TLB–TopLevelBaselineapplicationandcomponenttemplate/toolNormanKirchner

TopLevel?AVIthatcanbeconsideredtheprimaryofasystemormajorcomponentofasystemTypicallyhasfrontpanelshownbutnotarequirementControlsflowofapplicationandprocessingProcessinghappenswithinexecutedstatesRunsforlifetimeofapplicationorcomponent

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BaselineArchitectureApplicationINITonceandonlyoncecodeEventHandlerLoopuserinteractionresponsePrimaryExecutionLoopmainflowofprogramAppCloseclosereferencesshutdown

ApplicationINITSequenceofcasesprimestheapplicationstackedinsteadofflatforcleanlinessNot‘all’init.codegoeshereJustonceandonlyoncestuffEnqueuesspecificsetofstatestoPrimaryExecution

EventHandlerResponsivetobuttonpushesandvaluechangesPre-definedcaseshandlewindowcloseandshutdownSourceofqueuedmessagestoPrimaryExecution

PrimaryExecutionPre-definedcaseshandlecommonfunctionsInitError95%ofworkhappenshere‘Default’casehandlesstatetypos

ApplicationCloseHandlesdisplayconsiderationifbuiltintoEXENorealprocessingshouldhappenhereUse‘Exit’inPrimaryExecution

TheSHIFTERMasterstateclusterALLdataassociatedwithapplicationNEVERsendintosub-VIEasilyaddelementsthroughTypedefshortcut

‘UserParameters’Scalarinputsonthefrontpanelnumerics,strings,etc.Registerfor‘valuechange’eventdynamicallyPreventseventstructurebloatAllterminalsin1state:UpdateUserParam.EnablesallparamtobeaccessibletoentireprogramwithoutneedforlocalVar

‘DisplayData’Scalars,plotsetcAnythingthatneedstogetupdatedonthepanelStoreinshiftertoprovidedataaccesstoentireappInsteadofoutputtingdirectlytoindicatorCall‘UpdateDisplay’statetorefreshdisplay

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