Creating PLAM library elements
Creating elements of an existing type
New library elements of an existing type can be created by selecting the type node as parent folder
and executing the context menu action New > File (library elements are treated as
files here). This will open a file creation dialog:
Enter an element name (as New BS2000 file name) and press Finish.
This will create a standard library element of the selected type. Now you can modify the element
attributes to your needs by the context menu action Properties, see
Other tasks with PLAM library elements - Modifying the type of an element.
If you wish to specify a version for the new element, then add the version enclosed in parenthesis as
suffix of the element name, e.g. newSource.c(3) to create version 3.
Creating elements of a non-existing type
If you want to create a new element of a not yet existing type, then select the library as parent
folder and execute the context menu action New > File. In the then opening file
creation dialog enter an element name (as New BS2000 file name) and choose from
Element type list selected type. The following
sample dialog creates an element compile-procedure of type j:
Editing just created elements
If the contents type of an element is definitively characterized as text (see
BS2000 file and library contents types),
double clicking on the element will open an appropriate text editor.
If the contents type is not characterized as text you can open a text editor by
the context menu action Open With and selecting an appropriate editor.
Eclipse will remember your selection and will open the element with this editor when you
double-click on the same element in the future.