Preferences - Templates

Overview window

Use the check boxes to enable and disable templates. If a check box is selected, you can select the corresponding template when you create a BFlow step in the Create a New Infor LN Software Component wizard.

Use these buttons to manipulate and configure templates:

Button	Description
New	Opens a dialog box to create a new template.
Edit	Opens a dialog box to edit the currently selected template.
Remove	Removes all selected templates.
Restore Removed	Restores any predefined templates that have been removed.
Revert to Default	Restores any predefined templates to their default configuration. This action does not modify user-created templates.
Import	Imports templates from an XML file in the file system.
Export	Exports all selected templates to an XML file in the file system.

Edit Template dialog window

Name

The name of the template.

Context

Indicates the type of template. For BFlow templates, the context is always BFlowTest.

Automatically insert

Has no meaning for BFlow templates.

Description

The description of the template.

Pattern

The pattern of the template. This is the text inserted in the Create a New Infor LN Software Component wizard when you select the template.

In the template pattern, you can use predefined template variables. Variables are resolved to their concrete value when the template is evaluated in its context. You can specify variables using simple or full syntax. If there are multiple possible matches for a variable, they are presented as proposals to the user.

To add a variable to the template pattern, click Insert Variable and select the desired variable from the list.

You can select general and LN-specific template variables.