User's Guide
Application attachments are arbitrary files stored in the
VisualAge library and associated with applications. Each file is
attached to an application edition and resides within an attachment
folder. An attachment folder categorizes the attached file or
files. Attachments let you store and retrieve sets of files across
platforms, while retaining the directory structure and, optionally, localizing
the content.
Application attachments offer the following:
- Unlimited number of attachment folders for each application
- Unlimited number of attachments per attachment folder
- Unlimited size of attachments, up to the maximum capacity of the library
- Complete backward compatibility with previous releases of VisualAge with
respect to importing and exporting applications with attachments
Also, attachments offer the ability to do the following:
- Store full path names, including directory names
- Recurse directory trees when multiple attachments are stored, enabling you
to store an entire directory structure with one operation
- Re-create directories when attachments stored with directory names are
retrieved from the library
- Store file paths in a portable format that permits files and directory
structures to be stored and retrieved on any platform supported by VisualAge
- Tag files with an attachment type (supported types are binary and text)
- Filter text attachments so they suit the target platform when retrieved
from the library. This ensures that line delimiters are appropriately
transformed and files are readable on the target platform.
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