Chapter 15 Application Organizer Enhancements

Organizer Closable

with thanks to S. Sridhar

VAST Organizer Now Closable – Normally, if you close the VAST Application Organizer, you will shut down VAST as well. The best you can do is minimize it to keep it out of the way. This is very annoying. With VA Assist Pro loaded, you can safely close the Organizer without shutting down VAST. The Organizer can always be re-opened via the Transcript's “Tools | VisualAge Organizer” command.

Applications Menu Commands

New Edition & Release

Combines the New Edition and Release To Existing Configs commands. When creating a new subapplication edition, this is the ideal command to use. This command will recursively create and release editions of any parent applications if necessary.

Rename Version | Classes

Provide new version names for all of the classes within the selected applications that have changed since a specified cutoff date.

Rename Version | Applications

Provide new versions names for all of the selected applications.

Rename Version | Both

Provide new versions names for all of the selected applications and the classes within them.

Rename Version | Include Subapplications

Provide new versions names for all of the selected applications, their subapplications and the classes within them.

Rename Version | Reset Cutoff Dates

Reset the default cutoff date to 1-1-93.

Version | Include Subapplications & Classes

Recursively version all of the selected applications, their subapplications and the classes within them.

Version | Allow Any Name

When turned on, this command allows you to specify any version name for an edition regardless of whether the name has been used in the past. This makes it easy to correct naming mistakes or create new versions with the same name as a prior version.

Release | Current Edition To Existing Configs

Releases the new editions of the selected subapplications to the same configurations as the existing editions. For example, if a subapplication appears in two out of four platform dependent configurations, this command will release the new edition into only the two configurations that it had previously been released to. This eliminates the need to open an Application Editions browser to examine the configurations before releasing the subapplications into the appropriate ones.

Configuration Maps | Locate Selected Applications

Find the current (e.g., most recent) config maps containing the selected applications by name.

Configuration Maps | Release Selected Applications

Release the current editions of the selected applications into their containing config maps and optionally propagate the changes throughout the entire config map hierarchy.

Configuration Maps | Release Other Editions

Release the other editions of the selected applications into their containing config maps and optionally propagate the changes throughout the entire config map hierarchy.

Configuration Maps | Propogate Changes

Indicates whether config map changes should be propagated throughout the entire config map hierarchy.

Configuration Maps | Create New Editions As Necessary

Indicates whether new config map editions should be created in the event that no open edition currently exists.

Inspect All Instances

Opens an inspector on all instances of all the classes in the selected application.

Find Hard Coded Strings | In Application

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected application that contain hard coded strings. Thanks to Didier Besset.

Find Hard Coded Strings | Include Subapplications

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected application hierarchy that contain hard coded strings. Thanks to Didier Besset.

Find Hard Coded Strings | Ignore $NON-NLS$/$NLS$

During a search for hard code strings, ignore any strings that have been flagged with $NON-NLS$ or $NLS$ tags.

Find Hard Coded Strings | Ignore Part Names

During a search for hard code strings, ignore any strings that are used to designate part names.

Find String | In Application

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected application that contain a user specified string. This can be a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

Find String | Include Subapplications

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected application hierarchy that contain a user specified string. This can be a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

Find String | In System

Opens a method browser on all methods within the system that contain a user specified string. This is a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

Spell Check | Application

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected application that contain references to misspelled or missing method selectors. This can be a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

Spell Check | Including Subapplications

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class hierarchy that contain references to misspelled or missing method selectors. This can be a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

Parts Menu Commands

Version | Allow Any Name

 

When turned on, this command allows you to specify any version name for a class edition regardless of whether the name has been used in the past. This makes it easy to correct naming mistakes or create new versions with the same name as a prior version.

Rename Version

Provide a new version name for all of the selected classes. If multiple classes are selected, names may be specified for each class or all classes as a unit. If a version name template has been specified, it can be applied retroactively to the selected classes as well.

Version/Release Owned | Allow Any Name

When turned on, this command allows you to specify any version name for a class edition regardless of whether the name has been used in the past. This makes it easy to correct naming mistakes or create new versions with the same name as a prior version.

Inspect All Instances

Opens an inspector on all instances of the selected class.

Find Hard Coded Strings | In Class

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class that contain hard coded strings. Thanks to Didier Besset.

Find Hard Coded Strings | In Hierarchy

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class hierarchy that contain hard coded strings. Thanks to Didier Besset.

Find Hard Coded Strings | Ignore $NON-NLS$/$NLS$

During a search for hard code strings, ignore any strings that have been flagged with $NON-NLS$ or $NLS$ tags.

Find Hard Coded Strings | Ignore Part Names

During a search for hard code strings, ignore any strings that are used to designate part names.

Find String | In Class

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class that contain a user specified string.

Find String | In Hierarchy

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class hierarchy that contain a user specified string. This can be a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

Find String | In System

Opens a method browser on all methods within the system that contain a user specified string. This is a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

Spell Check | Class

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class that contain references to misspelled or missing method selectors.

Spell Check | Hierarchy

Opens a method browser on all methods within the selected class hierarchy that contain references to misspelled or missing method selectors. This can be a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

Options Menu Commands

Version Name Templates

Define the template used for all version names.

Super User

Become a Super User who can leap tall buildings with a single bound. Super Users are designated by a '+' appended to their names in the title bar of the Application Organizer.