Friday, December 19, 2008

Xploring 9.5: Changes in Object Repository

There are two significant changes in OR and they are as follows

  • Checkpoint and Output Objects in the Object Repository.
  • Exporting Local Objects to a Shared Object Repository.

Both are beneficial in terms of saving time and managing the script.
Checkpoint and Output Objects in the Object Repository: The people who are using lots of checking points and output values will definitely find this option as a savior. As they would find it hard to manage them ESP. when some important checkpoints are present inside 1000 lines of code. Now the new OR, not only stores all the checkpoints and output values and also enable the user to view/modify them. Of course, if you modify its logical name in OR, then appropriate changes would be made in code. I believe the people who shuns checkpoint, might change their mind after looking this feature.

Export and Replace Local Objects: This feature present as second option under the File menu. It performs 3 tasks in a single click. First it stores the objects in shared repository (.tsr) file, then associates that shared repository(.tsr) with the current action and finally deletion of local objects followed by replacing of objects from shared repository. Since the above tasks are mostly performed by user manually, this feature comes as a mere time-saving option.
Note: Now the user can drag and drop objects from OR.



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