Views

The Projects view displays a tree structure of the connected repository with various elements such as projects, folders, and files. The context menu can be opened by right-clicking on an element in the Projects view. The available options change depending on where in the tree structure the context menu is called.

The Filter text field above the project tree can be used to search for files within the connected repository. Placeholders like * or ? are not possible.

The following actions can be performed using various buttons:

• Jump from active Editor to Repository Navigator: Highlight opened file in the editor within the Projects view.

• Show or hide all files: Show and hide contents of the file system. Files excluded from the project are grayed out.

The Apps view displays all X4 Apps that are used to bundle projects.

In the Properties view, the properties of selected process modules and of opened processes can be displayed and edited:

• The left column displays the property name, the right column contains the corresponding values.

• A title and a description can be stored for each process. These are displayed in the generated documentation.

• To edit properties of an opened process, click on an empty area on the workplace.

The most common properties are displayed by default, however, additional settings can be made using the Properties view toolbar:

• Pin to Selection: Pin displayed properties in the Properties view

• Show Categories: Show properties sorted by categories

• Show Advanced Properties: Show advanced properties

• Restore Default Value: Restore to default value

• View Menu: Open additional options

If a process is checked for errors or simulated, debug information is displayed in the Run/Debug Console view for each executed process step. Error messages are highlighted in red, successful status messages are green.

When a process step outputs an intermediate result, it is stored in a temporary file during debugging, which you can view using the corresponding reference (e.g., file://1376054979039/). 

 You can access the Output view during debugging from the Debug > Output menu or using the Output icon in the toolbar.

In the Output view, you can see the results of each debug step.

If the output is larger than 1 MB, a warning is displayed. You can download the data using the Load button.
Large amounts of data can affect the performance of the X4 Designer. 

You can also perform the following actions from the toolbar:

•  Find content: Find data in the Output view

•  Copy all content: Copy all data from the Output view to the clipboard

• Copy selected content: Copy selected data from the Output view to the clipboard

• Save content: Save the data from the Output view

• Format content: Format the data from the Output view

Note:

Binary data is displayed as hexadecimal data in the Output view. Images and text-based contents are shown as image or text. The output of binary data as hexadecimal data does not affect the performance of the X4 Designer.

The Server Log view allows you to track the server status and especially errors in the Server Log view from within the X4 Designer.

The Process Call Hierarchy view allows you to display all repository elements using a certain process or process component in the repository.

Right-click on the desired element in the Projects view to bring up a context menu. Process Call Hierarchy then displays a list of all repository items that contain at least one reference to the selected item.

The Error Log view allows you to view errors that occurred in the X4 Designer.

The following additional actions can be performed via the toolbar:

• Export Log: Export error log and save it as .log file

• Import Log: Import error log (.log)

• Clear Log Viewer: Clear error log 

• Delete Log: Delete error log permanently

• Open Log: Open log file (.log) in X4 Designer

• Restore Log: Restore error log

• View Menu: Open additional options

In the Problems view, all errors and warnings are listed. The filter can be used to customize the displayed list.

The Debug Sessions view lists all active debug sessions. Double-click the desired process in the view to switch to the debug session.

Active debug sessions are marked in gray. New debug sessions connected to the server are highlighted in orange.

In the Breakpoints view, all set breakpoints are listed. In the view, breakpoints can be activated, deactivated and deleted. Additionally, all breakpoints can be skipped without deleting the breakpoints.

In the Quick Watch view, variables, parameters, and dynamic parameters can be viewed separately with their values during debugging.

To do so, choose the corresponding entry from the drop-down list:

Selected variables are updated after each debug step.

When you select the Parameters entry, you can use the Project, Global and System checkboxes to specify which type of parameters you would like to display:

If the result of the debug step contains content greater than 1 MB, a warning is displayed and the result can be downloaded via a button.
Large amounts of data can affect the performance of the X4 Designer. 

 The Quick Watch view can be accessed during debugging via the Debug > Quick Watch menu or via the Quick Watch icon in the toolbar.

In the Outline view, the complete process diagram is displayed as an image. By clicking on the individual areas of the illustration, it is easy to navigate through the process, even if it is larger than the size of the Designer window.

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