Overview
The application mmLaunch launches, monitors, and controls other
OOMMF applications. It is the OOMMF application that is
most closely connected to the account service directory and host
service directory applications that run behind the scenes. It also
provides user interfaces
to any applications, notably
mmSolve2D, that do not have their own user interface
window.
Launching
mmLaunch should be launched using the bootstrap
application. The command
line is
tclsh oommf.tcl mmLaunch [standard options]
Controls
Upon startup, mmLaunch displays a panel of checkbuttons, one for
each host service directory
to which it is connected. In the current
release of OOMMF there is only one checkbutton--localhost.
Future releases of mmLaunch may be able to connect to remote
hosts as well. If there is no host service directory running on the
localhost when mmLaunch is launched,
mmLaunch will start one. In that circumstance, there may be
some delay before the localhost check button appears.
Toggling the localhost checkbutton toggles the display of an interface to the host service directory. The host service directory interface consists of a row of checkbuttons, one for each account service directory registered with the host service directory. Each checkbutton is labeled with the user ID of the corresponding account service directory. For most users, there will be only one checkbutton, labeled with the user's own account ID (except on older versions of Windows, where the dummy account ID oommf may be displayed instead). If there is no account service directory running for the account under which mmLaunch was launched, mmLaunch will start one. In that circumstance, there may be some delay before the account checkbutton appears.
Toggling an account checkbutton toggles the display of an interface to the corresponding account service directory. The account service directory interface consists of two columns. The Programs column contains buttons labeled with the names of OOMMF applications that may be launched under the account managed by this account service directory. Clicking on one of these buttons launches the corresponding application. Only one click is needed, though there will be some delay before the launched application displays a window to the user. Multiple clicks will launch multiple copies of the application. Note: The launching is actually handled by the account service directory application, which sets the initial working directory to the OOMMF root directory.
The Threads column is a list of all the OOMMF applications currently running under the account that are registered with the account service directory. The list includes both the application name and an ID number by which multiple copies of the same application may be distinguished. This ID number is also displayed in the title bar of the corresponding application's user interface window. When an application exits, its entry is automatically removed from the Threads list.
Any of the running applications that do not provide their own interface window will be displayed in the Threads list with a checkbutton. The checkbutton toggles the display of an interface which mmLaunch provides on behalf of that application. The only OOMMF applications currently using this service are mmSolve2D, mmArchive, and batchsolve. These interfaces are described in the documentation for the corresponding applications.
The menu selection File|Exit terminates the mmLaunch application. The menu Help provides the usual help facilities.