Kernel Type Viewer Panel

Lists all kernel objects of a certain kernel type. Each kernel object is described by its attributes.

• Update attributes panel - The role of this panel is to update kernel type attribute on each kernel object based on the next controller request. In UI terms, if an attribute is cleared the entire column is not renewed on the next update request. If the kernel type attribute is a String or the entire column contains only static attributes then the implementation attribute does not appear in this panel. Similarly, each table item have a checkbox which will prohibit the attribute update only for this kernel object.
• ORTI item description viewer. This is the lower text pane which displays static (or information extracted about that item from the ORTI file) and dynamic (runtime values) data. The ORTI description viewer also lists tags or links. A tag or link can be any ORTI item, that is any kernel object, type or attribute name. At load time these names are put in global cache along with their ORTI entity. They are marked as hyperlinks and the open action will select that kernel type or object.
• Kernel objects detailed viewer - This table hold instances of the same kernel type. Intuitively, each table cell represents a kernel object attribute; except the first column which is allocated for object name. The table cells hold some graphical properties.

  Table 1. Graphical Properties of Kernel Objects Detailed Viewer

  Option	Description
  Background Color
  White	Indicates static attributes like strings or constant C type or enum values; default.
  Blue	Indicates dynamic attributes that need to be computed through C formulas or expressions; they are marked this way in order to distinguish them from static attributes.
  Yellow	Indicates dynamic attributes to denote a value change.
  Black	Indicates the table cursor or which cell is currently selected.
  Foreground color
  Black	Indicates default text color
  Red	Indicates an error or a value inconsistency.
  Icons	Signifies the attribute type (Enum, String or C type) and the cells can a warning icon which indicates a possible error or an invalid value; table columns are appended with an image. For attribute SERVICETRACE the special step in and step out icons are used to indicate that the task has entered or left a service routine procedure.
  Cell context menu	Contains options that change the attribute value representation and update commands. The first options are available only for integer attributes (not a String attribute) and they affect the attribute representation globally. This means that the change is saved into the model and all views will show that attribute consistently. A subgroup (Show label, Show value, Show label and value) of these options treat only enum attributes and handle label-value show. The other subgroup controls the base number representation (Binary, Octal, Decimal, Hex). The options from update group are: Toggle update which bypass the renew policies set to attribute column or row and Update which refreshes unconditionally the attribute's value direct from the target and not from model's.