Views and Perspectives

If you are not familiar with the concepts of Views and Perspectives, please review the Views chapter of the Eclipse Workbench User Guide.

The Sage 100 Perspective defines the views, menus, and toolbar items that are used to create and manage resources (files and programs) in projects that are part of an application.

Views

Project Explorer

The Project Explorer view displays the projects in the current workspace and the resources in each of these projects. It is used to manage the projects and resources in the workspace.

Outline

The Outline view displays information about the selected resource in the Project Explorer View. This view will show different information based in the resource that is selected as described below:

ProvideX Data File

The view will display the structural information for the data file including name, record size, external key size, and key definitions.

ProvideX Program

The view will display a list of line labels and variables for the program. If the program is a class definition, the list will also include the public/private properties and functions for the class.

The content of the Outline View can be changed using the buttons on the toolbar or options from the drop-down menu.

Problems

The Problems view is used to record warnings and errors that are generated during the build process for ProvideX programs. This view can be configured to show information about all projects in the current workspace or restricted to only show information about the current project or even the current resource.

Console

The Console view is used for messages that are generated by the build process or contributed tools.

Properties

The Properties view shows operating system information about the currently selected resource including physical name, size, and modification date.

Tasks

The Tasks view can be used to keep track of tasks the need to be completed or work that needs to be done to complete a project. A task can be associated with any file loaded in the ProvideX Editor view by right-clicking in the left margin and choosing Add Task... from the pop-up menu.

NOMADS

When the selected resource is a NOMADS library file, the NOMADS view will display a list of the objects stored in the library. An object can be selected from this view to be maintained or tested. Additional information can be found in the NOMADS Integration section of this documentation.

Embedded Dictionary

When the selected resource is a ProvideX data file that has embedded data dictionary information, the Embedded Dictionary view will display a list of the fields defined for the file.

Bookmarks

The Bookmarks view can be used to keep track of bookmarks that have been assigned to a resource in the project. A bookmark can be associated with any file loaded in the ProvideX Editor view by right-clicking in the left margin and choosing Add Bookmark... from the pop-up menu.

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