Testing Dynamic Attributes with Component Enabler

Component Enabler (CE) clients such as Presentation Client, ASP.NET, and VB.NET support the Dynamic Presentation Attribute feature.

To view the Dynamic Presentation Attributes in Debugger, you can use a CE client with Debugger via RATL. You can create a new configuration or use the configuration that you used for deployment. If you have already deployed the system on the Windows platform and plan to run debugger on the same machine, then you need to provide different values for COM ProgID, database schema name, and Alternative name in Segment level property to avoid a compilation error.

Note: Developer and CE must be installed on the same workstation. Alternate Name field in Configuration property dialog box must be blank or same as segment name.

To use Debugger to Test Dynamic Attributes with CE, perform the following:

  1. Configure the properties for the Bundle for any of the CE clients.

  2. Generate the Bundle.

  3. Setup the Virtual Directory, and other setting for the bundle.

    Refer to the Agile Business Suite Component Enabler User Guide for more information.

  4. Open the Model configuration property dialog box of the model and set the following configuration properties:

    • Set the Debugger configuration properties manually to External Application.

    • Set the Application To Start configuration property value to RatlSocket.exe. For example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Unisys\AB Suite 7.0\Bin\ratlsocket.exe.

    • Set the Working Directory configuration property value to point to the Bin directory. For example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Unisys\AB Suite 7.0\Bin.

    • Set the Database name and Database Server Registration name configuration properties.

  5. Open the Deployment folder configuration property dialog box and set the Deployable and Deploy Application Components (and Deploy reports, if required) configuration properties to true.

  6. Open the Segment configuration property dialog box and make sure that all the properties are set in the Component Enabler User Interface section.

    Refer to the Agile Business Suite Component Enabler User Guide for more information on setting the properties for Component Enabler User Interface.

  7. Create a View using Administration Tool and:

    • Specify the View Name.

    • Specify the System Name.

    • Specify the Server Name as localhost.

    • Specify the Protocol (RATL over TCP/IP or MSMQ).

    • Click RATL Login Settings and specify the required login details.

  8. Stop the AB Suite 7.0 Protocol Adapter - RATL service(s) from the Services management console (if running).

    You can access the Services management console from Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services or you can type Services.msc in the Run command on the Start menu.

  9. Start the Debugger.

    Debugger starts the RATL application and a message box with "Click to exit RatSocket7.0" button appears.

  10. Start the CE client.

  11. Select the required debug option to continue. For example, F5, F10, F11, and so on.

    After the debug session is established, the Dynamic Presentation Attributes are displayed in the Debugger.

  12. After testing the application, to stop debugging either select Stop Debugging from the Debug menu or click Click to exit ratlsocket7.0.