Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Pete:
Does 'on-demand scripted conversion' mean that the conversion takes
place immediately before the screen is displayed, and as often as the
screen is displayed? I presume that this requires some built-in support
from caQtDM to accomplish this?

Rod Nussbaumer
TRIUMF,
Vancouver, Canada


On 11/16/2016 06:30 AM, Pete Jemian wrote:
> The workflow BCDA is using to support its beam lines at the APS to
> transition from MEDM to caQtDM is
>
> 1. implement on-demand scripted conversion from .adl to .ui files
> 2. beam lines to use caQtDM when screens are ready
> 3. continue to edit screens as .adl files during transition
> and convert to .ui (choices managed by a Makefile rule)
> 4. train facility staff to use Qt Designer
> 5. edit screens in Qt Designer
> 6. discontinue MEDM altogether
>
> Hope to complete that by spring 2017
>