Megatest

		     (cond
		      ((<   (tdb:step-get-event_time a)(tdb:step-get-event_time b)) #t)
		      ((eq? (tdb:step-get-event_time a)(tdb:step-get-event_time b)) 
		       (<   (tdb:step-get-id a)        (tdb:step-get-id b)))
		      (else #f)))))
      res))

(define (dcommon:get-compressed-steps dbstruct run-id test-id)
  (let* ((steps-data  (db:get-steps-for-test dbstruct run-id test-id))
	 (comprsteps  (dcommon:process-steps-table steps-data))) ;; (open-run-close db:get-steps-table #f test-id work-area: work-area)))
    (map (lambda (x)
	   ;; take advantage of the \n on time->string
	   (vector
	    (vector-ref x 0)
	    (let ((s (vector-ref x 1)))
	      (if (number? s)(seconds->time-string s) s))
	    (let ((s (vector-ref x 2)))
	      (if (number? s)(seconds->time-string s) s))
	    (vector-ref x 3)    ;; status
	    (vector-ref x 4)
	    (vector-ref x 5)))  ;; time delta
	 (sort (hash-table-values comprsteps)
	       (lambda (a b)
		 (let ((time-a (vector-ref a 1))
		       (time-b (vector-ref b 1)))
		   (if (and (number? time-a)(number? time-b))
		       (if (< time-a time-b)
			   #t
			   (if (eq? time-a time-b)
			       (string<? (conc (vector-ref a 2))
					 (conc (vector-ref b 2)))
			       #f))
		       (string<? (conc time-a)(conc time-b)))))))))

(define (dcommon:populate-steps teststeps steps-matrix)
  (let ((max-row 0))
    (if (null? teststeps)
	(iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix "CLEARVALUE" "CONTENTS")
	(let loop ((hed    (car teststeps))
		   (tal    (cdr teststeps))
		   (rownum 1)