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How to embed waveform setup (.grf) in maestro views? (or: how to propagate .grf files along with their associated cells?)

dontpanic

Hi! is it possible to embed Viva setup information (.grf) in a maestro view, such that it can be version-controlled along with it, thus enabling consistent results display across users?

Or, more generally, how could .grf or .grf.group files be made part of a cell, such that they can be version-controlled and propagate along with it?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Regards, Jorge.

Note1: Our version-control software (Cliosoft SOS) doesn't support .grf files, so they cannot be checked in/out. It works fine without version-controlling by just putting these .grf files inside a folder under the cell directory: the library manager "sees/treats" it as just another cellview, and propagates it along with the other cellviews during e.g. copying/renaming operations; but SOS is unable to check in/out such a cellview.

Note2: I tried creating a Text cellview and overriding its contents with the .grf file; this does fool the version controlling, but has the problem that it can only support one .grf file per view (sometimes we have more) and it cannot support multi-window save waveform setups (i.e. .grf.group), which we use a lot. Also, the Viva file browser doesn't "see" files with extensions other that .grf, so one needs additional steps to actually have Viva load these Text cellviews' contents.

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  • Andrew Beckett

    This seems like a complicated way of trying to do something that plotting templates (introduced in IC618) handles better, is supported natively in Explorer and Assembler, and are stored within the maestro view. There is a RAK on plotting templates (I think) if you’re not familiar with them. 

    Andrew

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  • Andrew Beckett

    This seems like a complicated way of trying to do something that plotting templates (introduced in IC618) handles better, is supported natively in Explorer and Assembler, and are stored within the maestro view. There is a RAK on plotting templates (I think) if you’re not familiar with them. 

    Andrew

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  • dontpanic
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thanks for the pointer, Andrew, I didn't know about these templates! I've found the RAK and it looks promising; I'll give them a shot and see how it goes!

    Cheers, Jorge.

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