ASAP 2.8 Client Manual

Using ASAP
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Browse Window Pull-Down Menus
File Menu Items
Menu Items Description
New Creates a new instance of a Browse window. The new Browse window is
created with node, entity, and object settings that match the current window.
Once the new window is created, you can change node, entity, and object
settings, and the new window provides an independent view that updates
automatically in real time.
Export EDL Exports the entity, attribute, and data settings for your current ASAP
environment.
A dialog box prompts you for the environment properties you want to export.
When you click OK, ASAP generates EDL source for your current
environment and displays that source in the EDL ADE window. You can then
save the EDL so you or another person on another workstation can use it
later. For more information, see Section 6, Entity Definition Language (EDL)
.
Compile
Server EDL
Downloads and compiles server EDL files.
When you select Compile Server EDL, a dialog box prompts you to
download and compile various EDL files from your server. This menu item is
enabled by default unless the Enable FILE… Compile Server EDL… menu
item check box on the EDL Properties window is not checked. To download
and compile EDL from the server:
1. Select File… Compile Server EDL… from the ASAP Browse window
2. Select the file to download, and click the Download button to initiate
download and compile files such as the ASAPnSYS, ASAPnAPP, and
ASAPUSER EDLs. If your primary interest is to download only USER entity
definitions, you can select the file ASAPUSER in the dialog box, and then
only user-defined EDL files will be downloaded. The EDL file name input field
in the EDL download dialog box is a drop-down list of file names.
Import EDL Imports additional entity and attribute settings from an EDL file.
When you select this menu item, the EDL ADE source window appears. You
then use this window to browse various EDL files. For more information, see
Section 6, Entity Definition Language (EDL)
.
Save EDL
and Save
EDL As
Saves entity, attribute, and data settings for the current ASAP environment.
You can exchange EDL files between different copies of the ASAP Client.
Thus, you can copy a saved EDL file to another workstation so others can
see the information displayed in your ASAP environment.
To view information contained in an EDL file, double-click the EDL file from
Microsoft Explorer. For more information on EDL, see Section 6, Entity
Definition Language (EDL).