This project serves to provide an interface to edit workflow configuration files to be used within the charon-suite framework.With such files, it is possible to configure parameters of objects, algorithms or other data structures. It is designed to simplify the configuration of any kind of modular algorithms. Easy handling and prevention of errors which could occur on paremeter file creation by hand are the main goals.

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Main Features

look and feel similar to other graphical IDEs (LabView, QT Designer, ...)
a graphical flowchart, which is easier to understand than the plain config file, gives an overview of the data interaction
documentation on modules is presented on screen to help new users
dock widgets can be rearranged or hidden to adapt to the user's needs
mouse navigation or keyboard shortcuts for advanced users
the user's attention is focussed on the objects and parameter configuration and not on syntax details or searching the needed documentation
multiple workflow files can be opened at the same time and be compared this way
flowchart images can be saved to jpeg/png or pdf files to be used e.g. for presentations or documentation
Object/class information (so called metadata) are stored in a separate file. This way it's possible to configure visualizable processes in many different projects/applications.
this metadata is updated automatically by querying the present charon-suite modules which are able to describe themselves
system integration by using the icons from system theme (oxygen icons as fallback)
user interface translation (currently only german available)

For a quickstart guide, refer to the Introduction.

Used software

The whole project is written in C++ and designed to be platform independent. It uses only free (Open Source) software which is also avaiable for multiple platforms. The software has been tested on Linux (2.6) and Windows (XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, 7). The used libraries are avaiable for MAC OS too.

This is a list of the used libraries and software:

The CMake cross plattform build system creates the project build files used by make/Eclipse/MSVC etc. (Version >= 2.6.0)
License: Berkely-style
the GUI is created using the QT library (Version >= 4.5.0)
License: LGPL
shipped icons are from the Oxygen icon set from the KDE Project
License: LGPL
documentation generated using Doxygen (Version >= 1.5.7)
License: GPL (this does not affect the documentation output)

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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