Main Toolbar
See also: Studio_Main Menu, Introduction to the Studio, Studio Tree, Designer Preferences
The Main Toolbar is displayed at the top of the studio window:
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New |
Create a new project, folder or entity. A
project will always be created at the top level of the workspace. Anything
else will be created at the selected location. This same functionality is available
by clicking File > New from the
menu at the top of the studio or right clicking in the tree. Click here
for a summary of the different entities that you can create. |
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Save (Ctrl S) |
Saves the entity currently being edited. This icon is blue when the entity has been changed but not yet
saved, and grey when no changes exist. |
Save all (Ctrl Shift S) |
Saves all open entities that have been changed |
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Quick Search (Ctrl Q) |
Shows the Quick
Search Panel which is very useful for quickly locating items in the tree.
This dialog searches the item names in the tree; use Search Files (next item)
to search inside the files. This same functionality is available by
clicking Tools > Quick Search
from the menu at the top of the studio. |
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Search Files (Alt Ctrl F) |
Shows the Search
Files Panel which searches the contents of entities within the tree. This same functionality is available by
clicking Tools > Search Files
from the menu at the top of the studio. |
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Link with editor |
The tree panel is synchronized with the editor panel. The
tree opens to display the element currently being edited. |
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Backwards icon |
Clicking this icon navigates backwards through the stack
of open entity editors |
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Backwards history |
Shows a list of available entity editors in the backwards history
stack |
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Forwards icon |
Clicking this icon navigates forwards through the stack of
open entity editors |
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Forwards history |
Shows a list of available entity editors in the forwards
history stack |
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Test (Ctrl R) |
Test (runs) the current entity – this is
only enabled when the entity is runnable. When a
form is tested and has parameters, or if option Display options panel when launching forms is selected in the designer preferences, the
run form dialog is displayed. This dialog supports: ·
Setting values for parameters (form fields
configured as URL parameters) ·
Selecting language ·
Selecting browser |
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Test history |
Shows a list of recently tested entities |
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Deploy |
Deploy selected entities to the selected
target server. A list of potential target servers is shown in a dropdown with
cloud servers shown with a icon and non-cloud servers shown with a icon. Click here
for more details. |
Run on Server |
Runs the selected entity on a target server. A list of potential target servers is shown in a dropdown with cloud servers shown with a icon and non-cloud servers shown with a icon. |
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Deploy and Run |
Deploys the selected entity and any other entities which it needs to run e.g. linked scripts, to the selected target server then runs the selected entity. A list of potential target servers is shown in a dropdown with cloud servers shown with a icon and non-cloud servers shown with a icon. |
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Documentation |
Allows documentation to be maintained for
the entity. |
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Information |
Created and last updated information. |
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Help (F1) |
Displays the help documentation for the
current entity. |
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Manage Server Menu |
Only one of these two icons is shown Test server is running Test server is not running Clicking on the icon displays a dropdown menu
with the following functions. The functions available depend on whether the
test server is the Integrated Server
built into the studio or an external server – this option is configured in Designer Preferences. ·
Start
Integrated Test Server: only
available for the Integrated Server ·
Stop
Integrated Test Server: only
available for the Integrated Server ·
Restart
Integrated Test Server: only available
for the Integrated Server. Stops and restarts the server. ·
Show
Server Log (Ctrl Shift L): only available for the Integrated Server.
Shows the application server log. ·
Start
Server Admin App (Ctrl Shift A): Starts the Server Administration Application in
the browser |