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7.2 Launcher

7.2.1 Buttons

The Launcher has nine standard buttons:

The Graphs button opens a Graph Browser.

The Types button opens a Type Browser.

The Commit button writes the current changes to the repository. In the multi-user version commit also retrieves changes made by other users.

The Abandon button aborts the current changes and reverts to the previous state of the repository. In the multi-user version abandon also retrieves changes made by other users.

The remaining buttons open the metamodelling tools (Property, Object, Relationship, Role, and Graph): each button opens the corresponding tool. The use of these tools is explained in the MetaEdit+ Method Workbench: User’s Guide.

7.2.2 Repository

New Project... creates a new project in which new models or method definitions can be added.

Open Projects... allows you to select projects to be viewed and managed in the client.

Commit allows you to accept your changes and write them to the repository.

Abandon... aborts your changes and retrieves possible changes made by other users.

Options opens an Option Tool for configuring the environment.

Statistics... shows a window describing information about how many new objects you have created or changed during the transaction, and how many objects you have loaded into the client. Other statistics include the size of the image and memory statistics.

Load More Repository attempts to load more design information from the repository.

Long Transaction... allows you to exit from MetaEdit+ without writing your changes to the repository. The objects you have read from the repository are saved in a new image file: starting this image file is faster than starting the standard image and reading all the objects again.

Exit... closes MetaEdit+. If uncommitted changes have been made, you will be prompted whether to commit or abandon your changes.

7.2.3 Browsers

Graph Browser opens a Graph Browser.

Type Browser opens a Type Browser.

Graph Manager opens a Graph Manager for investigating reuse and exporting design information.

7.2.4 Editors

Diagram Editor... prompts you to choose a graph and opens a Diagram Editor on it.

Matrix Editor... prompts you to choose a graph and opens a Matrix Editor on it.

Table Editor... prompts you to choose a graph and opens a Table Editor on it.

7.2.5 Metamodel

The metamodel menu allows you to access the method development tools. These tools are explained in MetaEdit+ Method Workbench: User’s Guide.

The metamodel menu has menu items for each metamodelling tool (Property Tool, Object Tool, Relationship Tool, Role Tool, Graph Tool).

Metamodel Browser opens a tool for browsing the method elements.

Type Manager opens a tool for managing, deleting and exporting metamodels.

7.2.6 Help

Contents opens a help tool.

About gives information about the MetaEdit+ in general, and about the loaded image patches.

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