Tivoli Service Desk 6.0 Developer's Toolkit
Tools and Utilities Guide
Table of Contents
Preface
Description
Who Should Read This Book
What This Book Contains
Other Books in This Library
Typeface Conventions
Special Elements
Product Name Acronyms
Platform-specific Information
Contacting Customer Support
Chapter 1: The Developer's Toolkit Integrated Development Environment
Introduction
Purpose of the IDE
The IDE hierarchy
What is a project?
What is a target?
What is an item?
Programs Used in the IDE
Edit programs
Build programs
Run programs
Working With Project Files
Creating a new project file
Opening an existing project file
Saving a project file
Using Targets in a Project File
Adding a target to a project file
Editing a target name
Clearing a target
Deleting a target from a project file
Working With Items
Adding an item to a target
Placeholders
Deleting an item
Editing Items with a Text Editor
Opening and Closing a text editor
Changing the default text editor
Building Items
Building an item
Rebuilding all the items in a target
Rebuilding all the items in a project
Updating Your Project
Updating all the items in a target
Updating the project file
Building and Updating .kb Files
Rebuilding a knowledgebase
Updating a knowledgebase
Running Files
Running a file
Setting the working directory to run Developer's Toolkit programs
Chapter 2: The Developer's Toolkit Debugger
Introduction
Opening and Closing the Developer's Toolkit Debugger
Opening the Developer's Toolkit Debugger
Quitting the Developer's Toolkit Debugger
Code in the Developer's Toolkit Debugger
Introduction
Working with Code
Overview
Viewing functions
Viewing variables
Automatically refreshing variables
Closing a variable viewer
Viewing stacks
Tracing Execution Paths in Code
Introduction
Stepping into a function
Stepping out of a function
Stepping over code
Break Points
Overview
Setting temporary break points
Setting static break points
Other BreakPoint uses
Debugging Windows and Dialog Boxes
Overview
Chapter 3: The TSD Script Parser
Introduction
Overview
Searching for Source Files
Checking directories for source files
Using the TSD Script Parser
Opening the TSD Script Parser
Using the TSD Script Parser dialog box
Differences between parsing a single file and all your files
Command Prompt Arguments
Introduction
IMPORT Declarations
Requirements for parsing code with IMPORT declarations
Temporary files
Parsing with the -S option
Circular Usage in .kb Files
What is circular usage?
TSD Script Parser Errors
Chapter 4: The Developer's Toolkit Interface Generator
Introduction
Overview
Generating .dfc Files
Using the windowed Interface Generator
Using the Interface Generator from a command prompt
Command Prompt Arguments
Command prompt flags
Interface Generator Errors
Chapter 5: The Developer's Toolkit Interpreter
Introduction
Overview
Searching for .kb Files
Checking directories for knowledgebases
Command Prompt Arguments
Developer's Toolkit Interpreter command prompt arguments
Interpreter Errors
Developer's Toolkit Interpreter errors
Chapter 6: The Developer's Toolkit Interface Viewer
Introduction
Overview
Viewing .dfc Files
Using the windowed Interface Viewer
Using the Interface Viewer from a command prompt
Chapter 8: Configuring the GUI Server
Introduction
Assumptions
Maintenance Tasks
A dynamic configuration
Monitoring activity
Creating more GUI servers
Updating application parameters
Deleting application parameters
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