Chapter 12 Application Editions Browser Enhancements

Chapter 12 Application Editions Browser Enhancements

Names Menu Commands

View | All Applications

View all of the loaded applications.

View | Visual Applications

View all of the visual applications. These are applications containing WindowBuilder or Composition Editor view definitions.

View | Applications Managed by “Current User”

View all of the applications managed by the current user.

View | All Applications Matching Prefixes

View all of the applications matching a set of user selected prefixes.

View | Applications Needing Versioning

View all of the applications needing to be versioned.

View | Set Application Prefixes

Set the list of prefixes used to filter the applications list. The list of prefixes is dynamically determined from the list of loaded applications.

View | Add Application Prefix

Add an arbitrary string to the list of prefixes used to filter the applications list.

View | Change User

Change to a different user. Only users that manage applications will be listed.

Import New Names

Sets the policy used when encountering new application or class version names during import. If the version names in the import library differ from the names already present in the current library, the new version names may be “Always Accepted”, “Always Rejected”. If set to “Always Ask”, the system will prompt the user for how to proceed.

Groups | Add Users

Add a user to all of the selected applications.

Groups | Delete Users

Delete a user from all of the selected applications.

Groups | Replace Users

Replace one or more users in all of the selected applications with another user. If the original users owned any classes or managed any applications, the new user will become the new owner of those classes and the new manager or those applications.

Groups | Include Subapplications

Apply the above changes to all of the subapplications within the hierarchies of the selected applications.

Privileges

Enhanced all of these commands to apply to multiple selected applications (as opposed to only one application at a time).

Editions Menu Commands

View | Sorted By Time Stamp

View all of the application editions sorted by timestamp.

View | Sorted By Hierarchy

View all of the application editions sorted by hierarchy.

View | Show Time Stamp

Toggles whether the timestamp should be displayed next to each version name.

Browse Loaded Edition

Open an Application Browser on the currently loaded edition of the selected application. The existing Browse Edition command always opens a Shadow Application browser regardless of whether the current edition is loaded.

Manage Application

Opens an Application Manager on the selected application.

Configuration Maps | Locate Selected Name

Find the current (e.g., most recent) config maps containing the selected application name.

Configuration Maps | Locate Selected Edition

Find the specific config map editions containing the selected application edition.

Configuration Maps | Release Selected Edition

Release the selected edition of the selected application into its containing config maps and optionally propagate the changes throughout the entire config map hierarchy.

Configuration Maps | Propogate Changes

Indicates whether config map changes should be propagated throughout the entire config map hierarchy.

Configuration Maps | Create New Editions As Necessary

Indicates whether new config map editions should be created in the event that no open edition currently exists.

Configuration Maps | Update Required Map Lineups

Indicates which required map lineups should be updated when config map changes are being propagated. If set to “All”, all lineups will be update. If set to “Valid”, only currently valid lineups will be updated. If set to “Current”, all lineups that are currently up to date will be updated. If set to “Filtered”, only lineups not matching any expressions in the filter list will be updated. Additional options are also presented to allow the use to edit the current filter list, add a filer or clear all of the filters.

Rename Version

Rename the selected version.

Groups | Add Users

Add a user to the selected edition.

Groups | Delete Users

Delete a user from the selected edition.

Groups | Replace Users

Replace one or more users in the selected edition with another user. If the original users owned any classes or managed the application, the new user will become the new owner of those classes and the new manager or the application.

Groups | Include Subapplications

Apply the above changes to all of the subapplications within the hierarchy of the selected edition.

Classes Menu Commands

Browse Loaded Edition

Open a Class Browser on the currently loaded edition of the selected class. The existing Browse Edition command always opens a Shadow Application browser regardless of whether the current edition is loaded.

Browse Hierarchy

Open a Hierarchy Browser on the currently loaded edition of the selected class. The existing Browse Edition command always opens a Shadow Application browser regardless of whether the current edition is loaded.

Rename Version

Provide a new version name for all of the selected classes. If multiple classes are selected, names may be specified for each class or all classes as a unit. If a version name template has been specified, it can be applied retroactively to the selected classes as well.

Purge

Purge the currently selected class editions. Available only to the Library Supervisor and Super Users. Purged class editions will appear as “Missing – (*)” in the Application Editions browser or Application Manager. They will not appear in the Class Editions browser or in any class edition selection lists.

Salvage

Salvage the currently selected class editions. Available only to the Library Supervisor and Super Users.

Group Menu Commands

Change To “Selected User”

Change the active user to the user currently selected in the Group Members listbox.

Replace

Replace the selected user with another user. If the selected user owns any classes of manages the application, the new user will become the owner of the classes and the manager of the application.

Select Owned Classes By

Select the classes owned by a specified user.

Become Manager

Change the manager of the application to the user currently selected in the Group Members listbox.

Browse Unreleased Classes

Quickly view the unreleased classes owned by the selected user. Version and release them in place. With thanks to Sherwood Zern.

Super User

Become a Super User who can leap tall buildings with a single bound. Super Users are designated by a '+' appended to their names in the title bar of the Application Editions Browser.

Expressions Menu Commands

Copy To Clipboard

Copy the current Configuration Expression to the clipboard. This is handy when you want to copy an existing expression from one application but the existing application does not have an open edition (which disables the existing Copy command).

Show Valid Expressions

With this turned on, you can quickly see which configuration expressions evaluate to true.

Add Filter Expression

Add an expression to the required map filter list.

Subapplications Menu Commands

Browse Loaded Edition

Open an Application Browser on the currently loaded edition of the selected subapplication. The existing Browse Subapplication command always opens a Shadow Application browser regardless of whether the current edition is loaded.

Manage Subapplication

Opens an Application Manager on the selected subapplication.

Find

Find the selected subapplication in the subapplication list.

Prerequisites Menu Commands

Find

Find the selected application in the application list.