The possible commands that will be displayed on the context-sensitive menu are Open, Close, Open With..., Browse, Cut, Copy, Paste, New4, Delete, Show Properties, Link Map, Properties, Modify Attributes, Version Control, Check In, Check Out, Configuration, Clear DC Cache, Preferences, User Identification, Remove. What these options do, and which documents they appear on the context-sensitive menu for is explained below.
FILE MANAGEMENT
Open opens the selected object in the specified application or browser. If the object is already open when you right click on it and is a collection or directory, the menu option will read Close.
Open With... only appears when the object you are clicking on is not a collection or a directory (e.g. a text file, an MSWord document, a picture file, etc.). It allows you to enter the name of an application to open the file.
Browse opens a browser window to view the contents of a document, or the hierarchy of a collection.
Cut, Copy and Paste carry out their normal Windows functions.
New4 has its own sub-menu that allows you to insert a new object. This item only appears if the current object is a collection.
Delete removes the selected object from the collection. If you choose Delete, you will be prompted with a dialog box asking if you really want to remove the selected object. If the object you choose to delete is a collection, any descendants will also be deleted.
Edit appears on the context-sensitive menu when an editor exists for the object you have clicked on. This is configurable (see page 7). If you choose this command, the text document (for example) will be opened in a viewer window where you can make changes to the content and then click on Save in the File menu.
Note: You can only use the Edit command on version controlled documents if you check them out first!
ATTRIBUTE MANAGEMENT
Show Properties appears on the context-sensitive menu when you do not have write rights for the object, or you are an unidentified user, or the object is under version control. It allows you to view the attributes of an object. When you choose Show Properties from the context-sensitive menu, a dialog box appears where all attributes and values for the object are displayed (Figure 14). It is not possible to modify the attributes from this dialog.
Link Map is described in more detail on page 43
Modify Attributes only appears in the context-sensitive menu when you click on an object that has children or if you selected multiple objects (and you have write rights for the objects). This command allows you to modify attributes recursively for all children of a collection. It is explained in more detail on page 23.
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
Version Control allows you to view the Version History of an object, and to access all other Version Control functions. It is explained in detail on page 29.
Check In appears for documents for which you have write rights, and which are not yet under version control, or which are version controlled and are checked out. This command allows you to check in the document, enter a comment, set a version number etc. (see page 32).
Check Out appears for documents for which you have write rights, and which are version controlled and checked in. This command allows you to check out any version of the document.
Configuration only appears when the object you pick on is a collection or directory. The Configuration command allows you to save collections as configuration files and manage existing configuration files. Using configurations with Java Virtual Folders is described in more detail on page 33.
JAVA VIRTUAL FOLDERS MANAGEMENT
Clear DC Cache appears when you click on a mount point (the HWIS or file system you have added for Java Virtual Folders). This command clears the cache used by the Document Classes feature.
User Identification allows you to identify yourself to the system over the Java Virtual Folders, as explained on page 14.
Remove allows you to remove added HWIS collections or file systems.
Remove will only appear on the context-sensitive menu if the object you have
clicked on is the root of the added collection. You can also remove selected
root collections or directories by clicking on the
icon in the toolbar.
Preferences only appears in the context-sensitive menu when you click on the added HWIS collection. The Preferences command allows you to set preferences for uploading and downloading collections. It is described in more detail on page 33.