[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference csc32::consolemanager

Title:POLYCENTER Console Manager
Notice:Kits, Scans, Docs on CSC32:: as PCM$KITS:,PCM$DOCS:, PCM$SCANS:
Moderator:CSC32::BUTTERWORTH
Created:Thu Aug 06 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1541
Total number of notes:6564

941.0. "Group Colour Propogation" by 42208::LUDLOWP () Thu Aug 24 1995 12:27

    
    I have just installed V1.6 with ECO 1 on OpenVMS VAX 6.1
    
    The new group icons are great but...
    
    If I leave the main C3 display open with the group icons showing, and
    wait for an event to appear, the group icon changes colour ( as I would
    expect), but if I then double click on the group icon to expand into
    the system view, all systems are still set to 'clear'. I cannot tell
    which system the event was targetted at ( apart from looking at the
    text on the bottom display).
    
    Am I missing something, or is this the expected behavior ?.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Pete
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
941.1Should light up.ZENDIA::DBIGELOWInnovate, Integrate, EvaporateThu Aug 24 1995 12:539
    Well, the icon within the group should also change color. The only
    thing I can think of is that the icon may not be visible; that is it
    may be in the scrolled area. Guess we nned another menu option to 
    'show system with last event' or something like that. Anyway,
    if this problem continues, please submit an SPR.
    
    Thanks,
    
       Dave
941.2Peripheral Icons not changing colour42208::LUDLOWPFri Aug 25 1995 10:2925
    Dave,
    
    OK, Now I understand what's going on. If an event arrives in the normal
    way - ie; being triggered from an event, then the system icon does
    indeed change colour along with the group icon.
    
    The problem we have, is that the icon in question is infact a
    peripheral icon that we use to 'retarget' to based on an event
    being actioned against a seperate system icon. We use this to give us
    the 'status' of the system, ie Live or Standby. This peripheral icon
    is placed adjacent to the actual system icon, and gives us an instant
    indication of the status of the system.
    
    Is there anything we can do to propogate the colour through to this
    peripheral icon - is there a change in the API that we need to use.
    I have simply re-linked our old 'retarget.c' against the new supplied
    libraries in V1.6. As I mentioned in .0, if the group icon happens to
    be expanded at the time the 'retarget' kicks in, then the peripheral
    icons change as expected.
    
    ANy ideas !
    
    Thanks,
    
    Pete
941.3Pseudo terminal?ZENDIA::DBIGELOWInnovate, Integrate, EvaporateFri Aug 25 1995 12:3213
    Pete,
    
        You've probabily uncovered a bug. Best best is to submit an SPR so
    that it will get fixed in the next ECO release.
    
        In the mean time, the only thing I can think of is to change the
    peripherals to pseudo-terminal devices. You can enter a dummy command
    for the 'Command to execute'; something like edit/create junk.dat.
    If you're using this in-house, which I assume you are, then this would
    be OK. If this is for a customer, then the license cost would be 
    prohibitive.
    
    dave
941.4CSC32::BUTTERWORTHGun Control is a steady hand.Fri Aug 25 1995 19:107
    So you are calling CMUserSendEvent and specifying the system name equal
    to the peripheral icon?
    
    Regs,
      Dan