IBM SC34-4499-03 manual Using the ENVY/Manager-TeamConnection Bridge, Setting default properties

Using the ENVY/Manager-TeamConnection Bridge

You can perform TeamConnection functions on ENVY components, provided that you supply parameters necessary to identify a bridge con®guration. Bridge con®guration parameters are de®ned by theDefault Properties notebook, as described in ªSetting default propertiesº.

Each time the bridge interacts with TeamConnection, it uses the parameters in a bridge con®guration to ensure that the behavior of the operation is in accordance with the users' speci®cations. Because specifying a con®guration for each operation would be time-consuming and most operations would use the same con®guration, you can specify a default con®guration. Each time the user initiates an operation, you can use the default con®guration or modify it.

The default con®guration is stored in the image so that once it is setup, it will be maintained until the bridge is reloaded from the library.

Setting default properties

To set properties for import and export actions across the ENVY/Manager- TeamConnection Bridge, open the Default Properties notebook as described in ªTesting the ENVY/Manager-TeamConnection Bridgeº on page 254. TheDefault Properties notebook contains four pages of settings, as follows:

vContext page

vOperations page

vImport page

vExport page

Each page of the Default Properties notebook includes the following controls:

Show this dialog when exporting and importing checkbox

The Show this dialog when exporting and importing checkbox speci®es whether the dialog should be shown each time an import/export operation for the bridge is initiated by the user. If the dialog is shown, it gives the user the opportunity the default con®guration for a particular operation only.

push buttons

OK Saves the current settings as default setting. This option may not be available if some ®elds are left incomplete or contain invalid values.

Cancel Closes the Default Properties notebook and ignores any changes made in the dialog.

Defaults

Updates the dialog ®elds with the values in the current default bridge con®guration.

Reset Updates the dialog ®elds with the initial values that are set when the bridge is ®rst loaded into the image.

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