Browser Views

• Concepts
• API
  • Browser Views
    • sd-create-browser-view
    • sd-delete-browser-view
    • sd-set-default-browser-view
    • sd-set-current-browser-view
    • sd-activate-detail-configuration
    • sd-detail-configuration-active-p
  • Column Definitions
    • sd-create-column-definition
    • sd-create-uda-string-column-definition
    • sd-create-uda-integer-column-definition
    • sd-create-uda-float-column-definition
    • sd-create-uda-boolean-column-definition
    • sd-create-uda-enum-column-definition
    • sd-delete-column-definition
    • sd-set-column-definition-title
  • Browser Configurations
    • sd-create-browser-configuration
    • sd-delete-browser-configuration

• Browser Management
• Browser Queries

Concepts

Browser Views are used to customize the information content of the Structure Tree Browser. A browser view defines the appearance of a tree item. A browser view also provides a definition to display additional columns adjacent to the structure tree. These columns make up the detail region of Structure Tree Browser.

Each browser view may consist of up to two Browser Configurations. The Tree Configuration determines the appearance of tree items whereas the Detail Configuration describes the columns which form the detail region of the view.

A browser configuration consists of one or more Column Definitions. A column definition in turn, defines which information for a given browser node is displayed.

Customization files with the basename "browser_views.lsp" are automatically loaded during the startup of Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. The customization files are loaded in the order :sd-corp-site-user.
Creo Elements/Direct Modeling comes with a set of predefined browser views, configurations and columns, as defined in the file "sd_browser_views.lsp" in the installation directory "personality/sd_customize". User customizations can be defined in the file "sd_browser_views.lsp" located in the user customization directory.
The Integration Kit provides functions to add and remove browser views and its constituent parts. The rest of this document describes these functions in more detail along with appropriate examples.

See also:

• Browser Management
• User-Defined Attributes

API

Browser Views

SD-CREATE-BROWSER-VIEW  [function]

(sd-create-browser-view name
                        :title title
                        :tree-config tree-config
                        :detail-config detail-config
                        :enable enable-form
                        :activate-detail-configuration activate-detail-configuration
                        :derive-virtual-title-from-child derive-virtual-title-from-child)
  

Description:

Function to create a new browser view uniquely identified by name.

Parameters:

name {STRING} - Name of this browser view.

The name is used as a unique identifier for the view and should be specified in any subsequent operations on the view. If the name specified here already exists then the existing view will be silently replaced by this one.

:title {STRING} - Title of this browser view.

This title will be displayed in all places where the browser view can be selected (e.g. from a menu).

:tree-config {STRING or LIST [nil]} - Tree configuration of this view.

Defines the tree configuration. If a string is specified here then it should be an identifier used in a previous call to sd-create-browser-configuration. Alternatively a browser configuration can be specified directly using a list. See sd-create-browser-configuration for information on how to formulate the list.

:detail-config {STRING or LIST [nil]} - Detail configuration of this view.

Identical format as described in tree-config parameter.

:enable {LISP FORM [t]} - Enable form of this view.

If Lisp form evaluates to nil then the view will not be made available for selection in the UI.

:activate-detail-configuration {BOOLEAN [nil]}

Determines if detail configuration is displayed by default when this view is selected.

:derive-virtual-title-from-child {BOOLEAN [nil]}

This flag determines how virtual folders display their titles within this view. If set to true then the Tree Configuration title of the folder's first child is used along with the total number of children belonging to the folder. If this flag is set to nil then the model name of the first child is used along with the number of children belonging to the folder. In this case if no model name is available then the browser view will again use the Tree Configuration title of the folder's first child, as if the flag had been set to true.

Return Value:

t - always

Example:

(defun name-view-enabled-p ()
    ...
)
       
(sd-create-browser-view "NAME-VIEW"
                        :title "Name View"
                        :tree-config "DEFAULT-CONFIG"
                        :detail-config '(:instance-name :contents-name)
                        :enable '(name-view-enabled-p)
                        :activate-detail-configuration t)
      

SD-DELETE-BROWSER-VIEW  [function]

(sd-delete-browser-view name)

Description:

Function to delete an existing browser view uniquely identified by name. If the currently selected browser view

is specified then another view will automatically be assigned to the current view. If there are no other views

available for selection then the view will not be deleted and nil will be returned. See also sd-set-current-browser-view.

Parameters:

name {STRING} - Name of the browser view to be deleted.

Return Value:

t - success

nil - invalid name specified or name is the only view available and cannot therefore be deleted

Example:

(sd-delete-browser-view "NAME-VIEW")
      

SD-SET-DEFAULT-BROWSER-VIEW  [function]

(sd-set-default-browser-view module name)
  

Description:

This function assigns a default browser view to the specified module. The default view is used when the module is activated and it specifies the initial current view. The modules "SolidDesigner", "ModelManager" and "PEWMSD" are supported.

Parameters:

module {STRING} - Name of the module

name {STRING} - Name of the browser view which is to be used as the default view.

Return Value:

t

Example:

(sd-set-default-browser-view "SolidDesigner" "NAME-VIEW")
    

SD-SET-CURRENT-BROWSER-VIEW  [function]

(sd-set-current-browser-view name
                             :persistent persistent-flag)
  

Description:

This function causes the Structure Tree browser to reflect the definitions of the browser view specified in name.

Parameters:

name {STRING} - Name of the browser view which is to be set to the current view.

:persistent {BOOLEAN [nil]} - Persistent flag

If set to true the setting is stored in PDS.

Return Value:

t - success

nil - specified browser view not found

Example:

(sd-set-current-browser-view "NAME-VIEW" :persistent t)
    

SD-ACTIVATE-DETAIL-CONFIGURATION  [function]

(sd-activate-detail-configuration flag)

Description:

Activates or deactivates the detail configuration for the current browser view. If no detail configuration was specifed for the current browser view this function has no effect.

Parameters:

flag {BOOLEAN} - Activation flag

If set to true the detail columns specified in the detail configuration are displayed. If set to nil the columns are hidden.

Return Value:

t - success

Example:

(sd-activate-detail-configuration nil)
  

SD-DETAIL-CONFIGURATION-ACTIVE-P  [function]

(sd-detail-configuration-active-p)

Description:

Used to determine whether a detail configuration is currently active within the Structure Tree browser.

Parameters:

None

Return Value:

t - detail configuration active

nil - otherwise

Example:

(sd-detail-configuration-active-p)  => t
    

Column Definitions

SD-CREATE-COLUMN-DEFINITION  [function]

(sd-create-column-definition  column-key
                              :title title
                              :alignment alignment
                              :initial-width initial-width
                              :ui-accessible ui-accessible
                              :display-fnc display-fnc
                              :applicable-fnc applicable-fnc
                              :edit-fnc edit-fnc)
  

Description:

Creates a column definition which will be uniquely identified by the column-key keyword. Once created the keyword can be used as a handle to the column in subsequent calls to sd-create-browser-configuration

Parameters:

column-key {KEYWORD} - Unique identifier for the column

:title {STRING} - Title for this column

Title which is displayed in the column header if the detail configuration is displayed.

:alignment {KEYWORD [:left]} - Alignment of text displayed in this column

Three possible values may be supplied to specify the alignment of text displayed within the column :left, :center and :right.

:initial-width {NUMBER or KEYWORD [:auto]} - Initial width of column.

If a number is given the initial column width will be set to this number of pixels. If :auto is specified then the initial column width is sized automatically according to the width of the column heading.

:ui-accessible {BOOLEAN [t]} - UI accessibility flag

If set to nil the column definition is not accessible in any UI (e.g. in the browser search and filter dialog). It can only be used by customization functions, e.g. sd-create-browser-configuration.

:display-fnc {SYMBOL} - Function to display column contents

This function will be called when the contents of the column are to be displayed. It is called for every browser node. It should return a string to be displayed for the given node. Click here for function description.

:applicable-fnc {SYMBOL} - Function to determine column applicability

If the supplied function returns nil for a given node then nothing will be displayed in this column. Furthermore the column will not be editable for this node. If this parameter is omitted the browser assumes that the column is applicable for all nodes. Click here for function description.

:edit-fnc {SYMBOL} - Customizes inline editing behaviour

The function supplied in this parameter will be called when inline editing is completed for a given node. If this parameter is not used then this column will not be editable. Click here for function description.

Return value:

t - detail configuration active

nil - otherwise

Example:

(defun display-geo-resolution (node)
  (let ((sel-item (sd-pathname-to-obj
                   (BrowserNode-objPath node))))
    (if sel-item
        (format nil "~G" (sd-inq-part-geo-resolution sel-item))
      "n/a")))

(defun applicable-geo-resolution-p (node)
  (let ((sel-item (sd-pathname-to-obj
                    (BrowserNode-objPath node))))
    (when sel-item
      (sd-inq-part-p sel-item))))

(sd-create-column-definition
  :geo-resolution
  :title "Geo Resolution"
  :display-fnc 'display-geo-resolution
  :applicable-fnc 'applicable-geo-resolution-p
  :edit-fnc nil) ;; not editable
    
(sd-create-browser-view
  "PART-GEO-RESOLUTION-VIEW"
  :title "Part Geo Resol"
  :tree-config '(:instance-name "[ " :geo-resolution " ]")
  :detail-config '(:geo-resolution))
    

SD-CREATE-UDA-STRING-COLUMN-DEFINITION  [function]

(sd-create-uda-string-column-definition column-key
                                        :title title
                                        :alignment alignment
                                        :initial-width initial-width
                                        :ui-accessible ui-accessible
                                        :attribute attribute
                                        :value-list-key value-list-key
                                        :mapping mapping
                                        :attachment attachment)

Description:

Creates a column definition of type string for a User-Defined Attribute, uniquely identified by column-key.

Parameters:

column-key {KEYWORD} - Unique identifier for the column

:title {STRING} - Title for this column

Title which is displayed in the column header if the detail configuration is displayed.

:alignment {KEYWORD [:left]} - Alignment of text displayed in this column

Three possible values may be supplied to specify the alignment of text displayed within the column :left, :center and :right.

:initial-width {NUMBER or KEYWORD [:auto]} - Initial width of column.

If a number is given the initial column width will be set to this number of pixels. If :auto is specified then the initial column width is sized automatically according to the width of the column heading.

:ui-accessible {BOOLEAN [t]} - UI accessibility flag

If set to nil the column definition is not accessible in any UI (e.g. in the browser search and filter dialog). It can only be used by customization functions, e.g. sd-create-browser-configuration.

:attribute {STRING} - Name of the attribute

:value-list-key {KEYWORD or STRING} - Keyword to identify attribute value

This parameter combined with the attribute parameter identifies a single elementary value within the attribute. This value is regarded as a string type within the context of this column.

:mapping {LIST} - Mapping of attribute values

Value pair list which associates an attribute value of type string with an alternative string which will be displayed in its place.

:attachment {KEYWORD [:instance]}

Determines whether the attribute to be displayed is attached to the instance or the contents:

• :instance - attribute is attached to the instance
• :contents - attribute is attached to the contents

Return Value:

t - If column is successfully created.

nil - otherwise

Example:

See here for an example.

SD-CREATE-UDA-INTEGER-COLUMN-DEFINITION  [function]

(sd-create-uda-integer-column-definition column-key
                                         :title title
                                         :alignment alignment
                                         :initial-width initial-width
                                         :ui-accessible ui-accessible
                                         :attribute attribute
                                         :value-list-key value-list-key
                                         :attachment attachment)

Description:

Creates a column definition of type integer for a User-Defined Attribute, uniquely identified by column-key.

Parameters:

column-key {KEYWORD} - Unique identifier for the column

:title {STRING} - Title for this column

Title which is displayed in the column header if the detail configuration is displayed.

:alignment {KEYWORD [:left]} - Alignment of text displayed in this column

Three possible values may be supplied to specify the alignment of text displayed within the column :left, :center and :right.

:initial-width {NUMBER or KEYWORD [:auto]} - Initial width of column.

If a number is given the initial column width will be set to this number of pixels. If :auto is specified then the initial column width is sized automatically according to the width of the column heading.

:ui-accessible {BOOLEAN [t]} - UI accessibility flag

If set to nil the column definition is not accessible in any UI (e.g. in the browser search and filter dialog). It can only be used by customization functions, e.g. sd-create-browser-configuration.

:attribute {STRING} - Name of the attribute

:value-list-key {KEYWORD or STRING} - Keyword to identify attribute value

This parameter combined with the attribute parameter identifies a single elementary value within the attribute. This value is regarded as an integer type within the context of this column.

:attachment {KEYWORD [:instance]}

Determines whether the attribute to be displayed is attached to the instance or the contents:

• :instance - attribute is attached to the instance
• :contents - attribute is attached to the contents

Return Value:

t - If column is successfully created.

nil - otherwise

Example:

See here for an example.

SD-CREATE-UDA-FLOAT-COLUMN-DEFINITION  [function]

(sd-create-uda-float-column-definition column-key
                                       :title title
                                       :alignment alignment
                                       :initial-width initial-width
                                       :ui-accessible ui-accessible
                                       :attribute attribute
                                       :value-list-key value-list-key
                                       :attachment attachment)

Description:

Creates a column definition of type float for a User-Defined Attribute, uniquely identified by column-key.

Parameters:

column-key {KEYWORD} - Unique identifier for the column

:title {STRING} - Title for this column

Title which is displayed in the column header if the detail configuration is displayed.

:alignment {KEYWORD [:left]} - Alignment of text displayed in this column

Three possible values may be supplied to specify the alignment of text displayed within the column :left, :center and :right.

:initial-width {NUMBER or KEYWORD [:auto]} - Initial width of column.

If a number is given the initial column width will be set to this number of pixels. If :auto is specified then the initial column width is sized automatically according to the width of the column heading.

:ui-accessible {BOOLEAN [t]} - UI accessibility flag

If set to nil the column definition is not accessible in any UI (e.g. in the browser search and filter dialog). It can only be used by customization functions, e.g. sd-create-browser-configuration.

:attribute {STRING} - Name of the attribute

:value-list-key {KEYWORD or STRING} - Keyword to identify attribute value

This parameter combined with the attribute parameter identifies a single elementary value within the attribute. This value is regarded as a float type within the context of this column.

:attachment {KEYWORD [:instance]}

Determines whether the attribute to be displayed is attached to the instance or the contents:

• :instance - attribute is attached to the instance
• :contents - attribute is attached to the contents

Return Value:

t - If column is successfully created.

nil - otherwise

Example:

See here for an example.

SD-CREATE-UDA-BOOLEAN-COLUMN-DEFINITION  [function]

(sd-create-uda-boolean-column-definition column-key
                                         :title title
                                         :alignment alignment
                                         :initial-width initial-width
                                         :ui-accessible ui-accessible
                                         :attribute attribute
                                         :value-list-key value-list-key
                                         :true-value true-value
                                         :false-value false-value
                                         :mapping mapping
                                         :attachment attachment)
  

Description:

Creates a column definition of type boolean for a User-Defined Attribute, uniquely identified by column-key.

Parameters:

column-key {KEYWORD} - Unique identifier for the column

:title {STRING} - Title for this column

Title which is displayed in the column header if the detail configuration is displayed.

:alignment {KEYWORD [:left]} - Alignment of text displayed in this column

Three possible values may be supplied to specify the alignment of text displayed within the column :left, :center and :right.

:initial-width {NUMBER or KEYWORD [:auto]} - Initial width of column.

If a number is given the initial column width will be set to this number of pixels. If :auto is specified then the initial column width is sized automatically according to the width of the column heading.

:ui-accessible {BOOLEAN [t]} - UI accessibility flag

If set to nil the column definition is not accessible in any UI (e.g. in the browser search and filter dialog). It can only be used by customization functions, e.g. sd-create-browser-configuration.

:attribute {STRING} - Name of the attribute

:value-list-key {KEYWORD or STRING} - Keyword to identify attribute value

This parameter combined with the attribute parameter identifies a single elementary value within the attribute. This value is regarded as a boolean type within the context of this column.

:true-value {STRING [nil]} - String value representing true

If omitted true will be represented by the attribute value "TRUE".

:false-value {STRING [nil]} - String value representing false

If omitted false will be represented by the attribute value "FALSE".

:mapping {LIST} - Mapping of attribute values

Value pair list which associates an attribute value of type boolean with an alternative string which will be displayed in its place.

:attachment {KEYWORD [:instance]}

Determines whether the attribute to be displayed is attached to the instance or the contents:

• :instance - attribute is attached to the instance
• :contents - attribute is attached to the contents

Return Value:

t - If column is successfully created.

nil - otherwise

Example:

See here for an example.

SD-CREATE-UDA-ENUM-COLUMN-DEFINITION  [function]

(sd-create-uda-enum-column-definition column-key
                                      :title title
                                      :alignment alignment
                                      :initial-width initial-width
                                      :ui-accessible ui-accessible
                                      :attribute attribute
                                      :value-list-key value-list-key
                                      :enumerators enumerators
                                      :mapping mapping
                                      :attachment attachment)
  

Description:

Creates a column definition of type enum for a User-Defined Attribute, uniquely identified by column-key.

Parameters:

column-key {KEYWORD} - Unique identifier for the column

:title {STRING} - Title for this column

Title which is displayed in the column header if the detail configuration is displayed.

:alignment {KEYWORD [:left]} - Alignment of text displayed in this column

Three possible values may be supplied to specify the alignment of text displayed within the column :left, :center and :right.

:initial-width {NUMBER or KEYWORD [:auto]} - Initial width of column.

If a number is given the initial column width will be set to this number of pixels. If :auto is specified then the initial column width is sized automatically according to the width of the column heading.

:ui-accessible {BOOLEAN [t]} - UI accessibility flag

If set to nil the column definition is not accessible in any UI (e.g. in the browser search and filter dialog). It can only be used by customization functions, e.g. sd-create-browser-configuration.

:attribute {STRING} - Name of the attribute

:value-list-key {KEYWORD or STRING} - Keyword to identify attribute value

This parameter combined with the attribute parameter identifies a single elementary value within the attribute. This value is regarded as a user-defined enumerated string type within the context of this column.

:enumerators {LIST of STRING} - String values representing enumerators

This list of string values represents the complete range of possible values for this particular attribute value.

:mapping {LIST} - Mapping of attribute values

Value pair list which associates an attribute value of type string, one of the specified enumerator values, with an alternative string which will be displayed in its place.

:attachment {KEYWORD [:instance]}

Determines whether the attribute to be displayed is attached to the instance or the contents:

• :instance - attribute is attached to the instance
• :contents - attribute is attached to the contents

Return Value:

t - If column is successfully created.

nil - otherwise

Example:

See here for an example.

SD-DELETE-COLUMN-DEFINITION  [function]

(sd-delete-column-definition column-key)

Description:

Deletes an existing column definition, uniquely identified by column-key.

Parameters:

column-key {KEYWORD} - Unique identifier for the column

Return Value:

t - if column has been deleted.

nil - if column has not been found.

Example:

(sd-delete-column-definition :geo-resolution)
      

SD-SET-COLUMN-DEFINITION-TITLE  [function]

(sd-set-column-definition-title column-key title)

Description:

Sets the title of an existing column definition, uniquely identified by column-key.

Parameters:

column-key {KEYWORD} - Unique identifier for the column

title {STRING or nil} - String to set as title. If nil is specified the original title of the column definition will be restored.

Return Value:

t - if column has been found.

nil - if column has not been found.

Example:

(sd-set-column-definition-title :instance-name "Name")
      

Browser Configurations

SD-CREATE-BROWSER-CONFIGURATION  [function]

(sd-create-browser-configuration name
                                 :config config
                                 :tree-item-func tree-item-func)
  

Description:

Function to create a new browser configuration uniquely identified by name. This configuration can then be used in one or more browser views to describe the appearance of either the "Structure Tree" column or the "Detail" region of the view.

Parameters:

name {STRING} - Name of this browser configuration.

The name is used as a unique identifier for the configuration and should be specified in any subsequent references to the configuration. If the name specified here already exists then the existing configuration will be silently replaced by this one.

:config {LIST} - Definition of the configuration.

This list may contain a mixture of column keywords and strings. If a keyword is specified it should refer to either one of the pre-defined column definitions or to a column previously created with one of the column creation functions. Any strings specified are used as separators for display purposes. If the configuration is referenced in a tree-config parameter of sd-create-browser-view then the contents of the specified columns and any strings specified will be concatenated together to form a single string to be displayed at each browser node in the "Structure Tree" column unless tree-item-func is specified. If tree-item-func is specified then the string returned by this user defined function is used for display and any strings in the config list are ignored. If the configuration is referenced in the detail-config parameter then a separate column will be displayed for each column specified in the configuration and any strings will again be ignored.

:tree-item-func {SYMBOL} - Function used to display tree item text.

This function receives a property list as a parameter corresponding to all columns specified in config. However only columns which have meaningful values will be seen in the property list. Columns which do not reference meaningful values will be absent from the property list. The function returns a string which will be displayed next to the tree item. If the configuration is referenced in a :detail-config parameter of sd-create-browser-view then the function will not be called and therefore has no effect. It is only useful when used in conjunction with the :tree-config parameter of sd-create-browser-view. Click here for function description.

Return Value:

t - always

Example:

(defun custom-tree-item-display (plist)
  (let ( (shared        (getf plist :shared))
         (instance-name (getf plist :instance-name)))
     (if (and instance-name (/= (length instance-name) 0))
         (if (and shared (not (sd-string= shared "-")))
             (format nil "~A (Shared)" instance-name)
           ;; else
           (format nil "Instance name: ~A" instance-name))
       ;; else
       "-")))

(sd-create-browser-configuration "NAME-MODEL-CONFIG"
                                 :config '(:instance-name "|" :contents-name "|" :shared))

(sd-create-browser-configuration "CUSTOM-TREE-CONFIG"
                                 :config '(:instance-name :shared)
                                 :tree-item-func 'custom-tree-item-display)
      
(sd-create-browser-view
  "NAME-TREE-VIEW"
  :title "Name View for Tree"
  :tree-config "NAME-MODEL-CONFIG" ;; "|" will be displayed as separator
  :detail-config '(:instance-name :contents-name))
       
(sd-create-browser-view
  "NAME-DETAIL-VIEW"
  :title "Name/Model View in Detail"
  :tree-config '(:instance-name)
  :detail-config "NAME-MODEL-CONFIG") ;; "|" ignored. Three separate columns displayed.

(sd-create-browser-view
  "CUSTOM-TREE-VIEW"
  :title "Customized tree item display"
  :tree-config "CUSTOM-TREE-CONFIG" ;; Will call custom-tree-item-display
  :detail-config "CUSTOM-TREE-CONFIG") ;; Here the tree-item-func is ignored
      

SD-DELETE-BROWSER-CONFIGURATION  [function]

(sd-delete-browser-configuration name)

Description:

Function to delete an existing browser configuration uniquely identified by name. If the deleted configuration is referenced by the currently selected view then the view will continue to behave as if the configuration still existed. Only after switching to another view will the disappearance of the configuration be reflected.

Parameters:

name {STRING} - Name of the browser configuration to be deleted.

Return Value:

t - success

nil - invalid name specified

Example:

(sd-delete-browser-configuration "NAME-MODEL-CONFIG")