GUI Design

Available Controls

The Controls view tab of the Process view panel displays the categories of GUI controls (HWPM Controls) available during process template development. There are three standard categories included with the Process Studio. The categories included under the Categories menu are:

•	Database controls

•	HyperMesh controls

•	Utils controls

Each category includes some pre-built HWPM Controls for your GUI design. You can also program custom HWPM Controls (as Java beans) and add them into the list. There are three categories to choose from: utils, hm, and database.

Control	Description
Button	Allows you to create a button
Check box	Allows you to create a checkbox
Combobox	Allows you to create a HWM combobox
File Browser	Allows you to create a file browser button
Label	Allows you to create a label
ListBox	Allows you to create a HWM listbox
Radio Button	Allows you to create a HWM radio button
Separator	Allows you to create a separation
Slider	Allows you to create a slider
Spinner	Allows you to create a spinner
Text Area	Allows you to create a multi-line text area
Text field	Allows you to create single-line text field

If you chose hm as your category, the following will be displayed.

PMcontroltabview

Control	Description
HMCollector	Allows you to select a given entity in HyperMesh and FEP client of HyperWorks Motion framework.
Start HyperWorks	Allows you to start HyperMesh and establish a communication channel with it.
PmgrExec	Allows you to invoke other executable or any application.

By selecting Start HyperWorks and dragging it into the Control panel, you must fill in the Config File type under the Property View. By clicking on the Config File, an Edit configFile dialog box is displayed. Add your HyperWorks executable path in the dialog box and click Close.

If you chose database as your category, the following will be displayed.

database

Control	Description
Start DB Client	Allows you to start DB Client