I have a query related to the Group API functions.
The wiki does not suggest that you can add a group to another group with group_obj_add but out of curiosity I gave it a try. It turns out I can group 2 images and then create a new group with the first group and a new image. Using visible and just the group id's I can control the first 2 images(grp1) or all three (grp2).
I preceded to scale up from this simple test to a mixed image and text case of 50 items. I already had some groups created for these objects so I just added the group id's for these to a top level group. Some of the items were not in groups so these got added individually. I did this over approximately 8 statements (1 initial add and 7 obj_add's).
I ran the instrument and it caused AM to crash (usual Java stopped message). Troubleshooting found that adding a group_id to a group_id with the obj_add caused the crashing. If I added all the individual elements of each of the offending groups to the top level group then all was good.
So my question is should what I tried work or did I just get lucky with the simple test. It would be good if we could layer/combine groups like this rather than have to create a new group very similar to an existing one.
Tony
using Group
using Group
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Re: using Group
Hey,
You should be able to add groups into other groups.
I'll have a look (probably tomorrow) if I can also get it to crash.
To be clear, did it already crash when calling 'group_obj_add', or did you have to call something like 'visible' or 'move' to get it to crash?
Thanks for reporting this bug,
Corjan
You should be able to add groups into other groups.
I'll have a look (probably tomorrow) if I can also get it to crash.
To be clear, did it already crash when calling 'group_obj_add', or did you have to call something like 'visible' or 'move' to get it to crash?
Thanks for reporting this bug,
Corjan
Re: using Group
Corjan,
No it crashes with just the adding. I was prepping an instrument ready for testing with opacity so I'm not doing anything with the group yet.
No it crashes with just the adding. I was prepping an instrument ready for testing with opacity so I'm not doing anything with the group yet.
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Re: using Group
So....I could replace these 300+ lines of code (nothing fancy)
with only 12 lines ??????? 
Have fun
Jedeen
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if mode == 2 and ctr_var == 0 then
nd_mode = 2
--visible(group_map_img1, false) --turn indicators
visible(group_map_img1a,true)
visible(group_map_txt1, true)
visible(group_map_img2, true)
visible(group_map_txt2, true)
visible(group_map_img3, true)
visible(group_map_line1, true) --magenta lines
visible(group_img_wayp1, true) --white waypoints
visible(group_wpt_txt1, true) --white waypoint text
visible(group_wpt_txt2, true) --magenta waypoint text
visible(groupe_data_txt1, true) --magenta data text
visible(group_data_txt2, true) --white data text
visible(group_data_txt3, true) --white eta text
visible(group_arpt_txt, true) --airport text
visible(group_img_wptcw, true) --white waypoints with circle
visible(group_img_wptm, true) --magenta waypoints
visible(group_img_wptcm, true) --magenta waypoins with circle
visible(group_img_arpt, true) --airports
visible(group_img_1stat, true) --stations of type 1
--visible(group_img_2stat, true) --stations of type 2
visible(group_stat_txt, true) --text for stations
visible(group_tcas_diaw, true) --tcas open white diamond
visible(group_tcas_arrow_up, true) --tcas white arrow up
visible(group_tcas_arrow_down, true) --tcas white arrow down
visible(group_tcas_arrow_downa, true) --tcas amber arrow down
visible(group_tcas_arrow_downr, true) --tcas red arrow down
visible(group_tcas_arrow_upa, true) --tcas amber arrow up
visible(group_tcas_arrow_upr, true) --tcas red arrow up
visible(group_tcas_diawf, true) --tcas filled white diamond
visible(group_tcas_altt_txt1, true) --tcas altitude text white top
visible(group_tcas_alta_txtt, true) --tcas altitude text amber top
visible(group_tcas_txtb, true) --tcas altitude text white bottom
visible(group_tcas_txtab, true) --tcas altitude text amber bottom
visible(group_tcas_alt_txtrb, true) --tcas altitude text red bottom
visible(group_tcas_alt_txtrt, true) --tcas altitude text red top
visible(group_tcas_amber_circle, true) --tcas amber circle
visible(group_tcas_red_box, true) --tcas red box
--PLN groups
visible(group_pln_wptw, false) --all white waypoints for pln page
visible(group_pln_img1, false) --all imgages for pln page
visible(group_pln_txt1, false) --all textlined for pln page
visible(pln_img_mask, false)
visible(group_pln_img_line_magenta, false)
visible(group_pln_wpt_text_white, false)
visible(group_pln_wpt_text_magenta, false)
visible(group_pln_img_wptm, false) --xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
visible(group_pln_img_wptcw, false)
visible(group_pln_img_wptcm, false)
--CTR groups
visible(group_ctr_img1, false) --images for ctr page
visible(group_ctr_wptw, false)
visible(group_ctr_img_wptm, false)
visible(group_ctr_img_wptcm, false) --if these 2 are on then they produce an error!!!!!!!!!
visible(group_ctr_img_wptcw, false) --if these 2 are on then they produce an error!!!!!!!!!
visible(group_wptc_txt1, false) --white text
visible(group_wptc_txt2, false) --magenta text
visible(group_ctr_line1, false) --magenta lines
visible(group_ctr_text,false)
elseif mode == 3 and ctr_var == 0 then
nd_mode = 3
visible(group_pln_wptw, true) --all white waypoints for pln page
visible(group_pln_img1, true) --all imgages for pln page
visible(group_pln_txt1, true) --all textlined for pln page
visible(pln_img_mask, true)
visible(group_pln_img_wptcw, true)
visible(group_pln_img_wptcm, true)
--visible(group_pln_wpt_text_white, true)
--visible(group_pln_wpt_text_magenta, true)
--MAP PAGE
--visible(group_map_img1, false)
visible(group_map_txt1, false)
visible(group_map_img2, false)
visible(group_map_txt2, false)
visible(group_map_img3, false)
visible(group_map_line1, false) --magenta lines
visible(group_img_wayp1, false) --white waypoints
visible(group_wpt_txt1, false) --white waypoint text
visible(group_wpt_txt2, false) --magenta waypoint text
visible(groupe_data_txt1, false) --magenta data text
visible(group_data_txt2, false) --white data text
visible(group_data_txt3, false) --white eta text
visible(group_arpt_txt, false) --airport text
visible(group_img_wptcw, false) --white waypoints with circle
visible(group_img_wptm, false) --magenta waypoints
visible(group_img_wptcm, false) --magenta waypoins with circle
visible(group_img_arpt, false) --airports
visible(group_img_1stat, false) --stations of type 1
--visible(group_img_2stat, false) --stations of type 2
visible(group_stat_txt, false) --text for stations
visible(group_tcas_diaw, false) --tcas open white diamond
visible(group_tcas_arrow_up, false) --tcas white arrow up
visible(group_tcas_arrow_down, false) --tcas white arrow down
visible(group_tcas_arrow_downa, false) --tcas amber arrow down
visible(group_tcas_arrow_downr, false) --tcas red arrow down
visible(group_tcas_arrow_upa, false) --tcas amber arrow up
visible(group_tcas_arrow_upr, false) --tcas red arrow up
visible(group_tcas_diawf, false) --tcas filled white diamond
visible(group_tcas_altt_txt1, false) --tcas altitude text white top
visible(group_tcas_alta_txtt, false) --tcas altitude text amber top
visible(group_tcas_txtb, false) --tcas altitude text white bottom
visible(group_tcas_txtab, false) --tcas altitude text amber bottom
visible(group_tcas_alt_txtrb, false) --tcas altitude text red bottom
visible(group_tcas_alt_txtrt, false) --tcas altitude text red top
visible(group_tcas_amber_circle, false) --tcas amber circle
visible(group_tcas_red_box, false) --tcas red box
--CTR groups
visible(group_ctr_img1, false) --images for ctr page on
visible(group_ctr_wptw, false)
visible(group_ctr_img_wptm, false)
--visible(group_ctr_img_wptcm, false) --if these 2 are on then they produce an error!!!!!!!!!
--visible(group_ctr_img_wptcw, false) --if these 2 are on then they produce an error!!!!!!!!!
visible(group_wptc_txt1, false) --white text
visible(group_wptc_txt2, false) --magenta text
visible(group_ctr_line1, false) --magenta lines
visible(group_ctr_text,false)
elseif mode == 2 and ctr_var == 1 then --ctr page is active
nd_mode = 4
--CTR groups
visible(group_ctr_img1, true) --images for ctr page on
visible(group_ctr_wptw, true)
visible(group_ctr_img_wptm, true)
--visible(group_ctr_img_wptcm, true) --if these 2 are on then they produce an error!!!!!!!!!
--visible(group_ctr_img_wptcw, true) --if these 2 are on then they produce an error!!!!!!!!!
visible(group_wptc_txt1, true) --white text
visible(group_wptc_txt2, true) --magenta text
visible(group_ctr_line1, true) --magenta lines
visible(group_ctr_text,true) --text for center page
--MAP groups
visible(group_map_img1, false)
visible(group_map_txt1, false)
visible(group_map_img2, false)
visible(group_map_txt2, false)
visible(group_map_img3, false)
visible(group_map_line1, false) --magenta lines
visible(group_img_wayp1, false) --white waypoints
visible(group_wpt_txt1, false) --white waypoint text
visible(group_wpt_txt2, false) --magenta waypoint text
visible(groupe_data_txt1, false) --magenta data text
visible(group_data_txt2, false) --white data text
visible(group_data_txt3, false) --white eta text
visible(group_arpt_txt, false) --airport text
--visible(group_img_wptcw, false) --white waypoints with circle
visible(group_img_wptm, false) --magenta waypoints
--visible(group_img_wptcm, false) --magenta waypoins with circle
visible(group_img_arpt, false) --airports
visible(group_img_1stat, false) --stations of type 1
visible(group_img_2stat, false) --stations of type 2
visible(group_stat_txt, false) --text for stations
visible(group_fix_img, false) --fixes
visible(group_fix_txt, false) --fix text
visible(group_tcas_diaw, false) --tcas open white diamond
visible(group_tcas_arrow_up, false) --tcas white arrow up
visible(group_tcas_arrow_down, false) --tcas white arrow down
visible(group_tcas_arrow_downa, false) --tcas amber arrow down
visible(group_tcas_arrow_downr, false) --tcas red arrow down
visible(group_tcas_arrow_upa, false) --tcas amber arrow up
visible(group_tcas_arrow_upr, false) --tcas red arrow up
visible(group_tcas_diawf, false) --tcas filled white diamond
visible(group_tcas_altt_txt1, false) --tcas altitude text white top
visible(group_tcas_alta_txtt, false) --tcas altitude text amber top
visible(group_tcas_txtb, false) --tcas altitude text white bottom
visible(group_tcas_txtab, false) --tcas altitude text amber bottom
visible(group_tcas_alt_txtrb, false) --tcas altitude text red bottom
visible(group_tcas_alt_txtrt, false) --tcas altitude text red top
visible(group_tcas_amber_circle, false) --tcas amber circle
visible(group_tcas_red_box, false) --tcas red box
--PLN GROUPS
visible(group_pln_wptw, false) --all white waypoints for pln page
visible(group_pln_img1, false) --all imgages for pln page
visible(group_pln_txt1, false) --all textlines for pln page
visible(pln_img_mask, false)
visible(group_pln_wpt_text_white, false)
visible(group_pln_wpt_text_magenta, false)
--visible(group_pln_img_wptm, false)----------------
visible(group_pln_img_wptcw, false)
visible(group_pln_img_wptcm, false)
visible(group_pln_img_line_magenta, false)Have fun
Jedeen
Re: using Group
Jedeen,
Yes but did you add the items directly to the top level group or did you nest multiple smaller groups. My issue was only with the latter method.
Yes but did you add the items directly to the top level group or did you nest multiple smaller groups. My issue was only with the latter method.
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