Types of ZIETrans
applications include: Web,
EJB and
administrative console. This chapter includes information about ZIETrans
Web applications. For information about the other types of applications,
see the following chapters:
ZIETrans applications are created from ZIETrans
projects using the ZIETrans Toolkit. When you create a new ZIETrans project,
a set of folders is created to help you organize your ZIETrans application files. An example of a default project is shown below.
The highest level folder has the same name as the name you give to
your project when you create it. In that folder are other high-level
folders that contain objects defined in your ZIETrans project. Some folders do not appear until you create certain objects.
Figure 1. ZIETrans Web project view
Depending on how you set up your ZIETrans project, some or all
of these folders appear in the
ZIETrans
Projects view. You can also specify which folders appear in your
ZIETrans Projects view as
well as
hide file extensions. For more information,
see
Using ZIETrans preferences.
Note: Different folders appear
for different types of ZIETrans projects. For example, the directory
tree for a ZIETrans EJB project has no Screen Customizations, Screen Captures or Web Content folders.
You can create subfolders within these high-level folders to help
organize your project. For instance, as you create screen captures
for your project, you might want to create folders under the
Screen Captures folder to organize and
group the captured screens. To create a folder, right-click on one
of the high-level folders in the tree and click
New
ZIETrans > Folder. To move a file into a different folder, right-click
on the file and select
Move, or you
can use the drag-and-drop method.
Note: There is a limitation
for subfolders. The transformation and the template files must
be in subfolders of the same level. In order to use a transformation
that resides at a certain level of subfolders, such as \transformations\Callup\,
then the template that will be coupled with this transformation must
be at the same level of subfolders, like \templates\Callup\.
ZIETrans projects can be shared in a team environment by going
to the Navigator View of your ZIETrans
perspective. Right-click the project and select Team
> Share Project. Select the repository type from the list and
click Next. Rational® SDP supports
several repositories. For more information, refer to the Rational SDP documentation
and search on repository.
Note: When using a version control system with your ZIETrans projects,
set the system to ignore the
resourceUpdate.sts file. This
file is automatically generated when testing a project within the
toolkit. The file should not be under version control and can safely
be ignored or deleted before placing a ZIETrans project under version
control.
To exclude the file from version control, open Window -> Preferences -> Team -> Ignored Resources and
click Add Pattern to add a new pattern.
Enter resourceUpdate.sts and click OK.
Make sure the new pattern is selected in the list of ignored patterns
and click OK to save the settings.
ZIETrans Web projects, created
in ZIETrans Toolkit, are extensions of Web projects in the Rational SDP workbench.
For more information, click Help > Help
contents from the Rational SDP menu bar, expand Developing, and select Developing Web applications.
