still run as a script

'"""""""""""""" """"""""""" ""
You notice that I added what you have posted in your first message.
Nothing happens when I click on the button at the animation mode. I access to the Python code through the events window by editing WriteData. What I want to do is to activate and disactivate the layout2 window by clicking on the OnOffButton through the animation mode.

this is a picture of my interface: http://mederreg.lotfi. free.fr/python/event_python.JP G

Thanks

[bartonc]

I like to import at the top of the code to show dependencies:

import layout_2

Then, in your event handler, it's:

layout_2.SomeFunction()

If the code has been written "in line" like most scripts, then you need to change it in to a callable like this:

def SomeFunction():
	# Indent all the code of the script here
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
	SomeFuntion()	# Will still run as a script

Sorry if this wasn't very clear.. The last section describes layout2. layout 1 should look like this:

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
import layout2

def
   On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData():
	"""
   Syntax : On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData()

	Purpose : WriteData event handler.

	Parameters : None

	"""
	print "On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData called"
	layout2.somefunction()

[bartonc]

Please read "posting guidelines or the gray background lettering where you create you post to learn how to use [code] tags. It helps us to help you. Thanks,
Barton

Hi, thanks for the help but unfortunately I didn't succeed to do it. Taking a simple example, I have 2 layouts, layout_1 and layout_2. On the first there is an OnOffButton. In the second one, I ve got a display panel. This is what I wrote in the file _layout_1.py:

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-

def On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_WriteDat a():
"""
Syntax : On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_WriteDat a()

Purpose : WriteData event handler.

Parameters : None

"""
import layout_2
print "On_Instrumenta tion_layout_1_d SPACEPushButton Control_WriteDa ta called"

def On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_Click():
"""
Syntax : On_Instrumentat ion_layout_1_dS PACEPushButtonC ontrol_Click()

Purpose : Click event handler.

Parameters : None

"""

print "On_Instrumenta tion_layout_1_d SPACEPushButton Control_Click called"

def SomeFunction():
# Indent all the code of the script here
if __name__ == "__main__":
SomeFuntion() # Will still run as a script
""""""""""""""" """"""""""""""" """""

This is what it is written in the _layout_2.py file:

def On_Instrumentat ion_layout_2_dS PACEDisplayCont rol_Click():
"""
Syntax : On_Instrumentat ion_layout_2_dS PACEDisplayCont rol_Click()

Purpose : Click event handler.

Parameters : None

"""
print "On_Instrumenta tion_layout_2_d SPACEDisplayCon trol_Click called"

def layout_2.SomeFu nction():
# Indent all the code of the script here

if __name__ == "__main__":
SomeFuntion() # Will still run as a script

'"""""""""""""" """"""""""" ""
You notice that I added what you have posted in your first message.
Nothing happens when I click on the button at the animation mode. I access to the Python code through the events window by editing WriteData. What I want to do is to activate and disactivate the layout2 window by clicking on the OnOffButton through the animation mode.

this is a picture of my interface: http://mederreg.lotfi. free.fr/python/event_python.JP G

Thanks

[medlot]

I did, it will be ok for the next time, any help for my request?

[bartonc]

I did, it will be ok for the next time, any help for my request?

Yep, Two posts down.

[bartonc]

I did, it will be ok for the next time, any help for my request?

Maybe you could post layout_2 also for me to better understand.

[medlot]

I ve posted the python code of layout2 in the previous message but here it is again:

#  -*- coding: cp1252 -*-


def On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click():
    """
    Syntax      : On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click()

    Purpose     : Click event handler.

    Parameters  : None

    """
    print "On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click called"

def layout_2.SomeFunction():
	# Indent all the code of the script here
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
	SomeFuntion()	# Will still run as a script

As you can see, it is just a simple layout with a display control.

[medlot]

The 4 last lines of the layout2 script are the ones you suggested to add.

[medlot]

It seems that there is a problem in the forum, it doesn't mention the posts of the second page.
This is the two scripts:

layout_1:

#  -*- coding: cp1252 -*-



import layout_2

def
   On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData():
	"""
   Syntax : On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonContro  l_WriteData()

	Purpose : WriteData event handler.

	Parameters : None

	"""
	print "On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData called"
	layout2.somefunction()

layout_2:

#  -*- coding: cp1252 -*-


def SomeFunction():
	# Indent all the code of the script here
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
	SomeFuntion()	# Will still run as a script


def On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click():
    """
    Syntax      : On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click()

    Purpose     : Click event handler.

    Parameters  : None

    """
    print "On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click called"

When I click on the the button at the animation mode, nothing happens. An error is mentionned in the interpreter:

SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1108, in RunScript
  File "<string>", line 1073, in DoRunScript
IndentationError: expected an indented block (_layout_2.py, line 7)

line 7 in the script of layout_2 coresponds to:

if __name__ == "__main__":

any idea ?

[bartonc]

Sorry, you interpret me very litterally. I make up names in the absence to actual code.

It seems that there is a problem in the forum, it doesn't mention the posts of the second page.
This is the two scripts:

layout_1:

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
 
 
 
import layout_2
 
def On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData():
	"""
	Syntax : On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData()
 
	Purpose : WriteData event handler.
 
	Parameters : None
 
	"""
	print "On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData called"
	layout2.somefunction()

layout_2:

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
 
 
def SomeFunction():
	# Indent all the code of the script here
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
	SomeFuntion()	# Will still run as a script
 
 
def On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click():
"""
Syntax : On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click()
 
Purpose : Click event handler.
 
Parameters : None
 
"""
print "On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click called"

When I click on the the button at the animation mode, nothing happens. An error is mentionned in the interpreter:

SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1108, in RunScript
File "<string>", line 1073, in DoRunScript
IndentationError: expected an indented block (_layout_2.py, line 7)

line 7 in the script of layout_2 coresponds to:

if __name__ == "__main__":

any idea ?

More precisely:

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
 
 
 
import layout_2
 
def
On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData():
	"""
	Syntax : On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData()
 
	Purpose : WriteData event handler.
 
	Parameters : None
 
	"""
	print "On_Instrumentation_layout_1_dSPACEPushButtonControl_WriteData called"
	layout2.On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click()

layout_2:

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
 
def On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click():
	"""
	Syntax : On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click()
 
	Purpose : Click event handler.
 
	Parameters : None
 
	"""
	print "On_Instrumentation_layout_2_dSPACEDisplayControl_Click called"

[medlot]

Thnaks,
still not working after using the last code. Here is the error messages:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1108, in RunScript
  File "<string>", line 1073, in DoRunScript
  File "c:\user\E287844\multi_layouts\_layout_1.py", line 5, in ?
    import layout_2
ImportError: No module named layout_2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1108, in RunScript
  File "<string>", line 1073, in DoRunScript
  File "c:\user\E287844\multi_layouts\_layout_1.py", line 5, in ?
    import layout_2
ImportError: No module named layout_2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1108, in RunScript
  File "<string>", line 1073, in DoRunScript
IndentationError: expected an indented block (_layout_2.py, line 12)

I don't understand the first error since the two layouts are in the same directory. This is the contents of the current directory:

_layout_1.py
_layout_2.py
layout_1.lay
layout_2.lay

The second error seems to be a syntax error but I don't see it.

[bartonc]

Thnaks,
still not working after using the last code. Here is the error messages:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1108, in RunScript
File "<string>", line 1073, in DoRunScript
File "c:\user\E287844\multi_layouts\_layout_1.py", line 5, in ?
import layout_2
ImportError: No module named layout_2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1108, in RunScript
File "<string>", line 1073, in DoRunScript
File "c:\user\E287844\multi_layouts\_layout_1.py", line 5, in ?
import layout_2
ImportError: No module named layout_2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1108, in RunScript
File "<string>", line 1073, in DoRunScript
IndentationError: expected an indented block (_layout_2.py, line 12)

I don't understand the first error since the two layouts are in the same directory. This is the contents of the current directory:

_layout_1.py
_layout_2.py
layout_1.lay
layout_2.lay

The second error seems to be a syntax error but I don't see it.

1) You need to import _layout_2 since that is the name of the file.
2) Indentation errors come form cut and paste to/from the forum with different brousers. You need to make sure that (figuritively speeking)

 
def somefunction(): # this line starts at the left edge
	# everything else is indented 4 spaces (or maybe 1 tab in your case)