Re: SN4.5.2 Win32 setup/usage for call-freq.tk

[henryn <henryn@ms.spacebbs.com>]

Ian:

Thanks for your email:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> call-freq.tk isn't a really utility, it's more of an example
> on how to rewrite addons or utilities for SN.

Yes I understand that, though I believe I've seen some dox somewhere that
seem to promise a bit more for this script.

A little history:   I was a paying customer for SN 4.2 Developer.  Haven't
used it for a while.

What I want is --no surprise-- the call frequencies for the code.  Handy for
my work.  

I had heard the "enterprise" version of SN 4.2 had this feature built in.

Just now came back to look for the latest and found the model had changed
entirely.   
> 
> You can run it like this:
> 
> ./hyper -f ../share/sdk/api/tcl/database/examples/call-freq.tk
> 
> But you'll need to pass the project directory and project name.
> I'm not sure how well it'll work on Windows, you may have to
> use snsdk.exe to launch it (if it's results are sent to the
> console).

After a few experiments --aided by the very nice Tcl debug framework-- I got
this working.  The usage is:

 ./hyper  full-path-of-script  full-path-of-SN-bin  projectname

> 
> These scripts aren't well maintained, it wouldn't suprise me
> if they don't work.

Well, this script works, but not perfectly.  The scatter plot is poorly
scaled -- most everything is bunched up in a corner.  Clicking on a data
point (to get specific call frequency data) is difficult.    There's some
strange effect that brings up an error message on a mis-aim.  But I can't
reproduce it now.  

Would it be a worthwhile contribution for me to try to reproduce the error
and report it?  If no one cares, I won't bother.

I'll probably try to excise all the graphics and dump the call frequency to
the console (but then I may have to deal with "snsdk.exe" -- whatever that
is) or to a file.  I've done just enough Tcl hacking to be dangerous.

Thanks for your help.

Henry

Henry Neugass
Microsystems Consultant
Palo Alto
650/856-0357




> 
> Ian.
> 
> henryn wrote:
>> 
>> Folks:
>> 
>> Could someone give me at least somewhat detailed instructions on how to use
>> the utility "call-freq.tk" supplied in the SN4.5.2 Win32 release?
>> 
>> I've got as far as a completely functioning SN project, no problem, and I've
>> grokked that the "hyper.exe" console window is somehow required, but the
>> path is pretty obscure beyond that.
>> 
>> There's no "usage" comment in "call-freq.tk" and --even if there was-- it's
>> a bit difficult for those of us not immersed in this technology to see how
>> what to do with it.  I tried the similar utilities --which do have some
>> usage information-- with no success.
>> 
>> It would be really helpful for someone to give me cookbook guidance on the
>> order of  "given an existing project in directory 'x' with a name 'y',  open
>> window 'z' and utter '<<incantation>>'  to get the call frequency
>> information from the database."
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Henry
>> 
>> Henry Neugass
>> Microsystems Consultant
>> Palo Alto
>> 650/856-0357
>