Component Enabler for .NET. Overview

generate process
Component Enabler user interface configuration properties
Bundles
Client application generators and generate environments
Ispec model source language
System/bundle generate
.NET generator output

Generate Process

Configure model for system generate
Create a Build configuration
Define a system deployment folder and set configuration properties
Set Component Enabler User Interface segment configuration properties
Define a bundle (CE deployment folder)
Add a bundle to the segment
Add ispecs to the bundle as “existing items”
Set bundle configuration properties
Build CE user interface
On its own (bundle generate)
As part of a system generate

Interface Configuration Properties

Sample system

Before generating a Component Enabler client application, specify values for the Component Enabler User Interface segment configuration properties.

(Bundles)

Subset of ispecs in a system
Meet the needs of different sets of users. For example, you could create:
A VB.NET WinForms bundle for desktop access to all forms
An ASP.NET WebForms bundle for Internet access to selected forms
Reduce overhead of generating unused ispecs
Do not provide a security mechanism
In System Modeler, bundles are defined as deployment folders with Deploy Component Enabler User Interface set to True

Properties

Sample system

following client application generators are available with Agile Business Suite Client Tools and the Client Tools Feature Pack for EAE:
ASP.NET WebForms Generator
ASP.NET Web Services Generator
VB.NET Client Generator
Default (Presentation Client) Generator
ASP Generators
Visual Basic Client Generators
Soap Toolkit Web Services Generator
Custom generators can be created with the CE Customization Kit (separately licensed)

generate
Requires Java SDK on the development workstation
Works with all CE generators
Works with EAE or AB Suite
.NET Framework based generate
Requires .NET Framework 1.1 or higher (instead of Java SDK) on the development workstation
Only works with .NET generators
Produces same output as Java based generate
Not available for generation from EAE
Java and .NET generate environments can coexist on same machine

Generator

User Defined View Generator bundle configuration property specifies generator and generate environment
Append .dll to the generator name, to generate using the .NET Framework based generate environment

Language

Ispec Model Source Language bundle configuration property specifies source language for ispec models
Java for use with the Java based CE Runtime
C# for use with the .NET based CE Runtime
C# & Java to generate ispec models in both languages

client interface can be generated:
As part of a system generate
On its own (bundle generate)
To perform a system generate:
Right-click the top-level deployment folder
Select Build or Rebuild
To perform a bundle generate
Right-click the CE bundle you wish to generate
Select Build or Rebuild

Enabler .NET generators produce:
Views:
ASP.NET WebForms, VB.NET WinForms, or ASP.NET Web Service definitions
Ispec interface files (ispec models) for use with .NET or Java Runtime
Ispec Models Source Language bundle configuration property determines source language (C# and/or Java)
Compiled ispec models

Access Server View

Create a Remote Access Server View with “RATL over TCP/IP” enabled
Procedure for View creation is host dependent — see the Agile Business Suite Runtime Administration Guide for your host environment