Getting Started

Development image ownership

Following installation, the first time you start VisualAge you must establish ownership of the development image you have installed on your client. Image ownership is important since all of the applications and parts that you create are stored in the manager library file and are said to be owned by the user who created them. This is especially important if you are taking advantage of the team development features of VisualAge.

For a thorough explanation of application and part ownership and user privileges, refer to the sections on creating applications and team system administration in the IBM Smalltalk User's Guide .

Once the System Transcript window appears, you will be presented with a dialog prompting you to select the image's owner. For our simple example, we will establish image ownership by selecting the default Library Supervisor item within the list. Depending upon your installation, you may have additional entries in the list.

  1. When prompted Who does this image belong to?, select Library Supervisor from the list.
  2. Then, select OK to continue.

Caution:
If your manager library file is installed on a server, it is important to create a new user for your client development image as soon as possible. The user Library Supervisor has the most privileges in the system. Changing to a new user will keep you from making unwanted changes to system or team member's applications or parts. Refer to the section on team system administration in the IBM Smalltalk User's Guide for additional information.


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