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8.1.2 Tools Tab

You can access various Visual LANSA tools from the Tools tab on the ribbon. The type of LANSA installation determines the contents of the tab.

Features accessed from this tab are:

Deploy

Starts the Deployment Tool. You can use this tool to create a list of objects, both LANSA and non-LANSA, to be deployed. Refer to the Deployment Tool Guide.

VL Framework

Starts the Visual LANSA Framework workbench or a demonstration application.

LANSA Client

Starts LANSA Client.

Integrator Studio

Starts Integrator Studio.

Logical Modeler

Starts Logical Modeler.

Package Manager

Starts the Package Manager.

The LANSA Package Manager lets you install LANSA packages on your Visual LANSA development environment. LANSA packages are reusable code that LANSA makes available for you to use in your own applications.

See Package Manager.

Import

Starts LANSA Import Facility.

Quick Export

Starts Quick Export. See the Administration Guide.

Import Table Definitions

Imports table definitions to populate the LANSA repository with the details of tables that are created and maintained outside of LANSA. 

See Import Table Definitions in the Technical Reference guide.

Import Excel Workheets

See Import Excel Worksheets.

Import Translations

Import translations to the current partition.

Message Files

Shows the Message Files dialog.
Refer to Message File Maintenance in the Administrator Guide.

Refer to User Message Files for information about using User Message Files in the Multilingual Application Design Guide.

Translate

Translate LANSA object details.

For further information, refer to Translate Objects in the Application Deployment Tool guide.

Upgrade

Upgrade repository definitions.