How to add an AppionLoop GUI page¶

See feature #2634 for more information on the code that supports these directions.

1. Add a wiki page to the Appion User Guide describing how to use this feature
2. Add a publication reference for the package you are using
    
   1. Edit /myami/myamiweb/processing/inc/publicationList.inc to include an entry for any references you need to add to your launch page.
       
3. Create a new form class for your feature
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   • Create a new file in myami/myamiweb/processing/inc/forms. Call it coolFeatureForm.inc.
   • Create a class in this file that extends the BasicLoopForm class like this:
     

     require_once "basicLoopForm.inc";
     
     class AutoMaskForm extends BasicLoopForm
     {
     ...
     

   • Examples are available in autoMaskForm.inc and makeDDstackForm.inc
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4. Set parameters needed by the BasicLoopForm class
    
   

   //------ Set Parameters for the parent class, BasicLoopForm (general Appion params) -----//
   
   // Set the publications to be references on the web pages
   $pubList = array('appion'); // The publication reference key that you added to publicationList.inc
   $this->setPublications( $pubList );
   
   // Job Type should be unique to Appion. Used in the database to determine the type of job being run.
   $this->setJobType( 'maskmaker' ); 
   
   // The name of the folder that all runs of this job type will be stored in.
   $this->setOutputDirectory( 'mask' );  
   
   // A portion of the run name that will be common (by default) to all runs of this job type. A unique number is appended to individual run names.
   $this->setBaseRunName( 'maskrun' ); 
   
   // The title on the web page for this feature.
   $this->setTitle( 'Auto Masking Launcher' ); 
   
   // The Heading on the web page for this feature.
   $this->setHeading( 'Automated Masking with EM Hole Finder' ); 
   
   // The name of the python executable file that this GUI corresponds to. It should be based on the AppionLoop class and located in the myami/appion/bin folder.
   $this->setExeFile( 'automasker.py' );
   
   // A URL corresponding to a wiki page in the Appion User Guide with information on running this feature.  
   $this->setGuideURL( "http://emg.nysbc.org/projects/appion/wiki/Appion_Processing" );
   $this->setTestable( True ); // True to activate "test single image".
   $this->setUseLegOutDir( False ); // The output directory will be created in the Appion run directory rather than Leginon.
   $this->setShowDesc( False ); // Flag to hide the description field of the run parameters.