Synchronizing a DC in a Local File System 

Use

Eclipse uses projects to manage files. To be able to edit existing software in the NetWeaver Developer Studio, you must first create a project. When creating a project, the objects of the development component (DC) are synced to the local disk.

Prerequisites

You have imported a development configuration and logged on to the development infrastructure.

Procedure

The procedure differs, depending on whether a project for the DC already exists in the local environment or not.

No Project Exists in the Local File System

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       1.      Open the Development Configurations perspective.

       2.      Switch to the Active DCs view.

The Properties view also shows information on DCs.

To edit the component, you must first create a project for it.

       3.      In the context menu of the desired DC, choose Create Project.

If you don’t want to change a component, but still need it on the local file system (for example, to build another component), you only need to download the source files. To do this, from the context menu choose Sync Sources.

The development environment proposes a list of components, which must be synchronized before use.

       4.      Accept the proposed list, unless you have reasons to make your own selection.

The component is now visible in the Development Configurations perspective in the view Inactive DCs and Local DCs, in the Resource perspective and in the perspective that belongs to the selected component type (for example, Java, Web Dynpro, J2EE).

A Project Exists in the Local File System

A new state already exists in the Repository, which you want to download to the local file system.

You can see the state of your DC in the Development Configurations perspective . For a description of the symbols and icons, see the title bar of the views Local DCs, Inactive DCs and Active DCs under Menu ® Display Legend:

For a detailed view of the state, switch to the Properties view (properties Sync Mode or Sync Date). If this view is not visible, open it with Window à Show Views à Other à Basic à Properties.

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       6.      In the context menu of the component, choose:

¡        Sync Sources, to update the source files of the component

¡        Sync Used DCs, to update the source files of the used component

Most perspectives offer this function. The context menus that offer these functions, are called DTR or Development Component.

The development environment proposes a list of components, which must be synchronized before use.

       7.      Accept the proposed list, unless you have reasons to make your own selection.