Deleting a message flow project

A message flow project is the container in which you create and maintain all the resources associated with one or more message flows. These resources are created as files, and are displayed within the project in the Resource Navigator view. If you do not want to retain a message flow project, you can delete it.

Before you start:

Deleting a message flow project in the workbench deletes the project and its resources; the Configuration Manager does not hold a copy. If you are using a shared repository, the repository might retain a copy of a deleted resource.

In previous releases you could remove resources from the Control Center, which removed the reference in your workspace, but retained the resource in the Configuration Manager repository.

To delete a message flow project:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Highlight the message flow project that you want to delete and click Edit > Delete You can also press Del, or right-click the project in the Navigator view and click Delete
  3. You must choose if you want the contents of the message flow project folder deleted with this action on the displayed confirmation dialog. The dialog contains two buttons:
    1. The first confirms that all contents are to be deleted.
    2. The second requests that the directory contents are not deleted. The default action is not to delete the contents, and the second button is selected by default when the dialog is initially displayed.
    1. Select the appropriate button. If you choose not to delete the contents of the message flow project directory, all the files and the directory itself are retained.

      If you later create another project with the same name, and specify the same location for the project (or accept this as the default value), you can access the files previously created.

      If you choose to delete all the contents, all files and the directory itself are deleted.

  4. Click Yes to complete the delete request, or No to terminate the delete request.
When you click Yes, the requested objects are deleted.

If you maintain resources in a shared repository, a copy is retained in that repository. You can follow the instructions provided by the repository supplier to retrieve the resource if required.

If you are using the local drive or a shared drive to store your resources, no copy of the resource is retained. Be very careful to select the correct resource when you complete this task.

Related concepts
By name linking
Development repository
Message flows overview
Related tasks
Developing message flows
Creating a message flow project
Related reference
Broker Application Development perspective