Kbase P114910: Is it possible to share a saved perspective between users in OpenEdge Architect?
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
16/10/2008 |
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Status: Unverified
GOAL:
Is it possible to share a saved perspective between users in OpenEdge Architect?
FACT(s) (Environment):
OpenEdge 10.1A
FIX:
There is currently no integrated feature in Eclipse nor OpenEdge Architect to migrate saved perspectives from one workspace to another, or from one installation to another.
However it is possible to manually duplicate saved perspectives from one workspace to another. Doing so requires editing a configuration file using a text editor.
The fact is that custom perspectives created in Eclipse are saved in the following configuration file in the workspace directory: .metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/org.eclipse.ui.workbench.prefs. In this file all configuration settings for each perspective is saved on a single line of text in XML format, with the list of all defined perspectives on a single line at the end of the file. It is possible to manually copy this text using a text editor to the same configuration file in another workspace.
With regard to opened perspectives, i.e. perspectives with currently opened windows in the Eclipse interface, there is no simple way to migrate the current state of the perspective to a different workspace. Although it is possible to copy the configuration file workbench.xml which holds the current state of the workbench (the state of all Eclipse windows) from one workspace to another, it is not recommended to do so because this file also contains custom settings usually specific to its owner developer.