OpenROAD Workbench Overview

Workbench User Guide : 3. Getting Started with OpenROAD Workbench : OpenROAD Workbench Overview

Share this page

The primary interface for OpenROAD Workbench is a window consisting of a menu bar, toolbar, function tabs, and a status bar. Descriptions of each of these elements follow the illustration.

The Workbench window consists of the following controls and components:

Title bar

Displays "OpenROAD Workbench" with the current version and the name of the active connection profile

Menu bar

Displays menus applicable to the currently selected tab and portlet. Some menus, such as View, Options, and Run, are specific to to particular Workbench tabs while others, such as File and Help, are available no matter where you are in the OpenROAD development environment (IDE). Top-level Workbench menus include the following options:

File

Lets you create new items (for example, database connection profiles, applications, components, and so on), open and view items, save and rename items, import and export items, and exit Workbench

Edit

Lets you cut, copy, paste, and duplicate selected items; edit item details; and find items

View

Lets you refresh the display of applications and components or display all application versions defined in the current database. You can also customize the appearance of Workbench by hiding the toolbar, status bar, or changing the IDE display.

Project

Lets you compile applications and create image files and packages, issue queries, document projects; and create and purge versions

Run

Lets you run and debug applications, set breakpoints for debugging, and perform log file operations

Note: For more information about how to use the debugger, see the chapter “Debugging Your Application” in the Programming Guide.)

Tools

Lets you apply templates to application components, generate service call procedures and SCP metadata, and set general Workbench options

Help

Lets you display online help for OpenROAD Workbench, display the Language Reference Guide in online help format, visit the Ingres Web site, or display information about the current version of Workbench

Toolbar

Displays icons that are shortcuts for menu selections. The icons displayed as active depend on the currently selected tab and portlet. The following illustration shows all of the toolbar icons, labeled:

The toolbar icons correspond to the following menu selections:

Toolbar Icon	Menu Selection
Connect to server	File, Connect
New	File, New, ...
Open	File, Open
View	File, View
Save	File, Save
Save and close	File, Save and close
Close	File, Close
Save as	File, Save as
Delete	Edit, Delete
Save all	File, Save all
Refresh	View, Refresh
Import	File, Import
Export	File, Export
Cut	Edit, Cut
Copy	Edit, Copy
Paste	Edit, Paste
Duplicate	Edit, Duplicate
Find	Edit, Find
Find next	Edit, Find next
Compile	Project, Compile
Run	Run, Run
Debug	Run, Debug
Stop	Run, Stop
Help	Help, Help Contents
Toolbar Options	View, Toolbar

Tabs

Displays the following tabs, which follow the process from application development to deployment:

• Connect Tab

• Develop Tab

• Debug Tab

• Monitor Tab

• Query Tab

• Build Tab

• Deploy Tab

• Manage Tab

Most tabs are subdivided into portlets, defined areas for particular functions. Selecting a portlet often changes the available menu items and toolbar buttons.

Status bar

Displays status information in the following areas:

Left side

Displays informational messages about the development environment

Center

Displays the user name of the connected user (either your user name or the user name of the user that you used to connect to the database [-u])

Right side

Displays the name of the database that you are connected to

For more information about how to customize the Workbench window, see Customize the Workbench Window Display.