Overview of CORBA Designer commands

Commands available on a package

Objecteering CORBA Designer provides the following commands that can be run from a package:

· The "Import the first steps project" command

· The "Import CORBA package" command

The "Import the first steps project" command is used to import the Objecteering CORBA Designer first steps project into your project. You can then get to know the different functions of the Objecteering CORBA Designer tool by trying out the "Quick tour" presented in this user guide (see "Overview of this quick tour" to get started).

The "Import CORBA package" command is used to import the CORBA package into your project. This CORBA package contains basic CORBA classes, used when modeling a "typedef" or a "sequence", as well as a template class. For more information on this command, please see "The CORBA package".

Commands available on an IDL generation work product

Objecteering CORBA Designer provides the following commands that can be run from an IDL generation work product:

· The "Generate" command

· The "Visualize" command

· The "IDL compilation" command

· The "Edit the IDL file" command

The "Generate" command is used to generate IDL code for the package to which the IDL generation work product belongs. An .idl file is generated for the package referenced by the IDL generation work product on which the "Generate" command is run. The code of child packages is also incorporated into the same file. However, work products can also be created for child packages, and separate IDL generated for them. In this case, the .idl file for the parent package contains the necessary include clause.

The "Visualize" command is used to visualize the IDL code generated for the package to which the IDL generation work product belongs.

The "IDL compilation" command is used to run the compilation of the generated IDL file. The "IDL compiler executable" parameter in the "IDL compilation" parameter set is used to define which IDL compiler that is to be used.

The "Edit the IDL file" command is used to open an editor in which you can edit the IDL code generated for the package to which the IDL generation work product belongs. The "External editor" parameter in the "External edition" parameter set is used to define which external editor is to be used.