Configuring Custom Wire Format (CWF) properties: Message model objects

Before you start:

To complete this task, you must have completed the following tasks:

To configure the CWF properties of a message model object:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Ensure that the Outline view is visible in the Broker Application Development perspective of the workbench and is displaying the following information:
    • The name of the message definition file
    • Messages
    • Types
    • Groups
    • Elements and Attributes

    If the Outline view is not visible, from the workbench menu, click Window > Show View > Outline. If the above hierarchy is not displayed, ensure that the message definition file is open in the Message Definition editor. Message definition files have an .mxsd file extension.

  3. In the Outline view, select the object for which you want to configure the CWF properties by doing the following.
    1. Depending on the type of the object that you are selecting, expand Messages, Types, Groups or Elements and Attributes by clicking +.
    2. Click the object you that want to select within the expanded node.
  4. Display the Properties tab of the Message Definition editor by clicking Properties in the bottom left corner of the editor area. In the Message Definition editor, in the Properties Hierarchy, the name of each of the physical formats that have been added to the message set appears under Physical Properties. The object type (for example, Local Element or Global Element) of the message model object that you selected in the Outline view is displayed under each physical format shown.
    Tip: If the physical formats are not in view in the Properties Hierarchy, expand Physical Properties by clicking +. By default the CWF physical format is called CWF1 but could have a user defined name instead.
  5. Under Physical Properties, click the object type for the message model object that you have chosen to configure under the CWF physical format. The CWF properties of your selected message model object appear in the Details view.
  6. Configure the CWF properties of the selected object to your requirements by making the appropriate changes to the information shown in the Details view.
    Note: It is not possible to configure disabled fields.
  7. Save your changes by clicking File > Save message_definition_file.mxsd or pressing Ctrl+S. Alternatively click File > Save All or press Ctrl+Shift+S.
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