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This section explains the various settings of RTCBuilder. The RTCBuilder settings screen is displayed by selecting “RTCBuilder” from the “Preferences” screen, which is displayed by selecting [Window] > [Preferences…] from the menu at the top of the screen.

Data Type

You can set the location of the IDL files that define the data types configured for Data Port and Configuration parameters. To add a new IDL storage directory, click the [New] button. You can also delete the selected IDL storage directory by clicking the [Remove] button. Select the actual location of the IDL storage directory in the directory selection screen that appears when you click inside the “IDL File Directories” field.

RTCBuilder Settings Screen


Code Generation

You can set the default contents that are configured when a new editor is displayed or a new item is added on the Basic Profile input page and Configuration Profile input page of the RTC Profile Editor.

Code Generation Settings Screen


The default settings on this settings screen (the contents set when the [Restore Defaults] button is clicked) are as follows.

Code Generation Settings Screen Default Values
Item Default Value
> Basic
Component name ModuleName
Description ModuleDescription
Version 1.0.0
Vendor VendorName
Category Category
Component Type STATIC
Component’s activity type PERIODIC
Max. Instances 1
Component kind DataFlowComponent
Execution type PeriodicExecutionContext
Execution rate 1.0
> Configuration
Name conf_name
Type conf_type
Variable Name conf_varname
Default Value conf_default
Constraint conf_constraint
Unit


Port

You can set the default contents that are configured when a new item is added on the Data Port Profile input page and Service Port Profile input page of the RTC Profile Editor.

Port Settings Screen


The default settings on this settings screen (the contents set when the [Restore Defaults] button is clicked) are as follows.

Port Settings Screen Default Values
Item Default Value
Data Port
DataPort Name dp_name
DataPort Type dp_type
DataPort Variable Name dp_vname
DataPort Constraint dp_constraint
DataPort Unit
Service Port
ServicePort Name sv_name
Service Interface
Interface Name if_name
Instance Name if_instance
Variable Name if_varname


Configuration

You can set the items displayed in the system configuration information on the Configuration Profile input page of the RTC Profile Editor.

Configuration Settings Screen


The default settings on this settings screen (the contents set when the [Restore Defaults] button is clicked) are as follows.

Configuration Settings Screen Default Values
Item Default Value
exec_cxt.periodic.type PeriodicExecutionContext
exec_cxt.periodic.rate 1000
exec_cxt.evdriven.type EventDrivenExecutionContext


Export

You can set the files to be included in each archive format of the RT component packaging function.

Export Settings Screen


The settings screen is divided into sections for each archive format (Source Export, Binary Export, Source+Binary Export). Each section consists of an extension specification area and a file name specification area.

Export Settings Screen (Section)


In the extension specification area, you can set the extensions of files to be included in each archive format. When you click the [Select Types] button, a type selection screen like the following is displayed. Select the file types you want to include in the archive.

* Only registered extensions are displayed in the file extension list. If you want to select files that do not exist in the list, enter the corresponding extensions in the "Other extensions" field at the bottom of the screen, separated by ",".
Extension Selection Screen


In the file setting area, you can set the file names to be included in the archive. When you click the [Add] button at the bottom of the “File name” list, a new row is added, so directly enter the file name you want to include in the archive. You can also delete the selected row by clicking the [Delete] button. In the example shown in Export Settings Screen (Section) above, when “Source+Binary” is selected as the archive method, files with the extensions “cpp” and “h” and files with the names “Makefile” and “README” are included in the archive. The default settings on this settings screen (the contents set when the [Restore Defaults] button is clicked) are as follows.

Export Settings Screen Default Values
Item Default Value
Source Export
Extension conf, cpp, h, vcproj, java, xml, py
File Name Makefile, README
Binary Export
Extension conf, exe, class, py
File Name README
Source+Binary Export
Extension conf, cpp, h, vcproj, java, xml, py, exe, class
File Name Makefile, README


Build View

You can set the color information of the icons displayed in the Build View.

Build View Settings Screen


Each color setting button allows you to change the color settings for the component body, DataInPort, DataOutPort, ServicePort, and ServiceInterface.

Document

You can set the enabled/disabled attributes (ON/OFF) for each activity.

Document Settings Screen