User's Guide
This section describes the choices available on the Folders and
Attachments menus of the Application Attachments browser.
For information on the File, Edit, Names, and
Editions menus of the browser, see other chapters in this
guide.
The Folders pane lists all attachment folders defined for the
selected application or subapplication edition or version. The
Folders menu offers the following choices, some of which are
mentioned previously in the chapter:
- Retrieve
- Retrieves attachments in the selected folder from the library and writes
them to files. You can use the stored path name (Use Stored)
for the target file name or designate a different file name (Name
Each).
- Add
- Adds a new folder to the selected application or subapplication
edition. When prompted, supply a folder name. A folder name can
contain any printable character, including space and punctuation.
- Rename
- Renames the selected folder with the new name you supply.
- Delete
- Deletes the selected folder after you confirm the delete operation.
- Delete Empty
- Deletes all empty folders after you confirm the delete operation.
The Attachments pane lists all attachments in the selected
folder. The Attachments menu offers the following
choices:
- Show Type
- Toggles the display of the attachment type.
- Show Timestamp
- Toggles the display of the attachment timestamp.
- Store
- Stores the files in the library associated with the selected application
or subapplication edition. The files have the path names you
specified. See Storing attachments.
- Retrieve
- Retrieves the select attachment from the library and writes it as a file
to a target path name that you specify. You can use the stored path
name (Use Stored) for the target file name or designate a different
file name (Name Each).
- Filter Text Retrievals
- Toggles end-of-line filtering for text attachments. At retrieval
time, the system processes end-of-line characters to match the conventions of
the target platform.
- Copy
- Copies one or more attachments to a folder in another application edition
(To An Application) or subapplication edition (To A
Subapplication) or to a like-named folder within the selected edition
(To A Folder). Copying an attachment to another application
or subapplication causes a new folder to be created for the target application
or subapplication if the folder does not already exist.
- Move
- Moves one or more attachments to a folder in another application edition
(To A New Application) or subapplication edition (To A New
Subapplication) or to a like-named folder within the selected edition
(To A New Folder). Moving an attachment to another
application or subapplication causes a new folder to be created for the target
application or subapplication if the folder does not already exist.
- Delete
- Deletes the selected attachments.
- Change Type
- Changes the type attribute of the selected attachments.
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