Form Requirements for Integrated Desktop

The architectural guideline for developing forms is: we develop them as standalone applications. We integrate them into the IntegratedDesktopPrototype by making them children of the integrated desktop. We can use them alone or in context.

We have to arrange these in some kind of priority order. It would also be helpful to come up with a numbering scheme, so for example, we could refer to a particular application as "Form 555" and that would be the name of the source code file too (555.py). This way, we don't have to worry about managing long descriptive names. (SAP, Siebel and Amdocs built their products this way, and it works great.)

proto Parent/Integrated Desktop - needs to get over to Linux machine before we can call it "done"
Observational Setup (configure/observe)
- Frank brings up the point that observers will want to have a live observation, but then will want to set up for the next observation. We can do this by creating the Obs Setup form, and then making a copy of it. One will be "live" and display what's really going on in the system as the current GO does. The other will be "offline" and will be used solely to prepare for an upcoming observation. Concurrently, the "offline" form could be used to store up several observations ahead of time.
Observing Table
Status Panel
- Project Info Panel
- Clocks Panel
- Scan Status Panel
- Power Levels/Other Status Info Panel
in progress Device Explorer
Data Browser
Data Quality Browser
- can include edit function so observers can make comments on their data
- should also allow users to save a data summary in their data directory
proto Text Editor (9/26 - ashelton)
done Access to Glish Command Line (10/1 - ashelton)
User Preferences
- let users set their project ID, manage multiple projects maybe??
- choose output data formats
FQL GUI

Get PTCS python scripts usable in this environment!!

-- AmyShelton - 02 Oct 2003

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