Desktop provides a convenient user interface, displaying configurations, tools, and inspectors, having with different options available for the different views.
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| Desktop Buttons |
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| Tab Right-Click Menu | There are different closing options available for a tab and these are selected from a right-click menu. See the section below, Tab Right-Click Menu, for more information. The tab right-click menu Close - Select this option to close the selected tab. Close Other - Select this option to close all other tabs in the Desktop window. Close All - Select this option to close all tabs in the Desktop window. |
| Tab Button Panel | The button panel is visible at the top of a tab. It is dynamic and changes according to the type of Configuration, Inspector or Tool that has been opened in the currently displayed tab. For a description of the specific buttons, refer to Build View, Inspection, and 6. Tools & Monitoring. The following figure shows the button panel visible for a workflow configuration.
The tab button panel for a workflow configuration |
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The Browser supports a set of operations that can be performed for on the configurations by using the right-click menu. For each configuration, you can also open a Properties dialog where permissions can be set and where you can view history, references, and other basic information. Refer to Properties in 6.2 Configuration Browser for more information.
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| To open the Browser, click the Browser button in the upper left part of the interface. |
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| Column View | Enables 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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| 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 in Legacy Desktop. | |||||
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. | |||||
Select this option to encrypt the selected configurations. | ||||||
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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| Configuration Information | Description |
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Name | Displays the name of the configuration. |
Type | Displays the type of configuration. |
Key | Displays the internal key used by to identify the configuration. |
Folder | Displays the name of the folder in which the configuration is located. |
Version | Displays the version number of the configuration, see the History tab for further information about the different versions. |
Permissions | Displays the permissions granted to the current user of the configuration. Permissions are shown as R (Read), W (Write) and X (eXecute). If the configuration is encrypted, an E will also be added. For further information about permissions, see The Permissions Tab in 6.2 Configuration Browser. |
Owner | Displays the username of the user that created the configuration. The owner can:
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Modified by | Displays the user name of the user that made the last modifications to the configuration. |
Modified | Displays the date when the configuration was last modified. |
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In this dialog, you can provide information on the selected configuration, for example, a description and the purpose of the configuration. You can use markdown syntax if preferred. The text entered is then included in the automated documentation that you can generate using the Documentation Generator tool. When you have completed the text you want to include, click OK to save. For further information on the Documentation Generator tool, see 6.5 Documentation Generator.
Global Search
A field for free text searches is available when the Search button is pressed. Two options will be shown at top of the list where the individual entries are displayed.
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The following characters are treated as word separators: When a term contains a quotation mark, it must escaped by |
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