32_Workshop16_Wrap_up.pptVIP

WORKSHOP 16 - WRAP-UP Problem statement Package the files that build the new interface so that they are organized and upwardly compatible. WORKSHOP 16 - WRAP-UP Organizing the file system structure In this section, you will organize your file system structure such that all files necessary to build the custom interface are easily accessible. To organize the file system structure: From the mod_16_disk directory, create the following directories: dboxes menu model See the instructor if you need help with this. WORKSHOP 16 - WRAP-UP Copy files from Workshop 15 – Working with the Dialog Box Builder to the new directory structure. Ensure that the command files representing the three dialog boxes (design_layout, Simulate, and review) are placed in the new dboxes directory, and that the command file representing the model is placed in the new model directory. For now, the menu directory will be empty. Rename the model file from disk_start_3.cmd to disk_final.cmd. WORKSHOP 16 - WRAP-UP Creating a build file You will now create a build text file that essentially builds the custom interface and reads in the model. Remember that the dialog boxes were stored and saved in a user-created library. If the library does not exist, reading in the command files that build the dialog boxes will not work. WORKSHOP 16 - WRAP-UP To create a build file: Create a text file called build.cmd in the mod_16_disk directory that builds the ADAMS/View interface to contain the model and the three dialog boxes. !--- Read in the command file file command read file=”./model/disk_final.cmd”\ !--- Create the library library create library_name=.my_cust !--- Import the dialog boxes file command read file=”./dboxes/design_layout.cmd” WORKSHOP 16 - WRAP-UP Start ADAMS/View from the mod_16_disk directory. Import the file called build.cmd from the mod_16_disk directory to build the custom interface. If errors are generated, debug the build command file until you no longer get errors when reading