Notes:
If your system has the following configurations, you should clear the Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities (requires restart) check box and restart Visual Studio to open the ePortal Message window:
Windows 10 or later
Version 1803
.NET Framework 4.8 or later
To clear the check box, perform the following steps:
On the Tools menu, click Options.
The Options dialog box appears.
In the Options dialog box, expand Environment, and select General.
Clear the Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities (requires restart) check box, and then click OK.
To open the ePortal Message window, do the following:
If you have more than one data source project in your solution, go to Solution Explorer and select the desired data source project.
On the Visual Studio menu bar, click View, then click Other Windows, and then click ePortal Message Window.
You use the ePortal Message Window to:
Access orchestration functions. Refer to Understanding Orchestration.
Work with ePortal client messages and server messages. Refer to Understanding Client Messages.
Access files in one or more ePortal Web forms presentation projects. Refer to Getting Ready to Build a New Presentation Project.
To operate on one or more messages, select the message or messages as follows:
In the ePortal Message Window, expand the Client Messages or Server Messages folder and click on one particular message.
To select multiple messages, do any of the following:
Hold down the Ctrl key and click on one or more additional messages.
Hold down the Shift key and click on a second message; all messages between the first message clicked and the second message clicked (inclusive) are selected.
If a message is already selected, hold down the Ctrl key and click a message to unselect it.
Click a Toolbar Button, or right-click the selection to access the Context Sensitive Menu.
Similarly, you can expand an individual message and select one or more fields within a message using Ctrl-click and/or Shift-click.
Toolbar Buttons
| Button Name | Description |
|---|---|
Open Orchestration | Opens the Orchestration.eporch tab. Refer to Understanding Orchestration. |
New Client Message | Initiates the creation of a client messages. Refer to Understanding Client Messages. |
New Server Message | Initiates the creation of a server message. This launches a wizard, which varies depending on the data source project type. |
Edit | Delivers the selected message to the name of message.eprec tab so that editing can be done. |
Open Presentation(s) | Launches the Open Presentation Files dialog so you can select one or more presentation files to open. This button is enabled when a client message is selected; otherwise it is disabled. |
Refresh | Refreshes the tree of the ePortal Message window. |
Context-Sensitive Menus
To launch a context-sensitive menu, right-click an item in the ePortal Message window.
| Menu Name | Description |
|---|---|
Edit | This context menu item applies to client and server messages only. Delivers the selected message to the <name of message>.eprec tab so that editing can be done. |
Delete | This context menu item applies to client and server messages only. Deletes the selected message. For a client message, the corresponding presentation files are also deleted. Note: If the deleted message is in the orchestration, an error is flagged the next time the Orchestration Editor is used. |
Open Presentation(s) | This context menu item applies to client messages only. Launches the Open Presentation Files dialog so you can select one or more presentation files to open. |
Delete Presentation(s) | This context menu item applies to client messages only. Launches the Delete Presentation Files dialog so you can select one or more presentation files to be deleted. |
Reconcile Presentation(s) | This context menu item applies to client messages only. Launches the Reconcile Presentation Files dialog so you can select one or more presentation files to be reconciled with changes you have made to the client message. |
Generate Presentation(s) | This context menu item applies to client messages only. Launches the Generate Presentation Files dialog so you can select one or more presentation files to be generated from the client message. If you select a presentation file that already exists, it is deleted and regenerated |
Save as Client Message | This context menu item applies to server messages only. Creates a client message that contains a copy of all of the fields of the selected server message. |
New | This context menu item applies to folder nodes only Initiates the creation of a new message based whether the Client Messages or Server Messages node is highlighted. |