The CPF provides a simple java-based control panel for launching the
tools in the framework.
After the CPF tar file has been unpacked, there will be a set of
command files in the target directory which provide the commands for
running the various tools. For example, the "{target dir}/cpf" file
contains the following: java -classpath $CLASSPATH:cpf.jar
cpf. If you are in a unix environment, you can execute this
as a script file: ./cpf. This launches the CPF
control panel (see below).
Figure 1 - The CPF control panel
The control panel currently only provides a convenient method for
launching the command files. By clicking on a button, the
corresponding script file in the current directory is executed. (Note:
this uses the standard shell command 'sh' but it can be recompiled to
launch for other platforms (e.g. dos .bat files) without much
effort. Clicking quit simply closes the control panel without shutting
down any running tools.
Obviously, the CPF control panel requires a java interpreter. The java
package must also support the Java Foundation Classes (JFC) (formerly
known as Swing). Some of the other CPF tools require the latest
version of the Java Development Kit (JDK) so it would be a good idea
to download and install at least the JDK 1.2 beta 4 or later. See http://www.java.sun.com/ for
downloading the JDK.
cpf-1.0-source.tar.gz
Last updated 7 October 1998
by Steve Polyak
Common Process Framework (CPF)