The Control system view shows details of all current processors, and enables you to examine this information in several ways. Tabbed pages available are:
Target
Image
Files
Class.
Figure 5.61 shows a Control system view with its Files tab selected.
Expand or collapse each level of the displayed tree structure by clicking on the + or – boxes.
The tabbed pages contain the following information:
- Target
Lists the processors on the target. Where a processor has an associated module, such as a coprocessor or ETM, the processor entry is expanded and the module is shown as a child. You cannot expand a child entry any further.
One processor can be designated the current processor. If so, it is indicated by a green arrow in the display. Commands you issue apply by default to the current processor. For example, when you select an item from a menu in the main menu bar it applies to the current processor.
One processor can be designated the selected processor. If so it is indicated by being highlighted in blue in the display. You select a processor by clicking on its name. When you select a menu item from a pop-up menu it applies to the selected processor.
Whenever possible, the current processor is the selected processor.
- Image
Lists the images loaded in the memory of the target. Expand an image node to show the processor with which the image is associated.
One image can be designated the current image. If so, it is indicated by a green arrow in the display. Commands you issue apply by default to the current image. For example, when you select an item from a menu in the main menu bar it applies to the current image.
One processor can be designated the selected image. If so it is indicated by being highlighted in blue in the display. You select an image by clicking on its name. When you select a menu item from a pop-up menu it applies to the selected image.
- Files
Lists the files associated with all the images on the target. Expand an image node to show the files associated with that image.
- Class
Lists the classes associated with all the images on the target. Expand an image node to show a globals node, and a class node if the image contains any class information. Expand the globals node to show a list of global functions and global variables. Expand a class node to show a list of classes contained in the image. Expand a class to show a list of member functions and member variables.
When you right-click in a Control system view, the pop-up menu that appears depends on which tabbed page is currently selected and which item on that page is currently selected.
The items you can select on each tabbed page are as follows:
on the Target tab, you can select a processor
on the Image tab, you can select an image or a processor
on the Files tab, you can select an image or a file
on the Class tab, you can select an image, a function, or a variable.
If the mouse pointer is on a selectable line when you right-click, then that line is selected. Any pop-up menu items that do not apply to the selected line are disabled. Some of the pop-up menu items are equivalent to menu items from the menu bar.
Brief details follow of the Control pop-up menus. AXD online help gives more details.
With a processor selected, the pop-up menu is as shown in Figure 5.62.
Select Properties... from this pop-up menu to display the dialog shown in Figure 5.63.
For a description of this dialog, see Configure Processor....
With an image selected, the pop-up menu is as shown in Figure 5.64.
If you select Properties... from this pop-up menu, the dialog shown in Figure 5.65 is displayed.
The Image Properties dialog enables you to specify Command-line arguments. These are the arguments you supply if you start execution of the image by entering a command at a command-line prompt. They are supplied to the program when you load, or reload, and execute it in AXD.
The Image Properties dialog also shows the Profiling settings that become effective the next time you load or reload an image. You can change these settings to be those you want when the next image execution begins. The settings shown are not necessarily those currently in force, because you might have changed them since the last load or reload operation.
With a file selected, the pop-up menu is as shown in Figure 5.66.
Select Source from this pop-up menu to display a Source processor view, showing the source code associated with the selected file.
With a function selected, the pop-up menu is as shown in Figure 5.67.
Select Properties... from this pop-up menu to display the dialog shown in Figure 5.68.
The Function Properties dialog shows the name and type of the function, and the parameters that it takes.
With a variable selected, the pop-up menu is as shown in Figure 5.69.
If you select Properties... from this pop-up menu, the dialog shown in Figure 5.70 is displayed.
The Variable Properties dialog shows the name and type of the variable.
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