Creating a location or opening an existing location is
the first task to perform in the Design explorer view,
since a location gives you access to the instances involved in the
design of your application. The location concept can then be
related to the database concept
- You can create a location from the Design explorer view.
To do so, right-click anywhere in this view and:
- Select in the popup menu.
- In the wizard which opens up, you must give a name to
your location. Since a location can be compared to a database, it
is recommended to name the location after the database.
As a result, the newly-created location is displayed in
your Design explorer view. Clicking on it reveals
the entity branches, with no instance. To fill your location with
instances, you must:- Create new instances directly in the Design explorer view
(via the or any other entity).
- Import, into the current location, a file containing a set of
instances (via the Import choice of the contextual
menu of the Design explorer view).
- Convert instances to the Pattern Driven Programming (PDP) model,
from the Pacbase explorer view of the Pacbase perspective,
into the current location (choice when you
right-click on an instance in the Pacbase explorer view).
- You can create a location from the Pacbase explorer view
of the Pacbase perspective, if it is available.
To do so:
- Click on an active connection, select one or more instances
and right-click.
- Select . A wizard
opens up then.
- Check the instances to be converted, click Next.
On the second page, enter a name for the target location. This location
does not necessarily already exist.
As a result, the newly-created location is displayed in
your Design explorer view with the selected instances.
Results
Once a location is created, you open it in the
Design
explorer view by right-clicking on the line which represents
the location and selecting
Open in the popup
menu.