Maintaining Libraries for External Methods and Functions
The Library Browser enables you to view and maintain the libraries for your current schema. You can use the libraries, which store your external user-written Application Program Interface (API) calls, to import both external methods and external functions, if required.
You must create a library for your external routines before you can define external methods or external functions for the API entry points.
Only one Library Browser window can be open at any time.
To open a Library Browser window
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Select the Libraries command from the Browse menu
The Library Browser is then opened. The Library Browser is displayed in the form specified by your Browser options; that is, it is user-specific. You can change your default browser options, if required, by using the Browser sheet from the Options menu Preferences command.
The JADE default display of the Library Browser is as follows.
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User-defined libraries are displayed in black.
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Libraries are displayed in hierarchical order, with nodes collapsed; that is, the external routines in the selected library are not displayed when the Library Browser is first opened.
The actions that you can perform by using the mouse from the Library Browser are listed in the following table.
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Click | A selected collapsed node is expanded when a node displaying a plus sign (+) is clicked, or an expanded node is collapsed when a node displaying a minus sign (-) is clicked. |
| Click-right | Displays the Library menu, to enable you to maintain the selected library. |
The Library menu is then displayed, to enable you select the appropriate command. The Library menu commands are listed in the following table.
| Command | Description | For details, see… |
|---|---|---|
| Add Library | Displays the Add Library dialog | Adding a Library, in the following section |
| Remove Library | Deletes the selected library | Removing a Schema Element, in Chapter 3 |
