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Desktop provides a convenient user interface, displaying configurations, tools, and inspectors, having different options available for the different views.

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When enabled, you can create a subfolder by using an underscore in the folder name when creating a new folder.

Creating a subfolder

If you want to use another character for defining subfolders than underscore, you can use the property mz.subfolder.separator to define another separator, see Platform Properties for more information.

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Subfolders are only available in Legacy Desktop.

Right-Click Menu

In this section, the different options available in the right-click menu of the Browser View are described. Note that some of the options have keyboard shortcuts, they will be listed in grey color according to the used operating system. 

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OptionDescription
Column ViewEnables the users to toggle between the Compact or the Details viewing mode. When the Details mode is selected, additional information will be shown about each item: the granted permissions, Owner, Modified By, and the Modification Date.  

Refresh

Select this option to refresh the selected folder, subfolder, or configuration. 

Expand

Select this option to refresh the selected folder, subfolder, or configuration.

Collapse

Select this option to expand the selected folder or subfolder to display all the subfolders and configurations that it contains.

New Configuration

Select this option to create a new profile based on the menu list. 

New Folder...

Select this option to create a new folder.

Open Configuration(s)...

Available when at least one configuration is selected.

Select this option to open the selected configuration(s).


Export Configuration(s)

Available when at least one configuration is selected.

Select this option to export the selected configurations. The System Exporter dialog opens with the configurations pre-selected.

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When exporting from the Configuration Navigator, configuration dependencies are not automatically selected. This can be achieved by selecting the "Select Dependencies" check box in the System Exporter dialog. For further information see 6.12 System Exporter.


Download...Downloads the selected configuration. 

Cut

Select this option to put one or more configurations on the clipboard to move the configuration to another location. Select the menu option Paste in the folder where the configurations should be stored.

This option is not applicable if the configuration is locked. For further information see Locks in L -1.2 Administration and Management.

Copy

Select this option to put one or more configurations on the clipboard to copy the configurations to another location. Select the menu option Paste in the folder where the copied configurations should be stored.

Paste

Select this option to store configurations that have been cut or copied to the clipboard into a folder.

Delete...

Select this option to delete the selected configuration(s). If the configuration is referenced by another configuration, a warning message will be displayed, informing you that you cannot remove the configuration. For further information see The References Tab in 6.2 Configuration Browser .

You can force the deletion of a folder and all the configurations that it contains. A message is displayed asking if you are sure that you want to continue, in order to avoid deletion by mistake. Note that there is no restore option for this function. All the configurations are permanently removed.

Rename...

Select this option to change the name of the selected configuration. Take particular care when renaming a configuration. If, for example, an APL script is renamed, workflows that are using this script will become invalid. This is important to know when you rename folders that contain many ultra format configurations or APL configurations. Renaming a folder with ultra formats or APL configurations will make all referring configurations invalid.

Encrypt...

Select this option to encrypt the selected configurations.

Decrypt...

Select this option to decrypt the selected configurations.

Validate...

Select this option to validate the configuration. A validation message will be shown to the user.

Show Properties

Select this option to launch the Properties dialog for the selected configuration. For further information, see the section below, Properties.

Documentation

Select this option to launch the Documentation dialog for the selected configuration. For further information, see the section below, Documentation.

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The following characters are treated as word separators: : , ; , , , < ,   = ,   > , ( , ) , ! , [ , ] , { , }

When a term contains a quotation mark, it must escaped by \ (backslash).

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