Re: Help needed on adl to opi standalone converter

["Kasemir, Kay" <kasemirk@ornl.gov>]

Hi:

> ..converter for that runs within the CSS/BOY GUI.  In order to do the conversion one must copy the .adl files into the CSS Workspace,
> ..I am hoping that someone who is proficient in Java could refactor that Java converter so that it can be run from the command line,
 
This has been implemented.
If you get the latest version of CSS, for example basic-epics* from https://ics-web.sns.ornl.gov/css/nightly, you can call that with command line options to convert *adl files.
Assume you have a directory `displays` with `*.adl` files:

  css  -nosplash -application org.csstudio.opibuilder.adl2boy.application displays/*.adl

This uses the Linux shell to expand the arguments.
On Windows you might have to list the files one by one:

  css  -nosplash -application org.csstudio.opibuilder.adl2boy.application displays/file1.adl displays/file2.adl

> ..perhaps the converter could also have the option of creating .bob files as well as .opi files.
The display builder reads *.opi files.
Everything there is for automated conversion is already built-in,
so there's no manual step necessary to convert *.opi into *.bob.
If tweaks are necessary, that's usually because the original display was tightly packed and some pixel-based differences now matter.
That has to be done by opening the *.opi in the display builder editor,
adjust the widgets, then save (which will write in the *.bob format).

Thanks,
Kay