Orbotech’s XPlan

XPlan

• Orbotech’s Workflow and Electronic Form Package.
• Commercial product aimed at facilitation of intelligent job processing.
• HP-UX and Solaris 2.x platforms.

Architecture

• C++ application using several packages.
• Python embedded as the programming interface.
• Built using ILOG Views Graphic Visualization Suite.
• Utilizes IONA’s Orbix implementation of CORBA standard.
• Object oriented persistency through ODI’s ObjectStore database.

Concepts

• Build and run mode for workflows and forms.
• Drag and drop build capability.
• Actions added to objects using Python code.

Python Interface

• All XPlan objects are accessible from Python.
• Most methods are accessible from Python.
• All actions in XPlan are coded in Python.
• Simple Python expressions may be attached to objects.
• Python code may attached to objects as callbacks.

Why Python?

• Object oriented nature.
• Easy to learn.
• Extensible.

More Information

• Orbotech: www.orbotech.com
• Python: www.python.org
• ObjectStore: www.odi.com
• ILOG: www.ilog.com
• Orbix: www.iona.com

Orbotech

• Orbotech offers Automated Optical Inspection, Laser Imaging, and CAD/CAM Software solutions for the Printed Circuit Board Industry.