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    <title>et_viewer</title>
    <prepared>H&aring;kan Mattsson</prepared>
    <responsible>H&aring;kan Mattsson</responsible>
    <docno></docno>
    <approved>H&aring;kan Mattsson</approved>
    <checked></checked>
    <date></date>
    <rev>%VSN%</rev>
    <file>et_viewer.xml</file>
  </header>
  <module>et_viewer</module>
  <modulesummary>Displays a sequence chart for trace events (messages/actions)</modulesummary>
  <description>
    <p></p>
  </description>
  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name>file(FileName) -> {ok, ViewerPid} | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Start a new event viewer and a corresponding collector and load them with trace events from a trace file.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>FileName() = string()</v>
        <v>ViewerPid = pid()</v>
        <v>Reason = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Start a new event viewer and a corresponding collector
          and load them with trace events from a trace file.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
    <func>
      <name>start() -> ok</name>
      <fsummary>Simplified start of a sequence chart viewer with global tracing activated.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Simplified start of a sequence chart viewer with
          global tracing activated.</p>
        <p>Convenient to be used from the command line
          (erl -s et_viewer).</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
    <func>
      <name>start(Options) -> ok</name>
      <fsummary>Start of a sequence chart viewer without linking to the parent process.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Start of a sequence chart viewer without linking
          to the parent process.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
    <func>
      <name>start_link(Options) -> {ok, ViewerPid} | {error, Reason}</name>
      <fsummary>Start a sequence chart viewer for trace events (messages/actions)</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Options = [option() | collector_option()]</v>
        <v>option() = {parent_pid, extended_pid()} | {title, term()} | {detail_level, detail_level()} | {is_suspended, boolean()} | {scale, integer()} | {width, integer()} | {height, integer()} | {collector_pid, extended_pid()} | {event_order, event_order()} | {active_filter, atom()} | {max_actors, extended_integer()} | {trace_pattern, et_collector_trace_pattern()} | {trace_port, et_collector_trace_port()} | {trace_global, et_collector_trace_global()} | {trace_client, et_collector_trace_client()} | {dict_insert, {filter, filter_name()}, event_filter_fun()} | {dict_insert, et_collector_dict_key(), et_collector_dict_val()} | {dict_delete, {filter, filter_name()}} | {dict_delete, et_collector_dict_key()} | {actors, actors()} | {first_event, first_key()} | {hide_unknown, boolean()} | {hide_actions, boolean()} | {display_mode, display_mode()}</v>
        <v>extended_pid() = pid() | undefined</v>
        <v>detail_level() = min | max | integer(X) when X >=0, X =&lt; 100</v>
        <v>event_order() = trace_ts | event_ts</v>
        <v>extended_integer() = integer() | infinity</v>
        <v>display_mode() = all | {search_actors, direction(), first_key(), actors()}</v>
        <v>direction() = forward | reverse</v>
        <v>first_key() = event_key()</v>
        <v>actors() = [term()]</v>
        <v></v>
        <v>filter_name() = atom()</v>
        <v>filter_fun() =  fun(Event) -> false | true | {true, NewEvent}</v>
        <v>Event = NewEvent = record(event)</v>
        <v>ViewerPid = pid()</v>
        <v>Reason = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Start a sequence chart viewer for trace events
          (messages/actions)</p>
        <p>A filter_fun() takes an event record as sole argument
          and returns false | true | {true, NewEvent}.</p>
        <p>If the <c>collector_pid</c> is <c>undefined</c> a new 
          <c>et_collector</c> will be started with the following
          parameter settings: <c>parent_pid</c>, <c>event_order</c>,
          <c>trace_global</c>, <c>trace_pattern</c>, <c>trace_port</c>, <c>trace_max_queue</c>,
          <c>trace_client</c>, <c>dict_insert</c> and <c>dict_delete</c>.
          The new <c>et_viewer</c> will register itself as an <c>et_collector</c> 
          subscriber.
          </p>
        <p>Default values:</p>
        <list type="bulleted">
          <item>parent_pid - self().</item>
          <item>title - "et_viewer".</item>
          <item>detail_level - max.</item>
          <item>is_suspended - false.</item>
          <item>scale - 2.</item>
          <item>width - 800.</item>
          <item>height - 600.</item>
          <item>collector_pid - undefined.</item>
          <item>event_order - trace_ts.</item>
          <item>active_filter - collector.</item>
          <item>max_actors - 5.</item>
          <item>actors - ["UNKNOWN"].</item>
          <item>first_event - first.</item>
          <item>hide_unknown - false.</item>
          <item>hide_actions - false.</item>
          <item>display_mode - all.</item>
        </list>
      </desc>
    </func>
    <func>
      <name>get_collector_pid(ViewerPid) -> CollectorPid</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the identifier of the collector process</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ViewerPid = pid()</v>
        <v>CollectorPid = pid()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Returns the identifier of the collector process.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
    <func>
      <name>stop(ViewerPid) -> ok</name>
      <fsummary>Stops a viewer</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ViewerPid = pid()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Stops a viewer process.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>
  
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