maybe I did not look at the proper places but I did not find a simple way to see what input message is accepted by some service and what output message is generated. Maybe this is not intended and I am missing some very important conceptual part. But I found myself oftentimes wiring up services just to see what they can do.
Cordially
Christian
Hi Christian,
While sometimes wiring up a service just to see what it can do is a helpful way of exploring the system we do have a couple of other tools.
When a DSS node is running the ControlPanel service will allow you to inspect the operations that service supports by clicking on the service name in the list of services on the system.
Alternatively the command line tool DssInfo allows you to inspect an assembly and see the available information about its operations.
Hope this Helps
Paul
Hi Paul,
thanks for the answer. I played around with /controlpanel yesterday and found it to be very helpful. I will have a look on DssInfo asap.
Christian
Like Christian, I too find it awkward not to have a way to statically inspect a service's capabilities conveniently from within VPL. It would be great to see this added in future -- I'd rate this a high priority. Many times I still "intuitively" hit right-click or have doubled-clicked on a service only to search in vain for an inspector.
Stewart.
