The Controls view tab of the Process view panel displays the categories of GUI
controls (HWPM Controls) available during process template development. There are
three standard categories included with the Process Studio. The categories included under the Categories menu are:
Database controls
HyperMesh controls
Utils controls
Each category includes some pre-built HWPM Controls for your GUI design. You can also
program custom HWPM Controls (as Java beans) and add them into the list. There are
three categories to choose from: utils, hm, and
database.
Button
Allows you to create a button
Check box
Allows you to create a checkbox
Combobox
Allows you to create a HWM combobox
File Browser
Allows you to create a file browser button
Label
Allows you to create a label
ListBox
Allows you to create a HWM listbox
Radio Button
Allows you to create a HWM radio button
Separator
Allows you to create a separation
Slider
Allows you to create a slider
Spinner
Allows you to create a spinner
Text Area
Allows you to create a multi-line text area
Text field
Allows you to create single-line text field
If you chose hm as your category, the following will be
displayed. Figure 1.
HMCollector
Allows you to select a given entity in HyperMesh
and FEP client of HyperWorks Motion
framework.
Start HyperWorks
Allows you to start HyperMesh and establish a
communication channel with it.
PmgrExec
Allows you to invoke other executable or any application.
By selecting Start HyperWorks and dragging it into the Control
panel, you must fill in the Config File type under the Property View. By clicking on
the Config File, an Edit configFile
dialog box is displayed. Add your HyperWorks executable
path in the dialog box and click Close.
If you chose database as your category, the following will be
displayed. Figure 2.
