Many actions are standard behaviors in the Eclipse development environment. See the Eclipse Help's Workbench User Guide for details on standard functionality.
The following actions are available when Corticon Studio opens:
File Menu
The actions accessed on the File menu are:
New - Creates the specified Corticon Studio resource.
New > Rule Project - Creates a new Rule Project.
New > Rule Vocabulary - Creates a new Rule Vocabulary file (.ecore).
New > Ruleflow - Creates a new Ruleflow file (.erf).
New > Rulesheet - Creates a new Rulesheet file (.ers).
New > Ruletest - Creates a new Ruletest file (.ert).
New > Folder - Creates a new folder.
The other File menu options perform standard Eclipse functions.
Edit Menu
The actions accessed on the Edit menu are standard Eclipse functions with the following notes and additions:
Select All - Applies only to Rulesheets and Ruleflows.
Find/Replace - Not enabled in the Corticon Designer.
Add Task - Not enabled in the Corticon Designer.
Insert Row - Inserts a new Row into the active file.
Remove Row - Removes the selected Row from the active file.
Add Rows to End - Inserts 10 Rows at the end of the active file.
Insert Column - Inserts a new Column into the active file.
Remove Column - Removes the selected Column(s) from the active file.
Add Columns to End - Inserts 10 Columns at the end of the active file.
Move Up - Moves a Custom Data Type (CDT) enumerated Label/Value row up in the list. See the Rule Modeling Guide'sBuilding the Vocabulary chapter for more info on CDTs.
Move Down - Moves a Custom Data Type (CDT) enumerated Label/Value row down in the list.
Enable / Disable - Toggles enabling and disabling of a column, row, cell or shape. (This feature lets the rule builder experiment with temporarily removing logic without removing its information from the work.) The hierarchy of granularity is as follows:
1. Rulesheet columns and rows
2. Individual THEN cells (these are the cells in the lower-right quadrant of the Rulesheet)
3. Rule Statements
4. Shapes on the Ruleflow
Navigate Menu
The actions accessed on the Navigate menu are standard Eclipse functions.
Search Menu
The actions accessed on the Search menu are standard Eclipse functions.
Project Menu
The actions accessed on the Project menu are standard Eclipse functions, except the following:
Package and Deploy Decision Services - Enables quick deployment of a Ruleflow as a Decision Service to a Corticon Server or a local file. For details, see the topic Using Studio to compile and deploy Decision Services
The actions accessed on the Run menu are standard Eclipse functions.
Vocabulary, Rulesheet, Ruleflow, Ruletest Menus
Note: When a Corticon file is active, the corresponding menu is added to the toolbar. Each of these is described in later sections of this guide, as follows:
The actions accessed on the Window menu are standard Eclipse functions with the following notes and additions:
Open Perspective - Opens a defined set of views and editors. If already open, returns to that instance.
Open Perspective > Corticon Designer - Resets the layout to the views commonly used in Corticon modeling.
Open Perspective > Other - Opens the perspective dialog where you can choose an available perspective.
Show View - Adds a perspective-related view as a tab in the perspective window. Views in the Corticon Designer include Error Log, Localization, Natural Language, Problems, Properties, Rule Message, Rule Operations, Rule Project Explorer, Rule Statements, and Rule Vocabulary. Other lists all available views, whether or not directly relevant in the current perspective.
Preferences - Opens the Preferences dialog for the installation. Corticon preferences include:
Progress Corticon:
Setting the override properties file - The basic override file, brms.properties, is installed at the work directory root. You can choose to point to a file that exists at your preferred location that will be the last set of overrides that are loaded.
Changing the override properties file -- and changes within an override file --- are not applied until you restart the Studio.
License file path and information - The current license file information is displayed. You can point a preferred license file or license file location.
Changing the license file location is applied as soon as you click Apply or OK -- you do not need to restart the Studio.
Click Apply to record your selections. Click OK to close the dialog.
Progress Customer Support > Customer Information:
Click Apply to record your entries. Click OK to close the dialog.
Note: The setting for User Role as Rule Modeler or Integration and Deployment that was a Preference setting in releases prior to 5.5.1 has moved to the Vocabulary menu as the Show | Hide Vocabulary Details toggle.
Help Menu
The actions accessed on the Help menu are standard Eclipse functions with the following notes and additions:
Welcome - Opens the Welcome page with access to What's New, Samples, Tutorials, Documentation, and Web Resources. Use the Home button in the upper right if the page the opens is not the top page.
Help Contents - Opens the help system window where you can search for terms and browse the help structure of Eclipse, third-party, and Progress help, including Progress Corticon Documentation, the complete documentation for this product release.
Search - Implements the help system on a tab instead of in a separate window.
Dynamic Help Contents - Opens context-sensitive Corticon help plus access to related topics.
Key Assist - Keyboard shortcuts are detailed in the next topic. You can press Ctrl+Shift+L to open the Key Assist panel.
Samples - Opens the Welcome page's Samples panel to access and unpack Corticon sample projects.
Tutorials - Opens the Welcome page's Tutorials panel to access the Basic and Advanced tutorial documents.
Report Technical Issues - Enables submission of issues with Corticon and other Progress products. You are guided to completing the Customer Information if you have not already done so. For detailed instructions, see the Help section Progress Technical Issue Reporting Guide.
Check for Updates - Accesses Progress and related sites to determine whether updates are available.
About Progress Developer Studio - Details versions and licenses of installed the Progress Developer Studio, Corticon Studio, Eclipse, and other installed products. Also provides access to installation details.
New - Creates the specified Corticon Studio resource.
