Access
To display, create, copy or modify the general characteristics of a resource of the current application area, select the corresponding option in the context-sensitive menu (or the equivalent button) in the Resources tab of the Object manager.
Data entry
Name
Name of the resource.
This name must be a valid resource name (as defined by IBM), unique in the environment.
Length: 15 characters maximum.
Mandatory entry.
Description
Description clearly identifying the resource.
Length: 250 characters maximum.
Mandatory entry.
File name
Name under which the file will be used.
Length: 250 characters maximum.
Mandatory field.
Note: If one of these three fields is not filled in, it is filled in by default with a name derived from the file imported using the Import button.
Destination
Name of Web site subdirectory to which the file corresponding to the resource will be placed.
The special value *NONE can be indicated for resources which are only for internal use (e.g., an image used during layout design) and which are not to be taken into account by the automatic export.
Length: 250 characters maximum.
In create mode, the last destination indicated for the environment is proposed by default. The combo box also gives the last five destinations indicated for the environment.
Radio buttons
Visibility
The visibility of a resource can be either public or private.
A public resource cannot be changed into a private resource if:
- it is attached to more than one application area,
- it is assigned to a page layout or to a program attached to more than one application area.
In create mode, the visibility is by default set to public.
Type
Can be source or object.
Source and object resources are respectively placed in the source and object directories of the programs on automatic export.
In creation mode, the type is initialized with object.
Check boxes
Program type
A resource can be used by different types of program:
Windows client (Windows client part of VADELIA programs),
Java client (Java client part of VADELIA programs),
Mobile client (Mobile client part of MADELIA programs),
Cloud client (Cloud client part of VADELIA programs),
Web client (Web client part of WADELIA programs),
Java server (Java server part),
Windows server (Windows server part).
During automatic export, the resource is placed in the destination directories of the program defined in the environment attributes (or application area if the resource is private).
For the Web and Cloud client type, a public resource is exported once using the environment's settings, then for each of the related application areas if the site roots are not inherited from the environment.
No type is defined on creation, so the user must choose at least one.
Buttons
Import
This button opens a Windows system dialog box that lets you select the file to be imported into the resource.
The full name of the selected file then appears in the Source file field.
Import file name
This button opens a Windows system dialog box that lets you select the file to be imported into the resource.
The full name of the selected file then appears in the Source file field, and the name of the file appears in the File name field, even if the latter is already filled in.
Export
This button opens a Windows system dialog box that lets you select a directory in which is placed the file contained in the resource (the name of the file produced is that shown in File name).
Edit
This button starts the Editor associated with the file type (determined by the file name extension).
The Windows "edit" action is executed. If the file type does not have an associated "edit" action, then the "open" action is used.
Before editing resources, make sure you close the editor associated with the resource that is to be edited.
It is impossible to modify a resource if the associated editor has been launched prior to editing.
Display/Assign
This button opens a dialog box displaying the list of management rules assigned to the resource, as well as the list of available management rules which can be assigned to the resource.
Sequence
This button opens a dialog box displaying the list of management rules assigned to the resource, in order to resequence this list by modifying the sequence numbers of the listed management rules.
This button is not active in display mode.
Information
This button opens a dialog box displaying information on the current resource, such as the name of the software engineer-owner, the dates and times of creation and modification.
Comments
This button opens a dialog box for entering a comment text which will be associated with the current resource.
Automatic export
Creates an export job in the job manager.
The file contained in the resource is placed in the source or object directory or directories, according to its type; these directories correspond to the middleware parameter(s) of the associated platforms.
Enter/Create/Modify (validation)
The Enter button (in display mode) closes the dialog box.
The Create button (in creation mode) or Modify button (in modification mode) validates the dialog box.
The various fields of the dialog box are verified. If all are valid, the task definition is updated in the database before the box is closed; otherwise, an error message is displayed.
Cancel
This button closes the dialog box without validating the choices made.
Keyboard shortcut: Esc.