Got rid of static variables and methods in FormatProcessor, continue

debugging.

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/launching/LaunchCore.java

@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ public class LaunchCore {
             String valueAttrName = LaunchCore.getValueAttributeName(param);
 
             if(param.getType().isList())
-                workingCopy.setAttribute(valueAttrName, param.getValue());
+                workingCopy.setAttribute(valueAttrName, param.getValue(null)); // null for topFormatProcessor
             else
-                workingCopy.setAttribute(valueAttrName, param.getValue().get(0));
+                workingCopy.setAttribute(valueAttrName, param.getValue(null).get(0)); // null for topFormatProcessor
         }
 
         setToolToLaunch(workingCopy, tool);
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ public class LaunchCore {
     		IProject project,
     		String resource,
     		String logBuildStamp) throws CoreException {
+//    	System.out.println("1.DebugUITools.launch() tool="+tool+" project="+project+" resource="+resource+" logBuildStamp="+logBuildStamp);
+//    	System.out.println("2.DebugUITools.launch() tool="+tool.getName()+" project="+project.getName()+" resource="+resource.toString()+" logBuildStamp="+logBuildStamp); //Unhandled event loop exception
         if (!saveAllEditors(true))  return; // Andrey: added it here
 
         try {
@@ -236,13 +238,18 @@ public class LaunchCore {
             		resource,
             		logBuildStamp);
             if (VDTLaunchUtil.getRunner().getRunningBuilds().isAlreadyOpen(tool.getName())){
-            	return;
+//           	System.out.println("LaunchCore:launch() tool="+tool.getName()+" was already open! Ignoring... ");
+//            	return;
             }
+//        	System.out.println("DebugUITools.launch() tool="+tool.getName()+" project="+project.getName()+" resource="+resource.toString()+" logBuildStamp="+logBuildStamp);
             DebugUITools.launch(launchConfig, ILaunchManager.RUN_MODE);
         } catch (CoreException e) {
             IStatus status = e.getStatus();
             if (status.getSeverity() != IStatus.CANCEL)
                 throw e; 
+        } finally {
+//        	System.out.println("3.DebugUITools.launch() tool="+tool.getName()+" project="+project.getName()+" resource="+resource.toString()+" logBuildStamp="+logBuildStamp);
+        	
         }
     } // launch()
 
@@ -378,7 +385,8 @@ public class LaunchCore {
      */
     protected static boolean saveAllEditors(boolean confirm) {
         if (VerilogPlugin.getActiveWorkbenchWindow() == null) {
-            return false;
+        	System.out.println("VerilogPlugin.getActiveWorkbenchWindow() == null");
+            return true; // false;
         }
         return PlatformUI.getWorkbench().saveAllEditors(confirm);
     }       

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/launching/RunningBuilds.java

@@ -186,17 +186,19 @@ public class RunningBuilds {
 	}
 
 	public void removeConfiguration(String consoleName){
-		System.out.println("VDTRunnerConfiguration#removeConfiguration("+consoleName+")");
 		unfinishedBuilds.remove(consoleName);
-		System.out.println("Running consoles:");
-		listConfigurations();
+		if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_LAUNCHING)) {
+			System.out.println("VDTRunnerConfiguration#removeConfiguration("+consoleName+"), running consoles:");
+			listConfigurations();
+		}
 	}
 
 	public void saveUnfinished(String consoleName, VDTRunnerConfiguration configuration ){
-		System.out.println("VDTRunnerConfiguration#saveUnfinished("+consoleName+", configuration)");
 		unfinishedBuilds.put(consoleName, configuration);
-		System.out.println("Running consoles:");
-		listConfigurations();
+		if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_LAUNCHING)) {
+			System.out.println("VDTRunnerConfiguration#saveUnfinished("+consoleName+", configuration), running consoles:");
+			listConfigurations();
+		}
 	}
 	
 	public void listConfigurations(){

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/launching/VDTConsoleRunner.java

@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class VDTConsoleRunner{
     	        	for (int i=0;i<fArguments.length;i++){
     	        		if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.LOCAL_ECHO)) {
     	        			fOutStream.write(fArguments[i]+"\n"); // writes to console itself
-    	        			System.out.println("--->"+fArguments[i]+"\n");
+//    	        			System.out.println("--->"+fArguments[i]+"\n");
     	        		}
     	        		consoleInStreamProxy.write(fArguments[i]+"\n");
     	        	}

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/launching/VDTLaunchUtil.java

@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ public class VDTLaunchUtil {
             try {
                 if(param.getType().isList()) {
                     List<String> value = 
-                        configuration.getAttribute(valueAttrName, param.getDefaultValue());
+                        configuration.getAttribute(valueAttrName, param.getDefaultValue(null)); // null for topFormatProcessor
                     param.setCurrentValue(value);
                 } else {
-                    String value = configuration.getAttribute(valueAttrName, param.getDefaultValue().get(0));
+                    String value = configuration.getAttribute(valueAttrName, param.getDefaultValue(null).get(0));  // null for topFormatProcessor
                     param.setCurrentValue(value);
                 }
             } catch(ToolException e) {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/options/ParamBasedListOption.java

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class ParamBasedListOption extends ParamBasedOption {
     }
 
     public List<String> getValueList() {
-        return param.getValue();
+        return param.getValue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor
     }
     
     public List<String> doLoadList() {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class ParamBasedListOption extends ParamBasedOption {
     }
     
     public List<String> doLoadDefaultList() {
-        List<String> list = param.getDefaultValue();
+        List<String> list = param.getDefaultValue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor
         doClear();
         return list;
     }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class ParamBasedListOption extends ParamBasedOption {
             super.doClear();
             return true;
         } else
-            return super.doStore(OptionsUtils.convertListToString(param.getValue()));
+            return super.doStore(OptionsUtils.convertListToString(param.getValue(null))); // null for topFormatProcessor
     }
 
 } // class ParamBasedOption

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/options/ParamBasedOption.java

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class ParamBasedOption extends Option {
     }
     
     public String getValue() {
-        return param.getValue().get(0);
+        return param.getValue(null).get(0); // null for topFormatProcessor
     }
     
     public Parameter getParam() {
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ public class ParamBasedOption extends Option {
     }
     
     public String doLoadDefault() {
-        String value = param.getDefaultValue(true).get(0); // Andrey: ignore faults in TopModuleName generator
+        String value = param.getDefaultValue(true, null).get(0); // Andrey: ignore faults in TopModuleName generator // null for topFormatProcessor
         doClear();
         return value;
     }
 
     public String doLoadDefault(boolean menuMode) {
-        String value = param.getDefaultValue(menuMode).get(0);
+        String value = param.getDefaultValue(menuMode,null).get(0);
         doClear();
         return value;
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/contexts/Context.java

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public abstract class Context {
     		CommandLinesBlock commandLinesBlock = (CommandLinesBlock)commandLinesBlockIter.next();
     		if (commandLinesBlock.isConsoleKind()){
     			Parameter parName = findParam(commandLinesBlock.getDestination());  // command file or console name
-    			String consoleName = (parName != null)?	parName.getValue().get(0).trim() : null;
+    			String consoleName = (parName != null)?	parName.getValue(null).get(0).trim() : null;
     			if (consoleName!=null) consoleList.add(consoleName);
     		}
     	}
@@ -282,8 +282,9 @@ public abstract class Context {
         	String toolInfo=    subsitutePattern(commandLinesBlock.getInfo());
         	String stderr=commandLinesBlock.getStderr();
         	String stdout=commandLinesBlock.getStdout();
-        	String prompt=  buildSimpleString(commandLinesBlock.getPrompt()); // evaluate string
-        	String sTimeout=buildSimpleString(commandLinesBlock.getTimeout());
+        	// the result will not be used as some other parameter value, so topProcessor is null in the next 2 lines /Andrey
+        	String prompt=  buildSimpleString(commandLinesBlock.getPrompt(), null); // evaluate string
+        	String sTimeout=buildSimpleString(commandLinesBlock.getTimeout(),null);
         	int timeout=0;
         	try{
         		timeout=Integer.parseInt(sTimeout);
@@ -307,7 +308,8 @@ public abstract class Context {
             List<List<String>> commandSequence = new ArrayList<List<String>>();
             for(Iterator<String> lineIter = lines.iterator(); lineIter.hasNext();) {
             	String line = (String)lineIter.next();
-            	commandSequence.add(buildCommandString(line));  // TODO: parses them here? VERIFY               
+            	// the result will not be used as some other parameter value, so topProcessor is null in the next line /Andrey
+            	commandSequence.add(buildCommandString(line,null));  // TODO: parses them here? VERIFY               
             }
             
             // Here - already resolved to empty            
@@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ public abstract class Context {
             if(destName != null) {
                 Parameter parName = findParam(destName);  // command file or console name
                 String controlFileName = parName != null? 
-                		parName.getValue().get(0).trim() : null;
+                		parName.getValue(null).get(0).trim() : null;
             	if (isConsoleName) {
  //           		System.out.println("TODO: Enable console command generation here");
             		printStringsToConsoleLine(commandLineParams, commandSequence,sep,mark);
@@ -427,7 +429,7 @@ public abstract class Context {
         return (BuildParamsItem[])buildParamItems.toArray(new BuildParamsItem[buildParamItems.size()]);
     }
     
-    protected List<String> buildCommandString(String paramStringTemplate)
+    protected List<String> buildCommandString(String paramStringTemplate, FormatProcessor topProcessor)
         throws ToolException
     {
         FormatProcessor processor = new FormatProcessor(new Recognizer[] {
@@ -435,26 +437,26 @@ public abstract class Context {
                                                             new RepeaterRecognizer()
                                                             // new ContextParamRecognizer(this),
                                                             // new ContextParamRepeaterRecognizer(this)
-                                                        });
+                                                        },topProcessor);
                             
         return processor.process(paramStringTemplate);
     }
     
     // recognizes parameter name (just %name), or simple generators
-    protected String buildSimpleString(String stringTemplate)
+    protected String buildSimpleString(String stringTemplate, FormatProcessor topProcessor)
             throws ToolException
         {
     	    if (stringTemplate==null) return null;
     	    Parameter parName=findParam(stringTemplate);
     	    if (parName!=null){
-    	    	return parName.getValue().get(0).trim(); // get parameter
+    	    	return parName.getValue(topProcessor).get(0).trim(); // get parameter
     	    }
             FormatProcessor processor = new FormatProcessor(new Recognizer[] {
                                                                 new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(),
                                                                 new RepeaterRecognizer()
                                                                 // new ContextParamRecognizer(this),
                                                                 // new ContextParamRepeaterRecognizer(this)
-                                                            });
+                                                            },topProcessor);
             
             List<String> result= processor.process(stringTemplate);                    
             if (result.size()==0) return "";

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/AbstractGenerator.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.Utils;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Tool;
 import com.elphel.vdt.ui.MessageUI;
 
@@ -34,26 +35,29 @@ public abstract class AbstractGenerator {
     private final boolean forcedMultiline;
     private boolean menuMode=false; // managing menu items, not running tool. Ignore Generator errors
     protected Tool tool0; // "tool" was already used in ToolParamRecognizer / Andrey
+    protected FormatProcessor topProcessor; // to protect from cycles in recursion, replacing static in FormatProcessor / Andrey
 
-    public AbstractGenerator() {
-        this(false);
+    public AbstractGenerator(FormatProcessor processor) {
+        this(false, processor);
     }
     
     public AbstractGenerator(String prefix, 
                              String suffix, 
-                             String separator) 
+                             String separator,
+                             FormatProcessor processor) 
     {
-        this(prefix, suffix, separator, false);
+        this(prefix, suffix, separator, false,processor);
     }
     
-    protected AbstractGenerator(boolean forcedMultiline) {
-        this("", "", "", forcedMultiline);
+    protected AbstractGenerator(boolean forcedMultiline, FormatProcessor processor) {
+        this("", "", "", forcedMultiline, processor);
     }
 
     protected AbstractGenerator(String prefix, 
                                 String suffix, 
                                 String sep,
-                                boolean forcedMultiline) 
+                                boolean forcedMultiline,
+                                FormatProcessor processor) 
     {
         this.prefix = prefix;
         this.suffix = suffix;
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGenerator {
         	separator = separator.replace("\\n", "\n");
         	separator = separator.replace("\\t", "\t");
         }
+        topProcessor=processor;
     }
     public void setMenuMode(boolean menuMode){
     	this.menuMode=menuMode;
@@ -73,6 +78,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGenerator {
     public void setTool(Tool tool){
     	this.tool0=tool;
     }
+    protected FormatProcessor getTopProcessor(){return topProcessor;}
 
     
     public abstract String getName();

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/BuildStampGenerator.java

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ public class BuildStampGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         return NAME;
     }
     
+    public BuildStampGenerator() 
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
+
     protected String[] getStringValues() {
 //    	if (    	return new String[] {(tool0!=null)?tool0.getStateFile(): ""};
 //    	System.out.println("#### BuildStampGenerator(): tool0="+

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/ChosenActionGenerator.java

@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ public class ChosenActionGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }
-    
+    public ChosenActionGenerator() 
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
+
     protected String[] getStringValues() {
         int choice=SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getChosenAction();
         return new String[] { ""+choice };

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/CurrentFileBaseGenerator.java

@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ public class CurrentFileBaseGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }
-    
+    public CurrentFileBaseGenerator() 
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
+
     protected String[] getStringValues() {
         String name=SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getChosenShort(); // last segment of the file name
         if (name!=null){

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/CurrentFileGenerator.java

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ public class CurrentFileGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }
+    public CurrentFileGenerator() 
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
+
     protected String[] getStringValues() {
     	IResource resource;
     	if (getMenuMode()) {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/FileListGenerator.java

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class FileListGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                              String suffix, 
                              String separator) 
     {
-        super(prefix, suffix, separator);
+        super(prefix, suffix, separator,null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
     }
     
     public String getName() {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/FilteredSourceListGenerator.java

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class FilteredSourceListGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                                String suffix, 
                                String separator) 
     {
-        super(prefix, suffix, separator);
+        super(prefix, suffix, separator, null ); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
     }
     
     public String getName() {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/OSNameGenerator.java

@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@ public class OSNameGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }
-    
+    public OSNameGenerator()
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
+
     protected String[] getStringValues() {
-        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
+    	String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
 
         if(osName.indexOf(OS_WINDOWS) >= 0) {
             return new String[] { OS_WINDOWS };

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/ProjectNameGenerator.java

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public class ProjectNameGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         return NAME;
     }
 
+    public ProjectNameGenerator()
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
+
     protected String[] getStringValues() {
         String[] value = null;
         IResource resource = SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedResource();

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/ProjectPathGenerator.java

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.ui.variables.SelectedResourceManager;
 
 public class ProjectPathGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     public static final String NAME = VDT.GENERATOR_ID_PROJECT_PATH; 
+    public ProjectPathGenerator()
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
     
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/SelectedFileGenerator.java

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.ui.variables.SelectedResourceManager;
 public class SelectedFileGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     private static final String NAME = VDT.GENERATOR_ID_SELECTED_FILE;
 //    private boolean menuMode=false; // managing menu items, not running tool
+    public SelectedFileGenerator()
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
 
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/SourceListGenerator.java

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class SourceListGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                                String suffix, 
                                String separator) 
     {
-        super(prefix, suffix, separator);
+        super(prefix, suffix, separator,null);  // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
     }
     
     public String getName() {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/StateBaseGenerator.java

@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.ui.variables.SelectedResourceManager;
 
 
 /**
- * Generates name of teh sate file without extension
+ * Generates name of the sate file without extension
  *
  */
 public class StateBaseGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     public static final String NAME = VDT.GENERATOR_ID_STATE_FILE;
+    public StateBaseGenerator()
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
+
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/StateDirGenerator.java

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.VDT;
 
 public class StateDirGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     public static final String NAME = VDT.GENERATOR_ID_STATE_DIR;
+    public StateDirGenerator()
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/StateFileGenerator.java

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.ui.variables.SelectedResourceManager;
 
 public class StateFileGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     public static final String NAME = VDT.GENERATOR_ID_STATE_FILE;
+    public StateFileGenerator()
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
+    
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/StringsGenerator.java

@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
+
 public abstract class StringsGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     private final String[] paramStrings;
     
-    public StringsGenerator(String[] paramStrings) {
-        super(true);
+    public StringsGenerator(String[] paramStrings, FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
+        super(true, topProcessor);
         
         this.paramStrings = paramStrings;
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/TopModuleNameGenerator.java

@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.ui.variables.SelectedResourceManager;
 
 public class TopModuleNameGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     private static final String NAME = VDT.GENERATOR_ID_TOP_MODULE; 
-    
+    public TopModuleNameGenerator()
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
+ 
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/TopModulesNameGenerator.java

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class TopModulesNameGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                              String suffix, 
                              String separator) 
     {
-        super(prefix, suffix, separator);
+        super(prefix, suffix, separator,null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
     }
     
     public String getName() {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/UserNameGenerator.java

@@ -20,12 +20,17 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators;
 import com.elphel.vdt.VDT;
 
 public class UserNameGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
-    public static final String NAME = VDT.GENERATOR_ID_USERNAME;
-    public String getName() {
-        return NAME;
-    }
-    
-    protected String[] getStringValues() {
-    	return new String[] {System.getProperty("user.name")};
-    }
+	public static final String NAME = VDT.GENERATOR_ID_USERNAME;
+	public UserNameGenerator()
+	{
+		super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return NAME;
+	}
+
+	protected String[] getStringValues() {
+		return new String[] {System.getProperty("user.name")};
+	}
 } //UserNameGenerator

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/ValueGenerator.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Parameter;
 
 public class ValueGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
@@ -27,9 +28,10 @@ public class ValueGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     public ValueGenerator(Parameter param, 
                           String prefix, 
                           String suffix, 
-                          String separator) 
+                          String separator,
+                          FormatProcessor topProcessor) 
     {
-        super(prefix, suffix, separator);
+        super(prefix, suffix, separator, topProcessor);
          
         this.param = param;
     }
@@ -41,14 +43,22 @@ public class ValueGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     }
      
     protected String[] getStringValues() {
-        List<String> values = param.getValue();
+        List<String> values = param.getValue(topProcessor);
         
         return values.toArray(new String[values.size()]);
     }
 
     public String[] generate() {
-        if (!param.getType().isList()) 
-            return new String[]{prefix + param.getValue().get(0) + suffix};
+        if (!param.getType().isList()) {
+        	List<String> rslt=param.getValue(topProcessor);
+        	if (rslt.isEmpty()){
+        		System.out.println("BUG in ValueGenerator.java#generate: param.getValue() isEmpty for "+param.getID());
+        		return new String[]{prefix + "" + suffix};
+        	} else {
+        		return new String[]{prefix + rslt.get(0) + suffix};
+        	}
+//            return new String[]{prefix + param.getValue(topProcessor).get(0) + suffix};
+        }
         else
             return super.generate();
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/generators/ViewSelectedFileGenerator.java

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.ui.variables.SelectedResourceManager;
 
 public class ViewSelectedFileGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
     private static final String NAME = VDT.GENERATOR_ID_SELECTED_FILE;
+    public ViewSelectedFileGenerator()
+    {
+    	super(null); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
+    }
 
     public String getName() {
         return NAME;

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/CommandLinesBlock.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class CommandLinesBlock extends UpdateableStringsContainer
     // for commands being sent to opened remote console:
     private String prompt;       // relevant for commands sent to remote console - double prompt means "done" (extra separator on input) 
     private String stderr;       // name of the command to (command line block) to launch in a separate process/console
-                                 // and connect to stderr of the terminakl session 
+                                 // and connect to stderr of the terminal session 
     private String stdout;       // name of the command to (command line block) to launch in a separate process/console
                                  // and connect to stderr of the terminal session
     // If both are specified and pointing to the same command block - two instances/consoles will be launched.
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public class CommandLinesBlock extends UpdateableStringsContainer
         return !destination.equals("");
     }
     
-    public void update(Updateable from) throws ConfigException {
+    public void update(Updateable from, FormatProcessor topProcessor) throws ConfigException {
         CommandLinesBlock block = (CommandLinesBlock)from;
         
         if(name == null) 
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ public class CommandLinesBlock extends UpdateableStringsContainer
         if(separator == null)
             separator = block.separator;
 
-        super.update(from);
+        super.update(from, topProcessor);
+    }
+    public void update(Updateable from) throws ConfigException {
+    	update(from,null);
+    	System.out.println("CommandLinesBlock#update(from,null)");
     }
+
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/FormatProcessor.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params;
 
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.AbstractGenerator;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers.Recognizer;
@@ -28,26 +29,40 @@ public class FormatProcessor {
     private static final String CONTROL_SEQ = "%"; 
     private static final int CONTROL_SEQ_LEN = CONTROL_SEQ.length(); 
     
-    private static List<String> expandedGenerators = new ArrayList<String>();
-    private static int callCount = 0;
+//    private static List<String> expandedGenerators = new ArrayList<String>();
+    
+// TODO: Get rid of this static list used to verify cycles - does not work in multi-threaded environment    
+    
+//    private static List<String> expandedGenerators = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<String>();
+    private List<String> expandedGenerators = null;
     
     private final boolean recursive = true;
     private final boolean multiline;
     private final Recognizer[] recognizers;
     
     private String initialTemplate;
+    private FormatProcessor topProcessor=null;
+//    private static int callCount = 0;
+    private int callCount = 0; // only valid for topProcessor
     
-    public FormatProcessor(Recognizer[] recognizers, boolean multiline) {
+    public FormatProcessor(Recognizer[] recognizers, boolean multiline, FormatProcessor processor) {
         this.recognizers = recognizers;
         this.multiline = multiline;
+        this.topProcessor=processor;
+        if (topProcessor==null){
+        	topProcessor=this;
+        	expandedGenerators=new ArrayList<String>();
+        } else {
+        	expandedGenerators=topProcessor.expandedGenerators;
+        }
     }
     
-    public FormatProcessor(Recognizer[] recognizers) {
-        this(recognizers, true);
+    public FormatProcessor(Recognizer[] recognizers,FormatProcessor processor) {
+        this(recognizers, true, processor);
     }
     
     public List<String> process(String template) throws ToolException {
-        if(callCount++ == 0)
+        if(topProcessor.callCount++ == 0)
             expandedGenerators.clear();
         
         initialTemplate = template;
@@ -57,7 +72,7 @@ public class FormatProcessor {
         try {
             outputLines = processTemplate(template); // echo %SimulationTopFile %%SelectedFile ; -> null
         } finally {
-            callCount--;
+        	topProcessor.callCount--;
         }
         
         if(!multiline) {
@@ -80,7 +95,7 @@ public class FormatProcessor {
             if(template.startsWith(CONTROL_SEQ, pos)) {
                 pos += CONTROL_SEQ_LEN;
                 // got different instance of ToolParamRecognizer with tool==null
-                RecognizerResult result = recognize(template, pos); // Already skipped blank lines (and spaces in each line, added separators - no, on deifferent level
+                RecognizerResult result = recognize(template, pos, topProcessor); // Already skipped blank lines (and spaces in each line, added separators - no, on different level
                 
                 if(result != null && result.getGenerator() != null) {
                     assert result.getNewPos() > pos;
@@ -111,9 +126,9 @@ public class FormatProcessor {
         return outputLines;
     }
     
-    private RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int pos) throws ToolException {
+    private RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int pos, FormatProcessor topProcessor) throws ToolException {
         for(int i = 0; i < recognizers.length; i++) {
-            RecognizerResult result = recognizers[i].recognize(template, pos);
+            RecognizerResult result = recognizers[i].recognize(template, pos, topProcessor);
             
             assert result != null;
             
@@ -215,11 +230,19 @@ public class FormatProcessor {
                     "and try to detect the cyclic dependency by successively removing them.");
     }
 
-    private static void pushGen(String genName) {
+//    private static void pushGen(String genName) {
+    private void pushGen(String genName) {
+    	if (expandedGenerators.size()>5) System.out.println(">>PushGen("+genName+"):"+expandedGenerators.size());
         expandedGenerators.add(genName);
     }
 
-    private static void popGen() {
-        expandedGenerators.remove(expandedGenerators.size()-1);
+//    private static void popGen() {
+   private void popGen() {
+	   try {
+		   if (expandedGenerators.size()>6) System.out.println(">>PopGen():"+expandedGenerators.size());
+		   expandedGenerators.remove(expandedGenerators.size()-1); // got -1
+	   } catch (Exception e){
+		   System.out.println("Failed to expandedGenerators.remove(expandedGenerators.size()-1), e="+e); // Andrey where does this concurrency come from? SOLVED: got rid of static 
+	   }
     }
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/ParamGroup.java

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class ParamGroup extends UpdateableStringsContainer
     }
     
     public boolean isRelevant() {
-        return relevant == null || relevant.isTrue();
+        return relevant == null || relevant.isTrue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor (this value will not be used for other parameter value)
     }
 
     public List<String> getParams() {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class ParamGroup extends UpdateableStringsContainer
         if(label == null)
             label = paramGroup.label;
 
-        super.update(from);
+        super.update(from,null);// null for topFormatProcessor (this value will not be used for other parameter value)
     }
 
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/Parameter.java

@@ -229,18 +229,18 @@ public class Parameter implements Cloneable, Updateable {
     }
     
     public boolean isVisible() {
-        return resolveBooleanFieldValue(visible, "visible");
+        return resolveBooleanFieldValue(visible, "visible", null); // the value will not be used in other parameters, null is OK
     }
 
     public boolean isReadOnly() {
-        return resolveBooleanFieldValue(readonly, "readonly");
+        return resolveBooleanFieldValue(readonly, "readonly", null); // the value will not be used in other parameters, null is OK
     }
     
     // checks whether the passed id belongs to this param's id 
     // it is only proper way to resolve parameter relevantness!  
     public boolean isSame(String paramID) {
         if(paramID.equals(id)) {
-            if(relevant == null || relevant.isTrue())
+            if(relevant == null || relevant.isTrue(null))
                 return true;
         }
             
@@ -335,24 +335,24 @@ public class Parameter implements Cloneable, Updateable {
         
         return currentValue;
     }
-    public List<String> getDefaultValue() {
-    	return getDefaultValue(false);
+    public List<String> getDefaultValue(FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
+    	return getDefaultValue(false,topProcessor);
     }
     
-    public List<String> getDefaultValue(boolean menuMode) {
-        String resolvedDefaultValue = ConditionUtils.resolveContextCondition(context, defaultValue);
+    public List<String> getDefaultValue(boolean menuMode,FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
+        String resolvedDefaultValue = ConditionUtils.resolveContextCondition(context, defaultValue, topProcessor);
         String errmsg = "Parameter '" + id + 
                         "' of context '" + context.getName() + 
                         "' - error processing default value: ";
 
         List<String> processedDefaultValue = null;        
-        
+        if (topProcessor==null) topProcessor=new FormatProcessor(null,null);
         FormatProcessor processor = new FormatProcessor(new Recognizer[] {
                                                             //new RepeaterRecognizer(),
                                                             new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(menuMode),
-                                                            new ContextParamListRecognizer(context) // Andrey: returning list as the source parameter 
+                                                            new ContextParamListRecognizer(context, topProcessor) // Andrey: returning list as the source parameter 
 //                                                            new ContextParamRecognizer(context)
-                                                        });
+                                                        }, topProcessor);
 
         try {
             processedDefaultValue = processor.process(resolvedDefaultValue);
@@ -482,19 +482,19 @@ public class Parameter implements Cloneable, Updateable {
     
     // returns current value if it is set 
     // otherwise returns default value 
-    public List<String> getValue() {
+    public List<String> getValue(FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         if(!currentValue.isEmpty())
             return currentValue;
         
-        return getDefaultValue();
+        return getDefaultValue(topProcessor);
     }
 
     // returns external form of the current value unless it equals null; 
     // otherwise returns external form of the default value 
-    public List<String> getExternalValueForm() {
+    public List<String> getExternalValueForm(FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         List<String> externalFormValue = new ArrayList<String>();
         
-        for(Iterator<String> i = getValue().iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
+        for(Iterator<String> i = getValue(topProcessor).iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
             String elem = type.toExternalForm((String)i.next());
             
             if(elem == null)
@@ -514,9 +514,9 @@ public class Parameter implements Cloneable, Updateable {
         currentValue.clear();
     }
     
-    public String[] getCommandLine() throws ToolException {
-        String omit = getOmitValue();
-        List<String> value = getValue();
+    public String[] getCommandLine(FormatProcessor topProcessor) throws ToolException {
+        String omit = getOmitValue(topProcessor);
+        List<String> value = getValue(topProcessor);
                 
         if(value.size() == 1) {
             if(omit != null && type.equal(omit, value.get(0)))
@@ -524,13 +524,13 @@ public class Parameter implements Cloneable, Updateable {
         }
         
         String format = syntax.getFormat();
-        
+        if (topProcessor==null) topProcessor=new FormatProcessor(null,null);
         FormatProcessor processor = new FormatProcessor(new Recognizer[] {
                                                             new ParamFormatRecognizer(this),
                                                             new ParamRepeaterRecognizer(this),
                                                             new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(),
                                                             new RepeaterRecognizer(),
-                                                        });
+                                                        },topProcessor);
         
         List<String> commandLine = processor.process(format);
         
@@ -628,14 +628,14 @@ public class Parameter implements Cloneable, Updateable {
     // private stuff below
     //
     
-    private String getOmitValue() {        
+    private String getOmitValue(FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
+        if (topProcessor==null) topProcessor=new FormatProcessor(null,null);
         FormatProcessor processor = new FormatProcessor(new Recognizer[] {
-                                                            new ContextParamRecognizer(context),
+                                                            new ContextParamRecognizer(context, topProcessor),
                                                             new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer()
-                                                        },
-                                                        false);
+                                                        }, false,topProcessor);
 
-        String resolvedOmitValue = ConditionUtils.resolveContextCondition(context, omitValue);
+        String resolvedOmitValue = ConditionUtils.resolveContextCondition(context, omitValue, topProcessor);
         String result = null;
         
         if(resolvedOmitValue != null) {
@@ -649,8 +649,8 @@ public class Parameter implements Cloneable, Updateable {
         return result;
     }
     
-    private boolean resolveBooleanFieldValue(String field, String fieldName) {
-        String fieldValue = ConditionUtils.resolveContextCondition(context, field);
+    private boolean resolveBooleanFieldValue(String field, String fieldName, FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
+        String fieldValue = ConditionUtils.resolveContextCondition(context, field, topProcessor);
         
         if(!field.equals(fieldValue)) {
             try {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/Tool.java

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     private String resultFile;               // used to overwrite name of the default result file that normally
                                              // is calculated from result and timestamp;
     
-    private String openState=null;           // (only for open sessions) - last successful result ran in this session
+    private String [] openState=null;        // (only for open sessions) - last successful [name,result] ran in this session
     private Tool openTool=null;              // (only for open sessions) - tool last successful result ran in this session (null if none/failed)
     private Tool restoreMaster;              // Tool, for which this one is restore (or null if for none). Same restore for
     										 // multiple masters is not allowed
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     
     public List<String> getDependStateNames()    { return dependStateNames; }
     public List<String> getDependFileNames()     { return dependFileNames; }
-    public boolean isDirty()               { return dirty || !hashMatch(); }
+    public boolean isDirty()               { return dirty; }
     public boolean isDirtyOrChanged()      {
     	return isDirty() || !hashMatch();
     }
@@ -313,8 +313,14 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
 
     public TOOL_STATE getState()           { return state; }
     public boolean isPinned()              { return pinned; }
-    public String getOpenState()           { return openState; }
-    public void setOpenState(String stateName) { openState=stateName;}
+    public String getOpenStateName()           { return (openState!=null)?openState[0]:null; }
+    public String getOpenStateFile()           { return (openState!=null)?openState[1]:null; }
+    public void setOpenState(String stateName, String stateFile) {
+    	if ((stateName!=null) && (stateFile!=null)) {
+    		String [] pair={stateName, stateFile};
+    		openState=pair;
+    	}
+    }
 
     public Tool getOpenTool()              { return openTool; }
     public void setOpenTool(Tool openTool) { this.openTool=openTool;}
@@ -323,7 +329,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     public void setDirty(boolean dirty) {
     	this.dirty=dirty;
 //    	toolFinished();
-    	System.out.println("SetDirty("+dirty+")");
+    	System.out.println("SetDirty("+dirty+") tool:"+getName());
     }
     public void setPinned(boolean pinned) {
     	this.pinned=pinned;
@@ -333,10 +339,28 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     	}
     }
     
+    public void setModeWait(
+    		TOOL_MODE mode,
+    		int choice,
+    		String fullPath,
+    		String ignoreFilter) {
+    	setModeWait(new ToolWaitingArguments(
+    			mode,
+        		choice,
+        		fullPath,
+        		ignoreFilter));
+    }
+
     public void setModeWait(ToolWaitingArguments toolWaitingArguments) {
     	this.toolWaitingArguments = toolWaitingArguments;
     	setMode(TOOL_MODE.WAIT);
     }
+
+    
+    public ToolWaitingArguments getToolWaitingArguments(){
+    	return toolWaitingArguments;
+    }
+    
     
     public void setMode(TOOL_MODE mode) {
     	if (mode !=TOOL_MODE.WAIT) this.toolWaitingArguments = null;
@@ -352,7 +376,10 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     		setTimeStamp(); // copy current time to tool timestamp
     		restoreTimeStamp=null; 
         	if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE)) {
-        		System.out.println(":::: Tool "+name+": setTimeStamp="+timeStamp);
+        		System.out.println("::::: Tool "+name+": setTimeStamp="+timeStamp);
+        		if (name.equals("VivadoTimingReportSynthesis")){
+        			System.out.println("Tool.setMode()");
+        		}
         	}
     	} else if (mode == TOOL_MODE.RESTORE){
     		if (restoreMaster!=null){
@@ -381,7 +408,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     	this.state=state;
 //    	toolFinished();
     	if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE)) {
-    		System.out.println("SetState("+state+")");
+    		System.out.println("SetState("+state+") for tool "+getName());
     	}
     }
 
@@ -512,7 +539,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     public boolean isDisabled(){
     	if (abstractTool) return true; // abstract are always disabled
     	if (disabled==null) return false;
-    	List<String> values=disabled.getValue();
+    	List<String> values=disabled.getValue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor
     	if ((values==null) || (values.size()==0)) return false;
     	return (!values.get(0).equals("true"));
     }
@@ -582,7 +609,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     	if ((dependFiles == null) || (dependFiles.size()==0)) return null;
     	List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
     	for (Iterator<Parameter> iter= dependFiles.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
-    		List<String> vList=iter.next().getValue();
+    		List<String> vList=iter.next().getValue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor
     		if (vList!=null) {
     			for (String item:vList){
     				if ((item!=null) && (item.trim().length()>0)){
@@ -599,7 +626,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     	if ((dependStates == null) || (dependStates.size()==0)) return null;
     	List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
     	for (Iterator<Parameter> iter= dependStates.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
-    		List<String> vList=iter.next().getValue();
+    		List<String> vList=iter.next().getValue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor
 			for (String item:vList){
 				if ((item!=null) && (item.trim().length()>0)){
 					list.add(item.trim());
@@ -647,7 +674,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
                                       "' is absent");
         } else if(!(autoSave.getType() instanceof ParamTypeBool)) {
             throw new ConfigException("Parameter autoSave='" + autoSaveString +
-            		"' defined in "+result.getSourceXML()+" used for tool '" + name + 
+            		"' defined in "+autoSave.getSourceXML()+" used for tool '" + name + 
                                       "' must be of type '" + ParamTypeBool.NAME + 
                                       "'");
         }
@@ -655,14 +682,14 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
 
     public boolean getAutoSave(){
     	if (autoSave==null) return false;
-    	List<String>result=autoSave.getValue();
+    	List<String>result=autoSave.getValue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor
     	if (!result.isEmpty()) return result.get(0).equals("true");
     	return false;
     }
     
     public List<String> getResultNames(){
     	if (result==null) return null;
-    	return result.getValue();
+    	return result.getValue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor
     }
     
     public void initRestore() throws ConfigException{
@@ -716,9 +743,9 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     	return saveTool;
     }
     public Tool getSaveMaster(){
-		if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE)) {
-			System.out.println("getSaveMaster("+name+")-> "+((saveMaster==null)?"null":"NOT null"));
-		}
+//		if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE)) {
+//			System.out.println("getSaveMaster("+name+")-> "+((saveMaster==null)?"null":"NOT null"));
+//		}
     	return saveMaster;
     }
     
@@ -775,7 +802,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     public String getLogDir() {return getLogDir(true); } 
     public String getLogDir(boolean first) {
     	if (logDir!=null) { // has logDir specified, but may be empty
-        	List<String> value=logDir.getValue();
+        	List<String> value=logDir.getValue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor
         	if (value.size()==0) return null; // overwrites with empty
         	return value.get(0);
     	}
@@ -788,7 +815,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     public String getStateDir() {return getStateDir(true); } 
     public String getStateDir(boolean first) {
     	if (stateDir!=null) { // has stateDir specified, but may be empty
-        	List<String> value=stateDir.getValue();
+        	List<String> value=stateDir.getValue(null); // null for topFormatProcessor
         	if (value.size()==0) return null; // overwrites with empty
         	return value.get(0);
     	}
@@ -1021,12 +1048,12 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     public String[] getExtensions() {
         if(extensions == null)
             return null;
-        
+    	FormatProcessor topProcessor=new FormatProcessor(null,null);
         FormatProcessor processor = new FormatProcessor(
                                             new Recognizer[] {
-                                            		new ContextParamRecognizer(this),
+                                            		new ContextParamRecognizer(this,topProcessor),
 //                                                    new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer() // Andrey: Trying
-                                            		});
+                                            		},topProcessor); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
 
         String[] actualExtensions = new String[extensions.size()];
         
@@ -1054,13 +1081,13 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
 // Can be two different processors for labels and resources 
         
 //SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(true) may be not needed, as current file is already set here
-        
+    	FormatProcessor topProcessor=new FormatProcessor(null,null);
         FormatProcessor processor = new FormatProcessor(
                                             new Recognizer[] {
-                                            		new ContextParamRecognizer(this),
+                                            		new ContextParamRecognizer(this,topProcessor),
                                                     new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(true) // in menuMode
 //                                                    new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(false) // in menuMode
-                                            		});
+                                            		},topProcessor); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
 
         RunFor[] actualActions = new RunFor[runfor.size()];
         
@@ -1095,12 +1122,13 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     // Should be called after getMenuActions to have updateContextOptions() already ran
     public String getIgnoreFilter(){ // calculate and get
     	if (ignoreFilter==null) return null;
+    	FormatProcessor topProcessor=new FormatProcessor(null,null);
         FormatProcessor processor = new FormatProcessor(
                 new Recognizer[] {
-                		new ContextParamRecognizer(this),
+                		new ContextParamRecognizer(this,topProcessor),
                         new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(true) // in menuMode
 //                        new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(false) // in menuMode
-                		});
+                		},topProcessor); // null for topFormatProcessor - this generator can not reference other parameters
         List<String> results=null;
         try {
 			results=processor.process(ignoreFilter);
@@ -1223,7 +1251,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     
       public BuildParamsItem[] buildParams(boolean dryRun) throws ToolException {
     	if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE)) {
-    		System.out.println("tool "+getName()+" state="+getState()+" dirty="+isDirty()+" pinned="+isPinned()+" dryRun="+dryRun);
+    		System.out.println("buildParams("+dryRun+"): tool "+getName()+" state="+getState()+" dirty="+isDirty()+" hashMatch()="+hashMatch()+" pinned="+isPinned());
     	}
     	
         if(parentPackage != null)
@@ -1241,17 +1269,18 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     }
     
     
-    protected List<String> buildCommandString(String paramStringTemplate)
+    protected List<String> buildCommandString(String paramStringTemplate, FormatProcessor topProcessor)
         throws ToolException
     {
+    	if (topProcessor==null) topProcessor=new FormatProcessor(null,null);
         FormatProcessor processor = new FormatProcessor(new Recognizer[] {
-                                                            new ToolParamRecognizer(this),
+                                                            new ToolParamRecognizer(this,topProcessor),
 //                                                            new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(),
                                                             new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer(this),
                                                             new RepeaterRecognizer(),
-                                                            new ContextParamRecognizer(this),
+                                                            new ContextParamRecognizer(this,topProcessor),
                                                             new ContextParamRepeaterRecognizer(this)
-                                                        });
+                                                        }, topProcessor); // topFormatProcessor=null: this value will not be used as other parameter value
                             
         return processor.process(paramStringTemplate);
     }
@@ -1397,7 +1426,7 @@ public class Tool extends Context implements Cloneable, Inheritable {
     //
     
     private String getResolvedExeName() {
-        return ConditionUtils.resolveContextCondition(this, exeName);
+        return ConditionUtils.resolveContextCondition(this, exeName, null); // null for topFormatProcessor 
     }
 /*    
     private String getResolvedShellName() {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/ToolSequence.java

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFolder;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.QualifiedName;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
 import org.eclipse.ui.IActionBars;
@@ -30,12 +29,12 @@ import org.eclipse.ui.IMemento;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.Txt;
 import com.elphel.vdt.VDT;
-import com.elphel.vdt.VerilogUtils;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.launching.LaunchCore;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.launching.ToolLogFile;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.ToolsCore;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Tool.TOOL_MODE;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Tool.TOOL_STATE;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Tool.ToolWaitingArguments;
 import com.elphel.vdt.ui.MessageUI;
 import com.elphel.vdt.ui.options.FilteredFileSelector;
 import com.elphel.vdt.ui.variables.SelectedResourceManager;
@@ -45,10 +44,12 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.veditor.preference.PreferenceStrings;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 public class ToolSequence {
@@ -64,12 +65,13 @@ public class ToolSequence {
     private static final String TAG_CURRENTSTATE_STATEFILE =  ".currentState.stateFile.";
     private static final String TAG_CURRENTSTATE_TOOLSTAMP =  ".currentState.toolStamp.";
     
+//    private static final int MAX_TOOLS_TO_RUN=100;
    
 	private boolean shiftPressed=false;
 	private DesignFlowView designFlowView;
 	private boolean stopOn; // Stop button is pressed
 	private boolean saveOn; // save button is on
-	private Map<String,Tool> stateProvides;
+	private Map<String,Set<Tool>> stateProviders;
 	private Map<String,ToolStateStamp> currentStates;
 	private IMemento unfinishedMemento=null;
 	private String menuName=null;
@@ -100,8 +102,6 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 			designFlowView.finalizeAfterVEditorDB(unfinishedMemento);
 		}
 	}
-
-	
 	
 	public void toolFinished(Tool tool){
 		doToolFinished(tool);
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 		}
 		if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE))
 			System.out.println("\nTool "+tool.getName()+" FINISHED , state="+tool.getState()+", mode="+tool.getLastMode());
-		if (tool.getState()==TOOL_STATE.SUCCESS){
+		if ((tool.getState()==TOOL_STATE.SUCCESS) || (tool.getState()==TOOL_STATE.KEPT_OPEN)){
 			// Update state of the session(s) - should be done after run or restore
 			if ((tool.getLastMode()==TOOL_MODE.RUN) ||	(tool.getLastMode()==TOOL_MODE.RESTORE)){
 				boolean sessionUpdated=updateSessionTools(tool); // Update state 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 				restoreToolProperties(tool);// set last run hashcode and timestamp for the tool just restored
 				if (tool.getRestoreMaster()!=null) tool.setPinned(true);
 				else {
-					System.out.println("Pribably a bug - tool.getRestoreMaster()==null for "+tool.getName()+", while state is "+tool.getState());
+					System.out.println("Probably a bug - tool.getRestoreMaster()==null for "+tool.getName()+", while state is "+tool.getState());
 					tool.setPinned(true); // restored state should be pinned?
 				}
 			}
@@ -142,7 +142,16 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 			if (tool.getLastMode()==TOOL_MODE.RUN) {
 				setDependState(tool);
 			}
-			setToolsDirtyFlag(false); // no need to recalculate all parameters here 
+			setToolsDirtyFlag(false); // no need to recalculate all parameters here
+//			if (SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().isToolsLinked()) {
+//				System.out.println("===Propagating 'dirty' flags to dependent non-pinned tools");
+//				propagateDirty();
+//			}
+			if (isStop()){
+				releaseStop();
+				System.out.println("Stop was ctivated");
+				return; // do nothing more
+			}
 			
 			// Check for stop here
 			if ((tool.getLastMode()==TOOL_MODE.RUN) || (tool.getLastMode()==TOOL_MODE.SAVE)){
@@ -150,44 +159,269 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 			}			
 			getToolsToSave(); // find if there are any sessions in unsaved state - returns list (not yet processed)
 			if (tryAutoSave(tool)) return;  // started autoSave that will trigger "toolFinished" again
-		} else if (tool.getState()==TOOL_STATE.KEPT_OPEN){ // Got here after launching a session
-			if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE))
-				System.out.println("\nTool "+tool.getName()+" kept open , state="+tool.getState()+", mode="+tool.getLastMode());
+			if (continueRunningTools()) return; // started next needed tool
+			// will get here if no more tools to run or failed to find one
+			Tool waitingTool=findWaitingTool();
+			if (waitingTool==null){
+				System.out.println("No tool is waiting to run, all done.");
+				return;
+			} else {
+				waitingTool.setState(TOOL_STATE.FAILURE); // should state be set to FAILURE?
+				waitingTool.setMode(TOOL_MODE.STOP);
+				String msg="Failed to find a tool to run for "+waitingTool.getName();
+				System.out.println(msg);
+				MessageUI.error(msg);
+			}
+			
+//		} else if (tool.getState()==TOOL_STATE.KEPT_OPEN){ // Got here after launching a session
+//			if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE))
+//				System.out.println("\nTool "+tool.getName()+" kept open , state="+tool.getState()+", mode="+tool.getLastMode());
 		} else { // Process failures here
-
+			//Turn off any Waiting tool
+			Tool waitingTool=findWaitingTool();
+			if (waitingTool!=null){
+				waitingTool.setState(TOOL_STATE.FAILURE); // should state be set to FAILURE?
+				waitingTool.setMode(TOOL_MODE.STOP);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private boolean continueRunningTools(){
+		if (SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().isToolsLinked()){
+			Tool reportTool=findReportTool();
+			if (reportTool!=null){
+				// Launch report tool that can be ran from the current state
+				try {
+					launchNextTool(reportTool);
+				} catch (CoreException e) {
+					String msg="Failed to launch reportTool "+reportTool.getName()+" e="+e;
+					System.out.println(msg);
+					MessageUI.error(msg);
+					return false;
+				}
+				return true; // launched report tool
+			}
+			Tool waitingTool=findWaitingTool();
+			if (waitingTool!=null){
+				// prevent recursion - limit number of steps to the total number of tools (each should run once at most ?) 
+				Tool nextTool=findToolToLaunch(waitingTool,ToolsCore.getConfig().getContextManager().getToolList().size());
+				if (nextTool!=null){
+					try {
+						launchNextTool(nextTool);
+					} catch (CoreException e) {
+						String msg="Failed to launch next tool "+nextTool.getName()+" e="+e;
+						System.out.println(msg);
+						MessageUI.error(msg);
+						return false;
+					}
+					return true; // launched next tool
+				}
+				return false; // failed to find tool to launch
+			}
+			return false; // nothing to do - no tool was waiting
+		} else {
+			return false; // tools are not linked
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void launchNextTool(Tool tool) throws CoreException {
+//		if (!okToRun()) return;
+//		setStateProvides(); // just testing
+		tool.setDesignFlowView(designFlowView); // maybe will not be needed with ToolSequencing class
+		if (tool.isWaiting()){
+			ToolWaitingArguments twa=tool.getToolWaitingArguments();
+			if (twa!=null){
+				SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().updateActionChoice(
+						twa.getFullPath(), //fullPath,
+						twa.getChoice(), // choice,
+						twa.getIgnoreFilter()); //ignoreFilter);
+				tool.setMode(twa.getMode()) ; //TOOL_MODE.RUN);
+				tool.setChoice(twa.getChoice());
+
+				LaunchCore.launch( tool,
+						SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(),
+						twa.getFullPath(),
+						null); // run, not playback 
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		tool.setMode(TOOL_MODE.RUN) ; //TOOL_MODE.RUN);
+//		tool.toolFinished();
+		tool.setChoice(0);
+//		SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().updateActionChoice(fullPath, choice, ignoreFilter); // Andrey
+//		SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().setBuildStamp(); // Andrey
+		// apply designFlowView to the tool itself
+		LaunchCore.launch( tool,
+				SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(),
+				SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getChosenTarget(),
+				null); // run, not playback 
+	} // launchTool()
+
+	
+	
+	
 	/**
 	 * Find which tool to run to satisfy dependency of the specified tool (may be recursive - make sure no loops)
 	 * @param tool tool to satisfy dependency for
+	 * @param numSteps Maximal number of tools to run automatically (to prevent recursion)
 	 * @return tool to run or null - failed to find any
 	 */
-	private Tool findToolToLaunch(Tool tool, boolean launchSessions){ 
+	// TODO: support session-less states
+	private Tool findToolToLaunch(Tool tool, int numSteps){
+		if (numSteps<0){
+			MessageUI.error("Maximal number of tool steps exceeded");
+			return null;
+		}
+		// get list of states of the open sessions
+		List<Tool> sessions=getOpenSessions();
+		Map<String,String> openStates=new ConcurrentHashMap<String,String>();
+		for (Tool session:sessions){
+			if (session.getOpenStateName() != null) openStates.put(session.getOpenStateName(),session.getOpenStateFile());
+		}
+		
+		// First see if all the state dependencies are met
+		List<String> depStates=tool.getDependStates();
+		
+		// restore tools should not have any dependencies but console, check it here just in case
+		if (!tool.isPinned() && (depStates!=null) && (tool.getRestoreMaster()==null)) for (String state:depStates){
+			// see if the state is available, good and not dirty
+			System.out.println("findToolToLaunch("+tool.getName()+" state= "+state);
+			ToolStateStamp tss=currentStates.get(state);
+			// Check that this state provider
+			if (tss!=null){
+				System.out.println("State "+state+" tss.toolName="+tss.toolName+" tss.toolStateFile="+tss.toolStateFile+" tss.toolStamp="+tss.toolStamp );
+				if ((tss.getToolName()!=null) ){
+					Tool depTool=ToolsCore.getContextManager().findTool(tss.getToolName());
+					if ((depTool.getState()==TOOL_STATE.SUCCESS) &&
+							(depTool.isPinned() || !depTool.isDirtyOrChanged())){
+						System.out.println("depTool= "+depTool.getName());
+						// dependency satisfied, but is this state current for some session?
+						for (String osn:openStates.keySet()){
+							System.out.println("-- openStateName="+osn+" state="+state); // openState - with ts, state - link
+						}
+						if (openStates.keySet().contains(state)){
+							continue; // dependency satisfied and the state is open
+						} else {
+							// The state was achieved, but it is not current. Try restore tool if possible
+							System.out.println("State "+state+" was previously achieved, but it is not current - will need to restore/re-run");
+							// just do nothing here and fall through to tss be set to null ?
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				tss=null; // missing or dirty tool - will need to re-run
+			}
+			if (tss==null){
+				System.out.println("State "+state+" is not available");
+				if (stateProviders.containsKey(state)){
+					Set<Tool> providersSet=stateProviders.get(state);
+					for (Tool provider:providersSet){
+						if (!provider.isDisabled()){
+							System.out.println("For wanted tool "+tool.getName()+
+									" using tool "+provider.getName()+
+									" to get needed state "+state);
+							return findToolToLaunch(provider, numSteps-1);
+						}
+					}
+					MessageUI.error("Could not find enabled tool to provide state "+state);
+					System.out.println("Could not find enabled tool to provide state "+state);
+					return null;
+				} else {
+					MessageUI.error("No tool provide state "+state);
+					System.out.println("No tool provide state "+state);
+					return null;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// Got here if all state dependencies are met (or there are none)
+		// Does the tool need a console that needs to be started?
 		List<Tool> consoleTools= getUsedConsoles(tool);
-		if (launchSessions) for (Tool consoleTool:consoleTools){ // or maybe do it after other dependencies?
+		for (Tool consoleTool:consoleTools){ // or maybe do it after other dependencies?
 			if (consoleTool.getState()!=TOOL_STATE.KEPT_OPEN) {
 				if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_OTHER)) {
 					System.out.println("Need to launch tool"+consoleTool.getName()+" to satisfy dependencies of tool "+tool.getName());
 				}
-				return consoleTool;
+				return consoleTool; // start the console session
 			}
 		}
-		// All session tools are running
-		return null;
-
+		// everything is met to run this tool. Can we just restore it instead (only if it is not in WAIT state)
+		if (tool.isWaiting()){
+			System.out.println("OK to run waiting tool "+tool.getName());
+			return tool;
+		}
+		if ((tool.getRestore()!=null) &&
+			(tool.isPinned() || !tool.isDirtyOrChanged()) &&
+			(tool.getState() == TOOL_STATE.SUCCESS)){
+			System.out.println("Try to restore tool "+tool.getName()+" using "+tool.getRestore());
+			return tool.getRestore();
+		}
+		System.out.println("All cleared to run "+tool.getName());
+		return tool;
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Find enabled tool that can be ran from the current state without changing it (such as various reports)
+	 * and is "dirty" or never ran
+	 * @return found tool to launch or null
+	 */
+	private Tool findReportTool(){
+		// get open session(s)
+		List<Tool> sessions=getOpenSessions();
+		if (sessions.size()==0) return null;
+		Map<String,String> openStates=new ConcurrentHashMap<String,String>();
+		for (Tool session:sessions){
+			if (session.getOpenStateName() != null) openStates.put(session.getOpenStateName(),session.getOpenStateFile());
+		}
+		if (openStates.size()==0) return null;
+		for (Tool tool:ToolsCore.getConfig().getContextManager().getToolList()){
+			if (
+				tool.isDisabled() ||                // disabled tool (or abstract)
+				(tool.getSaveMaster()!=null) ||     // Is Save tool
+				(tool.getRestoreMaster()!=null) ||  // or is Restore tool
+				(tool.getStateLink()!=null)) {      // or changes output state(s)
+				continue;
+			}
+			// already good and nothing changed?
+			if (
+					(tool.getState()==TOOL_STATE.SUCCESS) && !tool.isDirtyOrChanged()){
+				continue;
+			}
+			// dependencies met (and do exist)?
+			List<String> depStates=tool.getDependStates();
+			if ((depStates==null) || (depStates.size()==0)){
+				continue; // no dependencies at all;
+			}
+			boolean met=true;
+			for (String state:depStates){
+				if (!openStates.keySet().contains(state)){
+					met=false;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (!met) {
+				continue; // dependencies not among open session states (TODO: what about non-session states?
+			}
+			return tool; // All checks passed, return this tool
+		}
+		return null; // Nothing found
 	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Setup what tools can provide needed states
 	 */
 	public void setStateProvides(){
-		stateProvides=new ConcurrentHashMap<String,Tool>();
+		stateProviders=new ConcurrentHashMap<String,Set<Tool>>();
 		for (Tool tool : ToolsCore.getConfig().getContextManager().getToolList()){
 			System.out.println("Looking for all states defined, tool= "+tool.getName());
 			if (!tool.isDisabled()){
 				String state=tool.getStateLink(); // some tools (like reports) do not change states 
-				if (state!=null) stateProvides.put(state,tool);
+				if (state!=null) {
+//					stateProviders.putIfAbsent(state,(Set<Tool>) new HashSet<Tool>());
+					if (!stateProviders.containsKey(state)){
+						stateProviders.put(state,(Set<Tool>) new HashSet<Tool>());
+					}
+					stateProviders.get(state).add(tool);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		// Verify that each dependent state has a provider
@@ -197,7 +431,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 				List<String> dependStates=tool.getDependStates();
 				if ((dependStates!=null) && (dependStates.size()>0)){
 					for (String state:dependStates){
-						if (!stateProvides.containsKey(state)){
+						if (!stateProviders.containsKey(state)){
 							MessageUI.error("No tool provide output state '"+state+"' needed to satisfy dependency of the tool "+tool.getName());
 							System.out.println("No tool provide output state '"+state+"' needed to satisfy dependency of the tool "+tool.getName());
 						}
@@ -207,7 +441,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 		}
 		
 		//    List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(hashset);
-		System.out.println("Got "+stateProvides.keySet().size()+" different states, number of mappings="+stateProvides.keySet().size());
+		System.out.println("Got "+stateProviders.keySet().size()+" different states, number of mappings="+stateProviders.keySet().size());
 		// For each state - find latest tool that made it
 		
 		
@@ -230,11 +464,21 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 		tool.setChoice(0);
 		SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().updateActionChoice(fullPath, choice, ignoreFilter); // Andrey
 		SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().setBuildStamp(); // Andrey
-		// apply designFlowView to the tool itself
-		LaunchCore.launch( tool,
-				SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(),
-				fullPath,
-				null); // run, not playback 
+		if (((mode==TOOL_MODE.RUN) || (mode==TOOL_MODE.RESTORE)) && SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().isToolsLinked()){
+			tool.setModeWait(
+	    			mode,
+	        		choice,
+	        		fullPath,
+	        		ignoreFilter);
+			if (!continueRunningTools()){
+				System.out.println("Failed to initiate continueRunningTools() for tool="+tool.getName());
+			}
+		} else {
+			LaunchCore.launch( tool,
+					SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(),
+					fullPath,
+					null); // run, not playback
+		}
 	} // launchTool()
 
 	// TODO: restore "working copy" functionality here to be able to play back logs while tools are running
@@ -296,9 +540,30 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 			stopAllRunnig();
 		}
 	}
+	public void releaseStop(){
+		this.stopOn=false;
+		designFlowView.setToggleStopTools(false);
+	}
+	
+	
 	public void setSave(boolean pressed){
 		this.saveOn=pressed;
+		if (saveOn){
+			List<Tool> toolsToSave=getToolsToSave(); // find if there are any sessions in unsaved state - returns list (not yet processed)
+			if ((toolsToSave==null) || (toolsToSave.size()==0)){
+				System.out.println("Nothing to save - how was the button pressed?");
+				releaseSave();
+				return;
+			}
+			tryAutoSave(toolsToSave.get(0)); // launch autosave and trigger toolFinished() when done
+		}
 	}
+	public void releaseSave(){
+		this.saveOn=false;
+		designFlowView.setToggleSaveTools(false);
+	}
+	
+	
 	public boolean isStop(){
 		return stopOn;
 	}
@@ -313,12 +578,11 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 		IProject project = SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(); // should not be null when we got here
 		List<Tool> sessionList=new ArrayList<Tool>();
 		for (Tool tool : ToolsCore.getConfig().getContextManager().getToolList()){
-			System.out.println("Looking for open console: "+tool.getName()+
-					" state="+tool.getState());
+//			System.out.println("Looking for open console: "+tool.getName()+	" state="+tool.getState());
 			if (
 					(tool.getState()==TOOL_STATE.KEPT_OPEN) &&
 					(tool.getOpenTool()!=null) &&
-					(tool.getOpenState()!=null)){
+					(tool.getOpenStateFile()!=null)){
 				// See if state file is not saved
 				Tool ranTool=tool.getOpenTool();
 				String stateDirString=ranTool.getStateDir();
@@ -333,9 +597,20 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 				}
 				IFolder stateDir= project.getFolder((stateDirString==null)?"":stateDirString);
 				IFile link=   stateDir.getFile(linkString); // null
-				IFile target= stateDir.getFile(tool.getOpenState());
-				System.out.println("****link.getRawLocation()=  "+link.getRawLocation().toString());
-				System.out.println("****target.getLocation()=  "+target.getLocation().toString());
+				IFile target= stateDir.getFile(tool.getOpenStateFile());
+				System.out.println("*****link.getRawLocation()=  "+link.getRawLocation().toString());
+				System.out.println("******target.getLocation()=  "+target.getLocation().toString());
+				// Debug
+				try {
+					Map<QualifiedName,String> allPP=	target.getPersistentProperties();
+					System.out.println("1. Getting persistent properties from properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString()+" / "+tool.getOpenStateFile());
+					for (QualifiedName qn:allPP.keySet()){
+						System.out.println("... "+qn.toString()+": "+allPP.get(qn));
+					}
+				} catch (CoreException e2) {
+					System.out.println("Failed to get persistent properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
+				} 
+
 				sessionList.add(tool);
 			}
 		}
@@ -361,7 +636,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 			if (
 					(tool.getState()==TOOL_STATE.KEPT_OPEN) &&
 					(tool.getOpenTool()!=null) &&
-					(tool.getOpenState()!=null)){
+					(tool.getOpenStateFile()!=null)){
 				// See if state file is not saved
 				Tool ranTool=tool.getOpenTool();
 				String stateDirString=ranTool.getStateDir();
@@ -376,13 +651,24 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 				}
 				IFolder stateDir= project.getFolder((stateDirString==null)?"":stateDirString);
 				IFile link=   stateDir.getFile(linkString); // null
-				IFile target= stateDir.getFile(tool.getOpenState());
-				System.out.println("****link.getRawLocation()=  "+link.getRawLocation().toString());
-				System.out.println("****target.getLocation()=  "+target.getLocation().toString());
+				IFile target= stateDir.getFile(tool.getOpenStateFile());
+				System.out.println("**link.getRawLocation()=  "+link.getRawLocation().toString());
+				System.out.println("***target.getLocation()=  "+target.getLocation().toString());
 				if (!link.getRawLocation().toString().equals(target.getLocation().toString())){
 					saveToolsList.add(ranTool);
 					System.out.println("****Adding=  "+ranTool.getName());
 				}
+				// Debug
+				try {
+					Map<QualifiedName,String> allPP=	target.getPersistentProperties();
+					System.out.println("2. Getting persistent properties from properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString()+" / "+tool.getOpenStateFile());
+					for (QualifiedName qn:allPP.keySet()){
+						System.out.println("... "+qn.toString()+": "+allPP.get(qn));
+					}
+				} catch (CoreException e2) {
+					System.out.println("Failed to get persistent properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
+				} 
+
 			}
 		}
 		return saveToolsList;
@@ -390,20 +676,29 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 	
 	//TODO: make possible to run multiple tools async if they do not share common session
 	public boolean isAnyToolRunnigOrWaiting(){
-		IProject project = SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(); // should not be null when we got here
-		List<Tool> saveToolsList=new ArrayList<Tool>();
+//		IProject project = SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(); // should not be null when we got here
+//		List<Tool> saveToolsList=new ArrayList<Tool>();
 		for (Tool tool : ToolsCore.getConfig().getContextManager().getToolList()){
 			if (tool.isRunning() || tool.isWaiting()) return true;
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
+	
+	private Tool findWaitingTool(){
+		for (Tool tool : ToolsCore.getConfig().getContextManager().getToolList()){
+			if (tool.isWaiting()) return tool;
+		}
+		return null;
+		
+	}
+	
 
 // call when double-click on stop?	
 	public void stopAllRunnig(){ // does not actually stop - just marks as if stopped for debug purposes
-		IProject project = SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(); // should not be null when we got here
-		List<Tool> saveToolsList=new ArrayList<Tool>();
+//		IProject project = SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(); // should not be null when we got here
+//		List<Tool> saveToolsList=new ArrayList<Tool>();
 		for (Tool tool : ToolsCore.getConfig().getContextManager().getToolList()){
-			if (tool.isRunning()) {
+			if (tool.isRunning() || tool.isWaiting()) {
 				tool.setState(TOOL_STATE.FAILURE);
 				tool.setMode(TOOL_MODE.STOP);
 			}
@@ -413,22 +708,40 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 	
 	public boolean restoreToolProperties(Tool tool){
 		if (tool.getLastMode()!=TOOL_MODE.RESTORE) return false;
-		if (tool.getRestoreMaster()!=null) tool=tool.getRestoreMaster();
+		String targetString=tool.getStateFile(); // With timestamp or specifically set through selection
+
+		if (tool.getRestoreMaster()!=null) {
+//			System.out.println("restoreToolProperties("+tool.getName()+") tool.getRestoreMaster()="+tool.getRestoreMaster().getName()+" tool.getStateFile()="+tool.getStateFile());
+//			System.out.println("tool.getRestoreMaster().getStateFile()="+tool.getRestoreMaster().getStateFile());
+//			targetString=tool.getResultName(); // after restore this is the actual file name
+			targetString=tool.getStateFile();
+			System.out.println("targetString="+targetString+" tool.getName()="+tool.getName()+"tool.getRestoreMaster().getName()="+tool.getRestoreMaster().getName());
+			tool=tool.getRestoreMaster();
+		}
 		else {
 			System.out.println("Tool "+tool.getName()+" does not have restoreMaster, but it came with getLastMode()!=TOOL_MODE.RESTORE");
 		}
 		String stateDirString=tool.getStateDir();
-//		String linkString=tool.getStateLink();
-		String targetString=tool.getStateFile(); // With timestamp or specifically set through selection
+		System.out.println("Tool "+tool.getName()+" getStateDir()="+tool.getStateDir());
 		IProject project = SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().getSelectedProject(); // should not be null when we got here
 		IFolder stateDir= project.getFolder((stateDirString==null)?"":stateDirString);
 		// Create file for target and see if it actually exists
-		IFile target=  stateDir.getFile(targetString);
+		IFile target=  stateDir.getFile(targetString); //null po
 		if (!target.exists()){
 			System.out.println("BUG: file that was just restored does not exist: "+
 					target.getLocation().toOSString());
 			return false;
 		}
+		// Debug
+		try {
+			Map<QualifiedName,String> allPP=	target.getPersistentProperties();
+			System.out.println("3. Getting persistent properties from properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString()+" / "+targetString);
+			for (QualifiedName qn:allPP.keySet()){
+				System.out.println("... "+qn.toString()+": "+allPP.get(qn));
+			}
+		} catch (CoreException e2) {
+			System.out.println("Failed to get persistent properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
+		} 
 		String timestamp=null;
 		String sHashCode=null;
 		int hashCode=0;
@@ -444,6 +757,8 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 			System.out.println("Got hashcode="+hashCode+" ("+sHashCode+") in "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
 		} catch (CoreException e) {
 			System.out.println("No hashcode in "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
+		} catch (NumberFormatException e1){
+			System.out.println("Bad hashcode "+sHashCode+" in "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
 		}
 		if (timestamp!=null) {
 			tool.setTimeStamp(timestamp);
@@ -465,7 +780,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 		}
 		if ((stateToolName==null) || !tool.getName().equals(stateToolName)){
 			System.out.println("State file "+target.getLocation().toOSString()+" was saved for tool "+stateToolName+
-					", while restoring tool is "+tool.getName()+" - ivalidating all dependencies timestamps.");
+					", while restoring tool is "+tool.getName()+" - invalidating all dependencies timestamps.");
 			tool.clearDependStamps();
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -495,7 +810,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 	
 	private boolean tryAutoSave(Tool tool){
 		if  ((tool.getSave()!=null) && // save tool exists
-				tool.getAutoSave() &&  // autosave enabled
+				(tool.getAutoSave() || isSave())&&  // autosave enabled or save button pressed
 				(designFlowView!=null) && // not needed anymore?
 				(tool.getLastMode()==TOOL_MODE.RUN)) { // it was not playback of logs
 			final Tool fTool=tool.getSave();
@@ -530,8 +845,21 @@ public class ToolSequence {
     		tool=tool.getSaveMaster();
     		tool.setMode(TOOL_MODE.STOP);
 			if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE)) {
-				System.out.println("Finished autosave tool "+tool.getName()+" for "+tool.getName());
+				System.out.println("Finished (auto)save tool "+tool.getName()+" for "+tool.getName());
 			}
+			if (isSave()) { // more to save?
+				List<Tool> toolsToSave=getToolsToSave(); // find if there are any sessions in unsaved state - returns list (not yet processed)
+				if ((toolsToSave!=null) && (toolsToSave.size()>=0)){
+					if (toolsToSave.get(0).getSaveMaster()!=null){
+						System.out.println("Seems to be a BUG that might cause infinite attempts to save while processing tool "+
+								tool.getName()+", first save tool "+toolsToSave.get(0).getName()+
+								", saveMaster()="+toolsToSave.get(0).getSaveMaster().getName());
+						return false;
+					}
+					if (tryAutoSave(toolsToSave.get(0))) return true;
+				}
+			}
+			releaseSave();
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -551,7 +879,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 		String linkString=tool.getStateLink();
 		String targetString=tool.getStateFile(); // With timestamp or specifically set through selection
 		
-		System.out.println("Tool:"+tool.getName()+
+		System.out.println("updateLinkLatest("+tool.getName()+")"+
 				" stateDirString="+stateDirString+
 				" linkString ="+linkString+
 				" targetString="+targetString);
@@ -577,11 +905,17 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 					" in "+stateDirString+": "+target.getLocation());
 			return; // No link created as there was no snapshot, but the console state is valid.
 		}
-		if (linkString==null){
-			System.out.println("No link name available for "+tool.getName());
-			return;
-		}
-		
+		// Debug
+		try {
+			Map<QualifiedName,String> allPP=	target.getPersistentProperties();
+			System.out.println("4. Getting persistent properties from properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
+			for (QualifiedName qn:allPP.keySet()){
+				System.out.println("... "+qn.toString()+": "+allPP.get(qn));
+			}
+		} catch (CoreException e2) {
+			System.out.println("Failed to get persistent properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
+		} 
+
 		IFile link=   stateDir.getFile(linkString);
 		
 		try {
@@ -662,6 +996,24 @@ public class ToolSequence {
     					" on "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
     		}
         }
+        // debug - readback:
+		try {
+			target.refreshLocal(0, null); // long-running
+		} catch (CoreException e1) {
+			System.out.println("Failed to refreshLocal "+target.getLocation().toOSString()+" e="+e1.toString());
+		}
+
+		try {
+			Map<QualifiedName,String> allPP=	target.getPersistentProperties();
+			System.out.println("5. Getting persistent properties from properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
+			for (QualifiedName qn:allPP.keySet()){
+				System.out.println("... "+qn.toString()+": "+allPP.get(qn));
+			}
+		} catch (CoreException e2) {
+			System.out.println("Failed to get persistent properties from "+target.getLocation().toOSString());
+		} 
+        
+        
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -671,6 +1023,8 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 	 */
 	private boolean updateSessionTools(Tool tool){
 		String targetString=tool.getStateFile();
+		String linkString=  tool.getStateLink();
+
 		// after restore this may be a non-timestamp file - use current timestamp instead of the restored?
 		if (targetString==null){
 			if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE))
@@ -684,7 +1038,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 		if (sessionList.size()>0){
 			for(Iterator<Tool> iter = sessionList.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
 				Tool consoleTool=iter.next();
-				consoleTool.setOpenState(targetString);
+				consoleTool.setOpenState(linkString,targetString);
 				if (VerilogPlugin.getPreferenceBoolean(PreferenceStrings.DEBUG_TOOL_SEQUENCE))
 					System.out.println("Set openState of "+consoleTool.getName()+" to "+targetString);
 				if (tool.getRestoreMaster()!=null) { // after restore save master tool
@@ -841,7 +1195,7 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 
     	}
    	    setStateProvides(); // Can be called just once - during initialization?
-   	    for (String state:stateProvides.keySet()){
+   	    for (String state:stateProviders.keySet()){
    	    	if ( mementoKeysMap.containsKey(state+TAG_CURRENTSTATE_TOOLNAME)) {
    	    		currentStates.put(state,new ToolStateStamp(
    	    	    		memento.getString(state+TAG_CURRENTSTATE_TOOLNAME),
@@ -864,6 +1218,8 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 	}
 	
     public void putCurrentState(Tool tool){
+    	if (tool.getRestoreMaster()!=null) tool.getRestoreMaster();
+    	else if (tool.getSaveMaster()!=null) tool.getSaveMaster();
 		String linkString=tool.getStateLink(); // name of the state file w/o timestamp
 		if (linkString!=null) currentStates.put(linkString, new ToolStateStamp(tool));
     }
@@ -889,6 +1245,63 @@ public class ToolSequence {
 				tool.setDirty(!matchDependState(tool));
 			}
 		}
+		// why did it fail?
+		if (SelectedResourceManager.getDefault().isToolsLinked()) {
+			System.out.println("====Propagating 'dirty' flags to dependent non-pinned tools");
+			propagateDirty();
+		}
+    }
+    
+    private void propagateDirty(){
+    	boolean newDirty=false;
+    	//	private Map<String,ToolStateStamp> currentStates;
+
+		for (Tool tool : ToolsCore.getConfig().getContextManager().getToolList()){
+			if (
+					tool.isDisabled() ||                // disabled tool (or abstract)
+					(tool.getSaveMaster()!=null) ||     // Is Save tool
+					(tool.getRestoreMaster()!=null)){   // or is Restore tool
+					continue;
+				}
+
+			if (!tool.isDirty()){
+				List<String> depStates=tool.getDependStates();
+				if ((depStates==null) || (depStates.size()==0)){
+					continue; // no dependencies at all;
+				}
+				boolean met=true;
+				if (currentStates!=null) for (String state:depStates){
+					Tool provider=(currentStates.get(state)==null)?null: ToolsCore.getTool(currentStates.get(state).getToolName());
+					if (provider==null){
+						met=false;
+						System.out.println("No providers for depend state "+state);
+						break;
+					}
+					if (provider.getRestoreMaster()!=null){
+						System.out.println("propagateDirty(): should not happen: tool "+
+								provider.getName()+".getRestoreMaster()="+
+								provider.getRestoreMaster().getName());
+						provider=provider.getRestoreMaster();
+					} else if (provider.getSaveMaster()!=null){
+						System.out.println("propagateDirty(): should not happen: tool "+
+								provider.getName()+".getSaveMaster()="+
+								provider.getSaveMaster().getName());
+						provider=provider.getSaveMaster();
+					}
+					if (provider.isDirty() && !provider.isPinned()){
+						met=false;
+						System.out.println("Provider for depend state "+state+" - "+provider.getName()+" : isDirty()="+
+								provider.isDirty()+", provider.isPinned()="+provider.isPinned());
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				if (!met) {
+					tool.setDirty(true);
+					newDirty=true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (newDirty) propagateDirty(); // recursive call until no more new tools are marked dirty 
     }
     
     /**

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/conditions/AbstractConditonValue.java

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.conditions;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
+
 public interface AbstractConditonValue {
-    public abstract String getValue();
+    public abstract String getValue(FormatProcessor topProcessor);
     public abstract List<String> getDependencies();
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/conditions/Comparison.java

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.conditions;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
+
 public abstract class Comparison extends Condition {
     protected COMPARE_OP op;
     
@@ -41,6 +43,6 @@ public abstract class Comparison extends Condition {
     }
 
     public abstract boolean equals(Object other);
-    public abstract boolean isTrue();
+    public abstract boolean isTrue(FormatProcessor topProcessor);
     public abstract List<String> getDependencies();
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/conditions/Condition.java

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.conditions;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
+
 public class Condition {
     private Condition left, right;
     private BOOL_OP op;
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ public class Condition {
                right.equals(otherCondition.right);
     }
     
-    public boolean isTrue() {
-        return op.isTrue(left.isTrue(), right.isTrue());
+    public boolean isTrue(FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
+        return op.isTrue(left.isTrue(topProcessor), right.isTrue(topProcessor));
     }
     
     public List<String> getDependencies() {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/conditions/ConditionString.java

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.conditions;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
+
 public class ConditionString extends ConditionValue {
     private String value;
     
@@ -28,8 +30,8 @@ public class ConditionString extends ConditionValue {
         this.value = value;
     }
     
-    public String getValue() {
-        return condition.isTrue()? value : null;
+    public String getValue(FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
+        return condition.isTrue(topProcessor)? value : null;
     }
 
     public List<String> getDependencies() {

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/conditions/ConditionUtils.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.conditions;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.contexts.Context;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.ui.MessageUI;
 
 public class ConditionUtils {
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public class ConditionUtils {
             Condition relevant = entry.getCondition();
             List<String> strings = entry.getStrings();
             
-            if(relevant == null || relevant.isTrue())
+            if(relevant == null || relevant.isTrue(null))
                 relevantStrings.addAll(strings);                
         }
         
@@ -68,11 +69,11 @@ public class ConditionUtils {
         return condValue;
     }
 
-    public static String resolveContextCondition(Context context, String condString) {
+    public static String resolveContextCondition(Context context, String condString, FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         MultiConditionValue condValue = getContextCondition(context, condString);
         
         if(condValue != null) 
-            return condValue.getValue();
+            return condValue.getValue(topProcessor);
                 
         return condString;
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/conditions/ConditionValue.java

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.conditions;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
+
 public abstract class ConditionValue implements AbstractConditonValue {
     protected Condition condition;
     
@@ -26,6 +28,6 @@ public abstract class ConditionValue implements AbstractConditonValue {
         this.condition = condition;
     }
     
-    public abstract String getValue();
+    public abstract String getValue(FormatProcessor topProcessor);
     public abstract List<String> getDependencies();
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/conditions/MultiConditionValue.java

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.conditions;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
+
 public class MultiConditionValue implements AbstractConditonValue {
     private List<ConditionValue> conditionValues;
     private String defaultString;
@@ -33,9 +35,9 @@ public class MultiConditionValue implements AbstractConditonValue {
         this.defaultString = defaultString;
     }
     
-    public String getValue() {
+    public String getValue(FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         for(Iterator<ConditionValue> i = conditionValues.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
-            String value = ((ConditionValue)i.next()).getValue();
+            String value = ((ConditionValue)i.next()).getValue(topProcessor);
             
             if(value != null)
                 return value;

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/conditions/StringComparison.java

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.ui.MessageUI;
 public class StringComparison extends Comparison {
     private Context context;
     private String left, right;
+    private FormatProcessor topProcessor;
     
+    // constructor should not reference topProcessor (it is only used at startup)
     public StringComparison(COMPARE_OP op, String left, String right) {
         this(op, null, left, right);
     }
@@ -59,16 +61,17 @@ public class StringComparison extends Comparison {
                right.equals(otherComparison.right);
     }
     
-    public boolean isTrue() {
+    public boolean isTrue(FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         String actualLeft = left;
         String actualRight = right;
 
         if(context != null) {
+            if (topProcessor==null) topProcessor=new FormatProcessor(null,null);
             FormatProcessor processor = 
                 new FormatProcessor(new Recognizer[] {
-                    new ContextParamRecognizer(context),
+                    new ContextParamRecognizer(context,topProcessor),
                     new SimpleGeneratorRecognizer()
-                });
+                },topProcessor);
                     
             try {
                 actualLeft = processor.process(left).get(0);            

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/conditions/UpdateableStringsContainer.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.Updateable;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.config.ConfigException;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 
 public abstract class UpdateableStringsContainer implements Updateable {
     private final static String FIRST_MARK = "first";
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ public abstract class UpdateableStringsContainer implements Updateable {
     public abstract boolean matches(Updateable other);
     public abstract Object clone();
 
-    public void update(Updateable from) throws ConfigException {
+    public void update(Updateable from, FormatProcessor topProcessor) throws ConfigException {
         UpdateableStringsContainer container = (UpdateableStringsContainer)from;
         
         ConditionalStringsList oldStrings = 
@@ -53,11 +54,11 @@ public abstract class UpdateableStringsContainer implements Updateable {
 
         strings = oldStrings; 
         
-        insertSpecifiedStrings();
+        insertSpecifiedStrings(topProcessor);
         deleteSpecifiedStrings();        
     }
     
-    private void insertSpecifiedStrings() throws ConfigException {
+    private void insertSpecifiedStrings(FormatProcessor topProcessor) throws ConfigException {
         if(insertStrings == null)
             return;
         
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ public abstract class UpdateableStringsContainer implements Updateable {
                                                             
                     Condition cond = entry.getCondition();
                     
-                    if(cond != null && !cond.isTrue())
+                    if(cond != null && !cond.isTrue(topProcessor))
                         continue;
 
                     // okay, entry found, and the condition is met

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/ContextParamListRecognizer.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Parameter;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.ToolException;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.contexts.Context;
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.ValueGenerator;
 public class ContextParamListRecognizer extends ParamRecognizer {
     private Context context;
     
-    public ContextParamListRecognizer(Context context) {
+    public ContextParamListRecognizer(Context context,FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         this.context = context;
+        this.topProcessor=topProcessor;
     }
     
     protected Parameter findParam(String paramID) {
@@ -36,6 +38,6 @@ public class ContextParamListRecognizer extends ParamRecognizer {
     }
 
     protected AbstractGenerator getGenerator(Parameter param) throws ToolException {
-        return new ValueGenerator(param, "", "", null); // will return list value of the parameter
+        return new ValueGenerator(param, "", "", null, topProcessor); // will return list value of the parameter
     }
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/ContextParamRecognizer.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Parameter;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.ToolException;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.contexts.Context;
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.ValueGenerator;
 public class ContextParamRecognizer extends ParamRecognizer {
     private Context context;
     
-    public ContextParamRecognizer(Context context) {
+    public ContextParamRecognizer(Context context, FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         this.context = context;
+        this.topProcessor=topProcessor;
     }
     
     protected Parameter findParam(String paramID) {
@@ -36,6 +38,6 @@ public class ContextParamRecognizer extends ParamRecognizer {
     }
 
     protected AbstractGenerator getGenerator(Parameter param) throws ToolException {
-        return new ValueGenerator(param, "", "", "");
+        return new ValueGenerator(param, "", "", "",topProcessor);
     }
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/ContextParamRepeaterRecognizer.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.contexts.Context;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.AbstractGenerator;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.ValueGenerator;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Parameter;
 
 
@@ -33,12 +34,13 @@ public class ContextParamRepeaterRecognizer extends RepeaterRecognizer {
     protected AbstractGenerator findGenerator(String paramID, 
                                               String repPrefix, 
                                               String repSuffix,
-                                              String separator) 
+                                              String separator,
+                                              FormatProcessor topProcessor) 
     {
         Parameter param = context.findParam(paramID);
         
         if(param != null)
-            return new ValueGenerator(param, repPrefix, repSuffix, separator);
+            return new ValueGenerator(param, repPrefix, repSuffix, separator,topProcessor);
             
         return null;
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/ParamFormatRecognizer.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.Utils;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Parameter;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.AbstractGenerator;
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public class ParamFormatRecognizer implements Recognizer {
         this.param = param;
     }
     
-    public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos) {
+    public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos, FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         RecognizerResult result = new RecognizerResult();
         String genName;
         int newPos = -1;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public class ParamFormatRecognizer implements Recognizer {
         assert newPos >= 0; 
                 
         if(genName.equals(FORMAT_PARAM_NAME_MARK)) {
-            result.set(new AbstractGenerator() {
+            result.set(new AbstractGenerator(topProcessor) {
                            public String getName() {
                                return "ParamName (parameter '" + param.getID() + 
                                       "' of context '" + param.getContext().getName() +
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@ public class ParamFormatRecognizer implements Recognizer {
                            }
                        },
             
-                       newPos);
+                       newPos, topProcessor);
         } else if(genName.equals(FORMAT_PARAM_VALUE_MARK)) {
-            result.set(new AbstractGenerator() {
+            result.set(new AbstractGenerator(topProcessor) {
                            public String getName() {
                                return "ParamValue (parameter '" + param.getID() +
                                       "' of context '" + param.getContext().getName() +
@@ -89,11 +90,11 @@ public class ParamFormatRecognizer implements Recognizer {
                            }
                 
                            protected String[] getStringValues() {
-                               return new String[]{param.getExternalValueForm().get(0)};
+                               return new String[]{param.getExternalValueForm(topProcessor).get(0)};
                            }
                        },
             
-                       newPos);
+                       newPos, topProcessor);
         }
         
         return result;

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/ParamRecognizer.java

@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.Utils;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.AbstractGenerator;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Parameter;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.ToolException;
 
 
 public abstract class ParamRecognizer implements Recognizer {
-    public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos) throws ToolException {
+	//, FormatProcessor topProcessor - not yet used?
+	protected FormatProcessor topProcessor=null;
+    public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos, FormatProcessor topProcessor) throws ToolException {
         RecognizerResult result = new RecognizerResult();
                 
         int newPos = Utils.findBoundary(template, startPos);
@@ -33,7 +36,8 @@ public abstract class ParamRecognizer implements Recognizer {
         Parameter param = findParam(paramID);
 
         if(param != null)
-            result.set(getGenerator(param), newPos);        
+            result.set(getGenerator(param), newPos,topProcessor);
+        this.topProcessor=topProcessor;
 
         return result;
     }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/ParamRepeaterRecognizer.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.FilteredSourceListGenerator;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.SourceListGenerator;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.TopModulesNameGenerator;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.ValueGenerator;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Parameter;
 
 
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ public class ParamRepeaterRecognizer extends RepeaterRecognizer {
     protected AbstractGenerator findGenerator(String genName, 
                                               String repPrefix, 
                                               String repSuffix,
-                                              String separator) 
+                                              String separator,
+                                              FormatProcessor topProcessor) 
     {
     	// TODO make repetitor to accept several pattern generators with only one generating a list
     	/*
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ public class ParamRepeaterRecognizer extends RepeaterRecognizer {
     	}
     	*/
     	if(genName.equals(ParamFormatRecognizer.FORMAT_PARAM_VALUE_MARK))
-    		return new ValueGenerator(param, repPrefix, repSuffix, separator);
+    		return new ValueGenerator(param, repPrefix, repSuffix, separator, topProcessor);
     	/* Trying to put these here */        
         if(genName.equals(FilteredSourceListGenerator.NAME))
             return new FilteredSourceListGenerator(repPrefix, repSuffix, separator);

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/Recognizer.java

@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.ToolException;
 
 
 public interface Recognizer {
-    public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos) throws ToolException;
+    public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos, FormatProcessor topProcessor) throws ToolException;
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/RecognizerResult.java

@@ -18,14 +18,17 @@
 package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.AbstractGenerator;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 
 public class RecognizerResult {
     private AbstractGenerator generator = null;
     private int newPos = -1;
+    private FormatProcessor topProcessor=null;
     
-    public void set(AbstractGenerator generator, int newPos) {
+    public void set(AbstractGenerator generator, int newPos, FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         this.generator = generator;
         this.newPos = newPos;
+        this.topProcessor=topProcessor;
     }
     
     public AbstractGenerator getGenerator() {
@@ -38,4 +41,5 @@ public class RecognizerResult {
         
         return newPos;
     }
+    public FormatProcessor getTopProcessor() {return topProcessor;}
 }

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/RepeaterRecognizer.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.Utils;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.ToolException;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.AbstractGenerator;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.FileListGenerator;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public class RepeaterRecognizer implements Recognizer {
     private static final int FORMAT_REPEATER_SEP_LEN = FORMAT_REPEATER_SEP.length(); 
     private static final int FORMAT_REPEATER_CLOSE_LEN = FORMAT_REPEATER_CLOSE.length(); 
     
-    public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos)
+    public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos, FormatProcessor topProcessor)
         throws ToolException
     {
         RecognizerResult result = new RecognizerResult();
@@ -88,8 +89,8 @@ public class RepeaterRecognizer implements Recognizer {
  //                          "', sepBody: '" + sepBody + 
  //                          "'");
         
-        result.set(findGenerator(genName, repPrefix, repSuffix, sepBody),     /* Why did it miss FileListGenerator here? */   
-                   closePos + FORMAT_REPEATER_CLOSE_LEN);
+        result.set(findGenerator(genName, repPrefix, repSuffix, sepBody, topProcessor),     /* Why did it miss FileListGenerator here? */   
+                   closePos + FORMAT_REPEATER_CLOSE_LEN, topProcessor);
         
         if(result.getGenerator() == null)
             throw new ToolException("Unknown generator '" + genName + "'");
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ public class RepeaterRecognizer implements Recognizer {
     protected AbstractGenerator findGenerator(String genName, 
                                               String repPrefix, 
                                               String repSuffix,
-                                              String separator) 
+                                              String separator,
+                                              FormatProcessor topProcessor) 
     {
     	System.out.println("Ever get here? RepeaterRecognizer.java:findGenerator()"); // yes, sure
     	AbstractGenerator gen=new FilteredSourceListGenerator(repPrefix, repSuffix, separator);

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/SimpleGeneratorRecognizer.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.Utils;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.*;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Tool;
 
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public class SimpleGeneratorRecognizer implements Recognizer {
     		generators[i].setTool(tool);
     	}
     }
-	public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos) {
+	public RecognizerResult recognize(String template, int startPos, FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         RecognizerResult result = new RecognizerResult(); 
                 
         // first see if there is the control sequence
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ public class SimpleGeneratorRecognizer implements Recognizer {
 
             String genName = template.substring(startPos, newPos);
 
-            result.set(findGenerator(genName), newPos);        
+            result.set(findGenerator(genName), newPos, topProcessor);        
         }
         
         return result;

src/com/elphel/vdt/core/tools/params/recognizers/ToolParamRecognizer.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.recognizers;
 
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.AbstractGenerator;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.generators.StringsGenerator;
+import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.FormatProcessor;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Tool;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.Parameter;
 import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.ToolException;
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ import com.elphel.vdt.core.tools.params.ToolException;
 public class ToolParamRecognizer extends ParamRecognizer {
     private Tool tool;
     
-    public ToolParamRecognizer(Tool tool) {
+    public ToolParamRecognizer(Tool tool, FormatProcessor topProcessor) {
         this.tool = tool;
+        this.topProcessor=topProcessor;
     }
     
     protected Parameter findParam(String paramID) {
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ public class ToolParamRecognizer extends ParamRecognizer {
     }
     
     protected AbstractGenerator getGenerator(final Parameter param) throws ToolException {
-        return new StringsGenerator(param.getCommandLine()) {
+        return new StringsGenerator(param.getCommandLine(topProcessor),topProcessor) {
         	String toolName=(tool==null)?"<null>":tool.getName();
             public String getName() {
                 return "Param '" + param + 

src/com/elphel/vdt/ui/options/component/ComboComponent.java

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class ComboComponent extends GeneralComponent {
     
     public void setSelection(String value) {
         ParamTypeEnum type = (ParamTypeEnum)param.getType();
-        int pos = type.getValueIndex(param.getValue().get(0));
+        int pos = type.getValueIndex(param.getValue(null).get(0)); // null for topFormatProcessor
 
         if(pos < 0)
             pos = 0;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class ComboComponent extends GeneralComponent {
         String item = comboField.getText();
         
         if (item.length() == 0)
-            item = param.getDefaultValue().get(0);
+            item = param.getDefaultValue(null).get(0); // null for topFormatProcessor
 
         ParamTypeEnum type = (ParamTypeEnum)param.getType();
         int pos = type.getLabelIndex(item);

src/com/elphel/vdt/ui/options/component/GeneralComponent.java

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class GeneralComponent extends Component {
             value = null;
         } else if (isDefault) {
             option.doClear();
-            value = param.getDefaultValue().get(0);
+            value = param.getDefaultValue(null).get(0); // null for topFormatProcessor
         } else {   
             value = getSelection();
             option.doStore(value);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public abstract class GeneralComponent extends Component {
         super.setDefault(defaulted);
         if (defaulted) {
             param.setToDefault();
-            setSelection(param.getDefaultValue().get(0));
+            setSelection(param.getDefaultValue(null).get(0)); // null for topFormatProcessor
         }
 //        switchState(defaulted);
         addListeners();

src/com/elphel/vdt/ui/options/component/ListComponent.java

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public abstract class ListComponent extends Component {
         super.setDefault(defaulted);
         if (defaulted) {
             param.setToDefault();
-            promptField.setList(param.getDefaultValue());
+            promptField.setList(param.getDefaultValue(null)); // null for topFormatProcessor
         }
 //        switchState(defaulted);
         addListeners();

src/com/elphel/vdt/ui/tools/params/AbstractTabComponent.java

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTabComponent implements ITabComponent {
      * component.
      */ 
     public void setDefaults(ILaunchConfigurationWorkingCopy configuration) {
-    	setAttributes(configuration, component.getParam().getDefaultValue().get(0));
+    	setAttributes(configuration, component.getParam().getDefaultValue(null).get(0)); // null for topFormatProcessor
     }
     
     /**

src/com/elphel/vdt/ui/views/DesignFlowView.java

@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ public class DesignFlowView extends ViewPart implements ISelectionListener {
             	} else {
             		toggleLinkedTools.setImageDescriptor(VDTPluginImages.DESC_TOOLS_LINKED);
             	}
+            	toolSequence.setToolsDirtyFlag(false); //boolean update) - recalculate dirty flags
             }
         };
         toggleLinkedTools.setToolTipText("Toggle tool dependency");

tools/Xilinx/vivado_synthesis.xml

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
 		<parameter id="ConstraintsFiles" type="Filelist" format="ParamListSyntax"
 			default="" label="Constraints files" tooltip="Select constraint files to load to Vivado" readonly="false"
 			visible="true" />
+		<parameter id="ConstraintsFiles" type="Filelist" format="ParamListSyntax"
+			default="%" label="Constraints files" tooltip="Select constraint files to load to Vivado" readonly="false"
+			visible="true" />
 			
 			
 		<parameter id="SkipSnapshotSynth" label="Skip snapshot" tooltip="Do not create snapshot after synthesis"
@@ -206,9 +209,19 @@
                     visible="false" type="Boolean" format="None"/>
         <parameter id="condConstraintsFiles" default="?%%ChosenActionIndex=0 : %ConstraintsFiles, "
                     visible="false" type="Filelist" format="None"/>			
+<!-- 
+        <parameter	id="blabla1"   label="blabla1" tooltip= "blabla1"
+        			default="%blabla2"
+        			visible="true"  type="String" format="CopyValue"/>
+        <parameter	id="blabla2"   label="blabla2" tooltip= "blabla2"
+        			default="%blabla1"
+        			visible="true"  type="String" format="CopyValue"/>
+ -->
 			
 		<input>
 			<group name="General">
+		<!--"blabla1"
+			"blabla2" -->
 				"ConstraintsFiles"
 				"SkipSnapshotSynth"
  				"SnapshotSynth" <!--  same as in project -->