Signing On to the JADE Development Environment

To sign on to JADE

1. Specify another user id in the User Id text box, if required.

2. Select the appropriate option in the Select Options group box.

   • The Browse Classes option button is selected by default; that is, the Schema Browser is displayed by default when you sign on to JADE.

   • Select the Form Painter option button if you want the JADE Painter to be displayed over the Schema Browser background window when you have signed on, to enable you to define or maintain your JADE screen and printed forms.

   • Select the Administration option button if you want the JADE Installation Preferences to be displayed when you have signed on, to enable you to specify default preferences for the applications in your JADE environment, or if you want to back up your files in a multiuser environment or to administer patch version control.

   It is the responsibility of your system administrator to administer your JADE environment and specify the environmental options when JADE is installed.

   However, you can use the Preferences command from a browser window Options menu to specify your own preferences for your user id. For details, see "Setting User Preferences", later in this chapter.

3. If the Patch No combo box is displayed, specify or select the patch number with which you want to work. To display patch number details as bubble help, move the mouse over the combo box.

   The patch numbers that are listed in the combo box are those that were assigned to you (based on your user id). Parameters in the [JadePatchControlExtensions] section of the JADE initialization file determine:

   • That the default patch number is used when you specify zero (0)

   • That entry of a patch number is required

   • The specified patch number must be unique (that is, it cannot be assigned to another user)

   • The patch number must already exist

   Closed patch numbers are not displayed in the list box area of the Patch No combo box. To reopen a closed patch number, you must use the Patches Browser window.

   If you enter a closed patch number and the PatchNumberCanBeReopened parameter in the [JadePatchControlExtensions] section of the JADE initialization file is set to true, you are warned of this and prompted to confirm that you want to reopen the closed patch. If the parameter is set to false or it is not defined, an exception is raised.

4. Click the OK button. Alternatively, click the Exit button to exit from JADE.

When you have specified a user id and optional password, the Schema Browser is then displayed by default. For details about the Schema Browser, see Chapter 3. Alternatively, the JADE Painter or the JADE Installation Preferences dialog is then displayed, depending on your selection of the Form Painter or Administration option button, respectively.

If you specified or selected a patch number, the patch number is validated. If it is valid, a call is then made to the security DLL, passing the user name and patch number as parameters.

When you sign on to the JADE development environment with the default Browse Classes option, the Tips dialog is displayed by default.

When you have viewed the current JADE tip, you can:

• Click the Previous Tip or the Next Tip button to view an earlier or later tip, respectively.

• Click the Close button to close the Tips dialog and perform the Browser action that you require.

  Alternatively, you can click the close icon at the top right corner of the window or select the Close command from the Control-Menu to close the dialog.

• Uncheck the Show tips at start-up check box if you do not want the Tips dialog displayed every time you sign on to the JADE development environment. The Show Tips At Start-up check box on the Windows sheet of the Preferences dialog is then unchecked.

  If you have previously unchecked this control to hide the display of the Tips dialog and you now want it displayed when you sign on:

  • Check the Show Tips At Start-up check box on the Windows sheet of the Preferences dialog.

  The Tips dialog will then be displayed the next time you sign on to the JADE development environment with the default Browse Classes option from the JADE sign-on dialog.