Navigating Agent Builder

Navigating Agent Builder is simple and intuitive. Agent Builder is a two-step wizard with a corresponding screen for each step (Create and Configure screens). You enter information in each screen by:

• Typing information in a field.

• Browsing your directory structure and selecting a file or directory.

• Checking one of a set of mutually exclusive radio buttons—for example, Scalable or Failover.

• Checking an on/off box. For example, checking Network Aware identifies the base application as network aware, while leaving this box blank identifies a non-network aware application.

The buttons at the bottom of each screen enable you to complete the task, move to the next or previous screen, or exit Agent Builder. Agent Builder highlights or grays out these buttons as appropriate.

For example, when you have filled in the fields and checked the desired options on the Create screen, click the Create button at the bottom of the screen. The Previous and Next buttons are grayed out because no previous screen exists and you cannot go to the next step before you complete this one.

Agent Builder displays progress messages in the output log area at the bottom of the screen. When Agent Builder finishes, it displays a success message, or a warning to look at the output log. The Next button is highlighted, or if this is the last screen, only the Cancel button is highlighted.

You can select Cancel at any time to exit Agent Builder.

Browse Button

Particular Agent Builder fields enable you to type information or to click the Browse button to browse your directory structure and select a file or directory.

When you click Browse, a screen similar to the following screen appears:

Double click on a folder to open it. When you highlight a file, its name appears in the File name box. Click Select when you have located and highlighted the appropriate file.

If you are browsing for a directory, highlight it and select the Open button. If there are no subdirectories, Agent Builder closes the browse window and places the name of the directory you highlighted in the appropriate field. If this directory has subdirectories, click the close button to close the browse window and return to the previous screen. Agent Builder places the name of the directory you highlighted in the appropriate field.

The icons in the upper right corner of the screen do the following:

Menus

Agent Builder provides File and Edit menus.

File Menu

The File men has two commands:

• Load Resource Type — Load an existing resource type. Agent Builder provides a browse screen from which you select the working directory for an existing resource type. If a resource type exists in the directory from which you launch Agent Builder, Agent Builder automatically loads the resource type. The Load Resource Type command allows you to launch Agent Builder from any directory and select an existing resource type to use as a template for creating a new resource type (see Cloning an Existing Resource Type).

• Exit — Exit Agent Builder. You can also exit by clicking Cancel on the Create or Configure screen.

Edit Menu

The Edit menu has commands to clear and save the output log:

• Clear Output Log — Clears the information from the output log. Each time you select Create or Configure, Agent Builder appends status messages to the output log. If you are engaged in an iterative process of making changes to your source code and regenerating output in Agent Builder and want to segregate the status messages, you can save and clear the log file before each use.

• Save Log File — Save the log output to a file. Agent Builder provides a browse screen that enables you to choose the directory and specify a filename.