Activity Explorer view

The Activity Explorer view provides a hierarchical view of the activities you have opened, and the software components linked to these activities.

You can use the Activity Explorer to perform these tasks:

  • Open, close and view an activity.
  • Check in, (un)checkout a software component (if Configuration Management is applicable).
  • Open a component in the corresponding editor.

The Activity Explorer is part of the Application perspective.

This figure shows the Activity Explorer view:

Double-click a software component to open the component in the corresponding editor.

You can add other software components to your activity through the Component Explorer, and through the Select a Software Component command in the LN Studio toolbar.

This table describes the different nodes in the previous figure:

Nr. in figure Description
1 Name of an open activity, with the Project Name between square brackets.
2 LN package code, displayed in ascending order (for example: td, tf, tp).
3 Main Component Type, displayed in ascending order. For example: domain, report, session, or table.
4 LN module code, displayed in ascending order.

The module code is displayed for all component types, except domains, labels, messages, and questions.

5 LN software component, with the component description between brackets, displayed in ascending order.

To open a software component in the corresponding editor, double-click the component.

Toolbar

The toolbar of the Activity Explorer view includes these buttons:

Link with Editor Toggles whether the Activity ExplorerActivity Explorer selection to the resource being edited. selection is linked to the active editor. When this option is selected, changing the active editor will automatically update the
Open an LN Studio Activity Starts the Open an Activity wizard, where you can select an activity that is assigned to you.

See Developing software components.

Directly open the Source Tab If this option is selected, the multipage editor directly opens the Source selection is linked to tab (if the source code is available) when you open a component.

If this option is not selected, the editor opens the Overview tab.

See Multipage Editors.

Clean Activity Removes unchanged components from your activity. The command only removes files that are not checked out, created, or modified.

See Cleaning an activity.

This command is useful when your activity contains a lot of unchanged components, such as when you have frequently used the Open Declaration command.

Recover Activity Restores the components in your activity from the Configuration Management System on the server to your local workspace. Optionally, unchanged components are removed from the workspace.

See Recovering an activity.
Menu Provides, among other things, menu items that allow you to do the following:
  • Open, deselect and change working sets. See "Working sets" in the Workbench User Guide.
  • Sort the items in the view by full name, or by type/extension.
  • Apply a filter.
  • Toggle whether the view selection is linked to the active editor.
  • Show Checked Out/Modified components only. This option is useful if your workspace contains a lot of components not checked out, such as when you have frequently used the Open Declaration command.

See the Workbench User Guide.

Note: The remaining buttons are standard Eclipse commands. For details on these buttons, see "User interface information" in the Workbench User Guide.

Shortcut menu

To open the shortcut menu, right-click a resource in the view.

This menu provides, among other things, the following commands:

New Allows you to open a new activity in the root node, or to create a new component in the current activity.

To open an activity, on the submenu, select Infor LN Studio Application Project (Open Activity). The Open an Activity wizard starts.

When you open an activity, the following occurs:

  • The activity is automatically placed under the control of configuration management.
  • The content of the associated development repository is displayed in the Component Explorer. This view is refreshed and a (closed) tree with the LN packages is displayed for the Application linked to the software project to which the activity belongs.

To create a new component, on the submenu, select Infor LN Component. The Create a New Infor LN Software Component wizard starts.

Open Opens the selected software component in the LN Studio in the corresponding multipage editor.
Open With You can use this command to open the selected software component in an editor other than the component's default editor. Select the desired editor from the submenu.
Copy Copies the selected resource to the clipboard.
Paste Pastes resources on the clipboard into the selected project or folder. The resource is not added to the Revision Control System. If a resource is selected, the resources on the clipboard are pasted as siblings of the selected resource.
Delete Deletes the selected resource from the workspace.
Note: This command can only delete components that are not checked out, created, or modified in the current activity. These components have a decorator in the bottom right corner of the software component image.
Move Moves the selected resource to another location. A dialog is displayed, requesting the location to which the resource must be moved.
Rename Allows you to specify a new name for the selected resource.
Import Opens the import wizard and allows you to select resources to import into the Workbench.
Export Opens the export wizard and allows you to export resources to an external location.
Refresh Refreshes the Workbench's view of the selected resource and its children. For example, when you create a new file for an existing project outside the Workbench and want the file to appear in the Activity Explorer view.
Duplicate Component Starts the Duplicate an Infor LN Software Component wizard, where you can duplicate the selected component.
Verify Component Performs quality control on the selected software component(s). The command executes various checks based on the Infor LN design principles.

When you verify software components, a list of warnings is generated. You can decide to accept each warning, or to solve the problem.

See Verifying software components.

Link Run Configurations Starts a dialog where you can link existing run configurations to the selected activity.

See Linking run configurations to an activity.

This command is only displayed if you select an activity.

Run As This menu contains these commands:
  • Infor LN Session Alt+Shift+X, L

    Starts the selected session and automatically generates a run configuration for the session.

    This option is only displayed if you right-click a session in the view.

  • BFlow Test

    See Running BFlow tests.

  • Run Configurations

    Starts the Configurations dialog. Use this dialog to create or modify run configurations.

See Running LN sessions.
Debug As This menu contains these commands:
  • Infor LN Session Alt+Shift+D, L

    Starts the selected session in debug mode and automatically generates a run configuration for the session.

    This option is only displayed if you right-click a session in the view.

  • Debug Configurations

    Starts the Configurations dialog. Use this dialog to create or modify run configurations.

See Debugging LN sessions.

Team This menu provides various Configuration Management functions.

See "The Team submenu".
Compare With Provides a mechanism to compare the selected software component with other versions of that component in the workspaces’ local history.
Replace With Provides a mechanism to replace the selected software component with other versions of that component in the workspaces’ local history.
Restore from Local History Restores deleted Workbench resources with a state from the local history. See "Restoring deleted resources from local history" in the Workbench User Guide.
Properties Starts the property page of the selected item.
Refactor If you select an InContext Table Model, the Dependent InContext Models command is available.

This command starts the Dependent InContext Models view. You can use that view to refactor the table model's dependent models.

Related topics:
Note: 
  • Some commands in the shortcut menu, such as Checkout and Run as, are also available as buttons in the toolbar in the Application perspective.

    See Application perspective.

  • The previous list does not describe all commands in the shortcut menu. The remaining commands are standard Eclipse commands. For details on these commands, see "User interface information" in the Workbench User Guide.

The Team submenu

The Team submenu provides various Configuration Management functions.

If you select an activity, these commands are available:

  • Reassign Activity

    Starts the Reassign Activity dialog, where you can assign the activity to another user.

  • Cancel Activity

    Use this command to undo all changes in an activity.

  • End Activity

    Closes the activity and releases the changed components to the Project VRC.

    In the Preferences - Infor LN Configuration Management dialog, you can set the default behavior for this command.

If you select a software component, these commands are available:

  • Recover

    Restores the selected component, which was saved on the LN server, to your local workspace.

    See Recovering an activity.

  • Checkout

    You must lock (check out) a component before it can be changed. When a check out is performed, the latest version of the software component is retrieved from the development repository. It is then made editable in the workspace.

    Note: This option is not available for components already checked out.
  • Checkin

    Use this command when you finished editing a component, to unlock a component and store the changes in the development repository.

    1. You are prompted to save any outstanding changes in the component.
      Note: If you cancel the “modified source” dialog, the check in is canceled.
    2. Then, you are asked to specify a revision text: The updated version of the component is sent to the development repository and the component is made read-only in the workspace.
    Note: This option is unavailable for components not checked out.
  • Uncheckout

    Use this command when you have finished editing the component, and you do not want to send the changes to the development repository.

    1. The component is unlocked (and changes are discarded).
    2. You are prompted to confirm the command: If the command is confirmed, then the current local representation of the software component is replaced by the latest remote representation.
    Note: 
    • If you check out a component for the first time and then perform an uncheckout, the component is considered as unchanged. The component has a decorator in the bottom right corner of the software component image.
    • You cannot perform an uncheckout in the following situations:
      • If SCM is disabled.
      • If the component does not support SCM, for example if the component is a label, message, question, domain, or additional file.
      You must perform a checkin because the changes cannot be rolled back.
  • Compare

    Starts the Compare Package VRC's (ttadv6450m000) session. The session prints the differences between the latest version and the previous version of the component.

    The differences can be printed in detail, if required.

    See the session help.

  • Show Revisions

    Starts the History view. This view shows all revisions of the selected component, which are present in the derivation path of your Activity VRC.

    See History view.

  • Expire

    Performs a check out of the component, sets the Expired flag, and performs a check in. A decorator is displayed over the component image.

    Note: A session can only be expired if there is no reference to it from another not-expired session.

    See Session Editor.

  • Unexpire

    Performs a check out of the component, unsets the Expired flag, and performs a check in. The decorator disappears.

    Note: A session cannot be unexpired if it has a session reference to an expired session.

    See Session Editor.

  • Delete

    Removes the selected component.

    Note: This command can only delete components that are created or modified in the current activity. These components have a decorator in the bottom right corner of the software component image.

See Activity based development.

Icons and decorators

Icons

The following icons are displayed in the Activity Explorer view:

Decorators

CM decorators

The following decorators are used to show Configuration Management related status information, which is mutually exclusive. The decorators are displayed in the bottom right corner of the software component image.

Compiler decorators

The following decorators are used to indicate errors and warnings. The decorators are displayed in the bottom left corner of the images of the involved nodes.

The decorators are displayed for the involved software component and for all parent nodes.

For example, if a library contains invalid code, error decorators are displayed for the library itself, and also for the module, the main component type, the package, and the activity to which the library belongs. See the following figure:

VSC decorators

The following decorators are used to indicate the VSC status of a software component. The decorators are displayed in the upper right corner of the software component image.

For details on VSC, see Verifying software components.

"Expired" decorator

The following decorator is used to indicate a software component is expired. The decorator is displayed over the software component image.

Related topics