KM: Trouble with XPProEmulation

[Mark K Vallevand]

I must be missing some obvious concept.

I have an existing configuration A.slx and want to add all available
software componentst to it.
So, I added the XPe Tools macro component, and tried to add components using
XPProEmulation component. It added nothing to the A.slx component, but
added a few to a new component it created: XPProEmulation.slx. I guessed
that I'm supposed to activate that configuration, so I did. It does contain
the components from A.slx, and a few more. Now, I add more components using
XPProEmulation and, again, it does not add anything to the active
configuration XPProEmulation.slx, and pressing save in XPProEmulation
doesn't change anything. I assume it tried to add to XPProEmulation.slx,
but because it was active, something failed. So, I tried changing
XPProEmulation to save to B.slx, and yes, B.slx no has a few more
components.

I'm missing some thing very obvious. How do I add every software component
to a configuration? Do I start with a new configuration, add
XPProEmulation, then add my hardware macro component?

 

[Mark K Vallevand]

Oh, I think I might understand a little better. The "number of components
to be added to the configuration" is really the "number of components to
search". I changed it to 12178, the number of components in the database,
and its happily adding components. It does add them to the other
configuration path, not the active configuration, which is confusing at
first.

 

[KM]

Hi Mark,

You are right. It is really the number of the components to search.
Basically, the XPeTools/XPProEmulation component (not a good name for the
component, I guess :-( ) does not know beforehand how many components will
be added to the Configuration since it depends on the group filter you set.
Originally I did not have the filter field and that's why I called that
"number of components to be added to the configuration".
Anyway.. having good input from you, guys, I can change anything in the
component and I'll do that soon.

Btw, keep in mind also that there is a bug that I can't fix for the moment
(I don't have any docs on CMI, unfortunately :-( ). To see all the
components added to your Configuration you will need to save the
Configuration after the adding process is done, and re-open it again (will
take a while, though). But now it is only way to "activate" the
Configuration. The Activate button does not do much for now

I've also been thinking on some more useful components: search on registry
entries that belong to a component, merging two or more SLX configuration in
one, and etc. It is all possible with the CMI knowledge we have got for the
moment and as soon as I have time I'll work on that closely.
If you have anything in your mind that would be worth to implement, let me
know.

Thanks,