Using Workgroup Objects

To access a workgroup object, you must add it to the Project Explorer. When you add an object, AppMaster Builder searches the workgroup for a matching object to link to. If it does not find the object in your workgroup, it creates a new object in the current project.

If you double-click an object in the Project Explorer and AppMaster Builder doesn't find it in the local project subdirectories or in any of the workgroup-specified directories or PDSs, it creates a new object.

Once added to the Project Explorer, the folder icon for each member contained in a workgroup reflects its relative location as follows:

When you view a workgroup object from one of the AppMaster Builder painters or the editor, AMB makes a copy of the object to load into the painter or editor. Both the Screen Painter and Online Express warn you when you are viewing a workgroup object that you cannot save changes should you make any. In the editor, you view workgroup objects in browse mode, meaning you cannot edit the files.

When you view a workgroup object in an AppMaster Builder painter, the location of the object appears in the title bar. You can expect that the location reported is the first instance of the object found by AMB based on the sequential order of the folders or PDSs listed in the workgroup library you specify in your AppMaster Builder preferences.