Megatest

	       (runname       (if testdat (db:get-value-by-header (db:get-row rundat)
								  (db:get-header rundat)
								  "runname") #f))
	       ;; These next two are intentional bad values to ensure errors if they should not
	       ;; get filled in properly.
	       (logfile       "/this/dir/better/not/exist")
	       (rundir        logfile)
           (testdat-path  (conc rundir "/testdat.db")) ;; this gets recalculated until found 
	       (teststeps     (if testdat (db:get-compressed-steps test-id work-area: rundir) '()))
	       (testfullname  (if testdat (db:test-get-fullname testdat) "Gathering data ..."))
	       (testname      (if testdat (db:test-get-testname testdat) "n/a"))
	       (testmeta      (if testdat 
				  (let ((tm (open-run-close db:testmeta-get-record #f testname)))
				    (if tm tm (make-db:testmeta)))
				  (make-db:testmeta)))

			     (if (directory-exists? rundir)
				 (let ((shell (if (get-environment-variable "SHELL") 
						  (conc "-e " (get-environment-variable "SHELL"))
						  "")))
				   (system (conc "cd " rundir 
						 ";xterm -T \"" (string-translate testfullname "()" "  ") "\" " shell "&")))
				 (message-window  (conc "Directory " rundir " not found")))))
	       (widgets    (make-hash-table))
	       (refreshdat (lambda ()
			     (let* ((curr-mod-time (max (file-modification-time db-path)
							(if (file-exists? testdat-path)
							    (file-modification-time testdat-path)
							    (begin
							      (set! testdat-path (conc rundir "/testdat.db"))
							      0))))
				    (need-update   (or (and (> curr-mod-time db-mod-time)
							    (> (current-seconds) (+ last-update 2))) ;; every two seconds if db touched
						       request-update))
				    (newtestdat (if need-update 
						    (handle-exceptions
						     exn 
						     (debug:print-info 2 "test db access issue: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
						     (open-run-close db:get-test-info-by-id #f test-id )))))
			       (cond
				((and need-update newtestdat)
				 (set! testdat newtestdat)
				 (set! teststeps    (db:get-compressed-steps test-id work-area: rundir))
				 (set! logfile      (conc (db:test-get-rundir testdat) "/" (db:test-get-final_logf testdat)))
				 (set! rundir       (db:test-get-rundir testdat))
				 (set! testfullname (db:test-get-fullname testdat))
				 ;; (debug:print 0 "INFO: teststeps=" (intersperse teststeps "\n    "))
				 (set! db-mod-time curr-mod-time)
				 (set! last-update (current-milliseconds))
				 (set! request-update #f) ;; met the need ...
				 )
				(need-update ;; if this was true and yet there is no data ....
				 (db:test-set-testname! testdat "DEAD OR DELETED TEST")))
			       (if need-update
				   (begin
				     ;; update the gui elements here
				     (for-each 
				      (lambda (key)
					;; (print "Updating " key)
					((hash-table-ref widgets key) testdat))
				      (hash-table-keys widgets))
				     (update-state-status-buttons testdat)))
			       ;; (iup:refresh self)
			       )))
	       (meta-widgets (make-hash-table))
	       (self         #f)
	       (store-label  (lambda (name lbl cmd)
			       (hash-table-set! widgets name 
						(lambda (testdat)
						  (let ((newval (cmd testdat))
							(oldval (iup:attribute lbl "TITLE")))

					 (iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix "0:5" "Duration")
					 (iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix "0:6" "Log File")
					 (iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix "ALIGNMENT1" "ALEFT")
					 ;; (iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix "FIXTOTEXT" "C1")
					 (iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix "RESIZEMATRIX" "YES")
					 (let ((proc
						(lambda (testdat)
						  (let ((max-row 0))
						  (if (not (null? teststeps))
						      (let loop ((hed    (car teststeps))
								 (tal    (cdr teststeps))
								 (rownum 1)
								 (colnum 1))
							  (if (> rownum max-row)(set! max-row rownum))
							(let ((val     (vector-ref hed (- colnum 1)))
							      (mtrx-rc (conc rownum ":" colnum)))
							  (iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix  mtrx-rc (if val (conc val) ""))
							  (if (< colnum 6)
							      (loop hed tal rownum (+ colnum 1))
							      (if (not (null? tal))
								    (loop (car tal)(cdr tal)(+ rownum 1) 1))))))
						    (if (> max-row 0)
							(begin
							  ;; we are going to speculatively clear rows until we find a row that is already cleared
							  (let loop ((rownum  (+ max-row 1))
								     (colnum  0)
								     (deleted #f))
							    ;; (debug:print-info 0 "cleaning " rownum ":" colnum)
							    (let* ((next-row (if (eq? colnum 6) (+ rownum 1) rownum))
								   (next-col (if (eq? colnum 6) 1 (+ colnum 1)))
								   (mtrx-rc  (conc rownum ":" colnum))
								   (curr-val (iup:attribute steps-matrix mtrx-rc)))
							      ;; (debug:print-info 0 "cleaning " rownum ":" colnum " currval= " curr-val)
							      (if (and (string? curr-val)
								       (not (equal? curr-val "")))
								  (begin
								    (iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix mtrx-rc "")
								    (loop next-row next-col #t))
								  (if (eq? colnum 6) ;; not done, didn't get a full blank row
								      (if deleted (loop next-row next-col #f)) ;; exit on this not met
								      (loop next-row next-col deleted)))))
							  (iup:attribute-set! steps-matrix "REDRAW" "ALL")))))))
					   (hash-table-set! widgets "StepsMatrix" proc)
					   (proc testdat))
					 steps-matrix)
				       ;; populate the Test Data panel
				       (iup:frame
					#:title "Test Data"
					(let ((test-data

				 tabs))))
	    (iup:show self)
	    (iup:callback-set! *tim* "ACTION_CB"
			       (lambda (x)
				 ;; Now start keeping the gui updated from the db
				 (refreshdat) ;; update from the db here
					;(thread-suspend! other-thread)








				 (if *exit-started*
				     (set! *exit-started* 'ok))))))))))