[RobotFlow-Devel] Re: RobotFlow New Nodes

[<Dom...@US...>]

Dear Mr. Ibraheem,

I have attached a sample template that will help you getting started=20
with creating FlowDesigner / RobotFlow nodes.

You can add / modify it to fit your requirements.

The basic idea is :

1) %./autogen.sh

This will generate the makefiles, automatically detecting flowdesigner=20
and the correct place where to install the new toolbox.
Make sure you have installed FlowDesigner before and that you can run=20
the flowdesigner-config script in a shell.

FD looks at the toolbox directory ($(FD=20
prefix)/lib/flowdesigner/toolbox) looking for .tlb files (shared=20
libraries symbolic links) and for .def files (the result of the=20
info2def.pl perl script provided with FD).  You can also specify another=20
directory for external toolboxes by using the environment variable=20
FLOWDESIGNER_PATH in the case that you use autogen.sh with another prefix.

-->Add the new files to be compiled in Makefile.am. I have put one=20
Example.cc file for the demonstration.
-->Please read the comments in the configure.in script and Example.cc fil=
e.

2) %make install

This will install the toolbox properly. You should now see the new nodes=20
in the node menu.

Good luck. Please keep me informed of your progress.

Dominic



Basem I. ElGendi wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> First I would like to thank you very much for your open source "robotfl=
ow"
> I have been trying to add a new node to the tool box but I keep failing
> I dont know if I will have to recompile the whole thing after adding=20
> any file or what ?
> I have tried to follow the documentation for extending flow=20
> designer online but it seems to be for an older version
> would you please give me some hints for adding the new node?
> =20
> Thank you very much
> Basem Ibraheem
> Research Assistant
> =20


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Dominic L=E9tourneau, ing., M.Sc.A.
LABORIUS (http://www.gel.usherbrooke.ca/laborius)
D=E9partement de g=E9nie =E9lectrique et de g=E9nie informatique
Universit=E9 de Sherbrooke, Qu=E9bec, Canada
Email : Dom...@US...
Web : http://www-edu.gel.usherbrooke.ca/letd01