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This section describes the messages which TOPCAT will respond to
when it receives them from other applications via the PLASTIC hub.
The PLASTIC message IDs are listed along with the descriptions;
unless you are a tool developer you can probably ignore these.
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Load Table
- Loads a table broadcast by another application.
It is added to the list of tables in the
Control Window.
Message ID: ivo://votech.org/votable/load
or ivo://votech.org/votable/loadFromURL
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New Subset
- If TOPCAT already has loaded the table identified by the request,
it will select the received Row Subset
as the currently selected one. This has the effect of
setting it as the only displayed subset in any open plot windows,
as well as changing the current state of the
Apparent Table.
Unless the received subset is exactly the same as one already defined
for that table, a new subset with a name like "plastic-1" will be
added to the table's list of subsets for this purpose.
Message ID: ivo://votech.org/votable/showObjects
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Highlight Row
- If TOPCAT already has loaded the table identified by the request,
it will activate
the requested row. This will result in the row being marked in any
currently visible plots and in the
Data Window if it is visible,
as well as performing any additional actions you have configured
in the Activation Window.
Message ID: ivo://votech.org/votable/highlightObject
The following system-level messages are also responded to:
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ivo://votech.org/test/echo
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ivo://votech.org/info/getName
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ivo://votech.org/info/getIconURL
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ivo://votech.org/hub/event/ApplicationRegistered
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ivo://votech.org/hub/event/ApplicationUnregistered
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ivo://votech.org/hub/event/HubStopping
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TOPCAT - Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables
Starlink User Note
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TOPCAT web page:
http://www.starlink.ac.uk/topcat/
Author email:
m.b.taylor@bristol.ac.uk