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Entry  15 Nov 2017, Andreas Knecht, Suggestion, Feature request: Separate ODB flag to show programs on "Programs page" 
    Reply  17 Nov 2017, Konstantin Olchanski, Suggestion, Feature request: Separate ODB flag to show programs on "Programs page" 
       Reply  21 Nov 2017, Stefan Ritt, Suggestion, Feature request: Separate ODB flag to show programs on "Programs page" 
Message ID: 1326     Entry time: 21 Nov 2017     In reply to: 1322
Author: Stefan Ritt 
Topic: Suggestion 
Subject: Feature request: Separate ODB flag to show programs on "Programs page" 
> > Currently one has to set the required flag in the ODB (e.g., /Programs/Logger/Required) to "y" for the program 
> > to appear on the "Programs page" and being able to start and stop the program easily.
> > 
> > However, if one wants to run with the "Prevent start on required progs" in /Experiment enabled, all the 
> > programs in the "Programs page" need to be running and one cannot have one of them stopped while still 
> > taking a run.
> > 
> > It would be nice to separate these two functionalities: Have a flag that makes the program appear on the 
> > "Programs page" and have a flag that controls the "Prevent start on required frogs" functionality.
> 
> I agree. All the programs should be always visible on the "programs" page, there should be /Programs/xxx/hidden to 
> hide them, and /Programs/xxx/required should be used for "Prevent start on required progs".

Konstantin, since you wrote the current "Programs" page, can you add that feature to the display (well, when you have time). I guess we 
event don't have to change the subdirectory structure (which might lead to incopatibilities), but just show a program if the "Start command" 
is non-null. If there is no start command, it does not make sense to start that program, so it can be hidden.

Stefan
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